Elliott's fruit book; or, The 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 elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 63 THE APPLE. Ladies' Sweeting. American. We have repeatedly fruited and met with this variety West, where it seems generally to succeed, but neglecting to make, or
Elliott's fruit book; or, The 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 elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 63 THE APPLE. Ladies' Sweeting. American. We have repeatedly fruited and met with this variety West, where it seems generally to succeed, but neglecting to make, or having lost our description, we copy that of Mr. Downing, who first introduced and disseminated the variety : ' Wood, not very strong, grows thriftily, bears abundantly.' ' Fruity large, roundish ovate, narrowing rapidly to the eye; skilly very smooth, nearly covered with red in the sun, pale yellow- ish green in the shade, with broken stripes of pale red. The red is sprinkled with well-marked yellowish gray dots, and covered when first gathered, with a thin white bloom. There is, also, generally, a faint marbling of cloudy white over the red, on the shady side of the fruit, and rays of the same around the stalk. Calyx quite small, set in a narrow, shallow plaited basin; stalk half an inch long, in a shal- low cavity; Jiesh greenish white, exceedingly tender, juicy, crisp, delicious, sprightly, agreeably-perfumed flavor; keeps without shriv- eling or losing its flavor, till May.' Lowell. Orange, of some, Tallow Apple, Tallow Pippin, Greasy Pippin, Queen Anne, Pound Royal, erroneously. American. The early habit of productiveness, with the large fair
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