. Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation. Fruit-culture -- United States; Fruit. 66 THE Autumn Bough. yellowish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid; core, medium.; seeds^ large, full. Season, October. Autumn Sweet Bough. American : tree, vigorous, productive; size,
. Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation. Fruit-culture -- United States; Fruit. 66 THE Autumn Bough. yellowish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid; core, medium.; seeds^ large, full. Season, October. Autumn Sweet Bough. American : tree, vigorous, productive; size, medium or above ; form, obtuse conical; color, clear light yellow, with occasionally a russet blotch, and a few small russet dots; stem, slender, curved to one side; cavity, deep, regular; calyx, closed with long seg- ments ; basin, ribbed or furrowed; fiesh, white, crisp, tender, deli- ciously sweet ; core, small ; seed cavity, hollow ; seedy plump, full. Season, September. Baldwin. Late Baldwin, I Woodpecker, Pecker, j Steeles Red Winter. American: originated in ^Massachusetts. This variety inclines to bitter or dry rot on soils deficient in lime and potash ; and for the western soils should be worked where, intended to have the head commence. Tree, vigorous, upright, dark brown shoots, very pro- ductive. Our drawing was taken from an Eastern grown specimen, and is not more than one-half the size of this variety when grown in Illinois. Size, large; form, roundish, narrowing a little to the calyx ; color, yellowish, nearly covered and striped with red, dotted with a few russet spots, and with radiating streaks of russet about the stem; stem, three-fourths h]^ long, slender; cavity^, deep; calyx, clo-ed;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elliott, F. R. (Franklin Reuben), 1817-1878. New York :
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