. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. JEWETT RED KESWICK 39 JEWETT RED. Fig. 28. Nodhead. Jewett Red is an early winter apple of the Blue Pearmain type, more or less grown and highly esteemed in parts of New England. The apples are handsomely colored—dark red. 28. Jewett Red. (XV2) covered by a heavy, blue bloom; and the quality is excellent, the flavor being a pleasing mingling of sweet and sour. The trees are precocious in bearing, but grow slowly, and are seldom productive. The variety originated at HoUis, New Hampshire, early in the nine- teenth century. Tree small, spreading
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. JEWETT RED KESWICK 39 JEWETT RED. Fig. 28. Nodhead. Jewett Red is an early winter apple of the Blue Pearmain type, more or less grown and highly esteemed in parts of New England. The apples are handsomely colored—dark red. 28. Jewett Red. (XV2) covered by a heavy, blue bloom; and the quality is excellent, the flavor being a pleasing mingling of sweet and sour. The trees are precocious in bearing, but grow slowly, and are seldom productive. The variety originated at HoUis, New Hampshire, early in the nine- teenth century. Tree small, spreading, open ; branches short and stout with few laterals and numerous spurs. Fruit of medium size, uniform in size and shape, round-ohlate, sides unequal, obscurely ribbed, often irregular; stem short; variable, acute, shallow, wide, furrowed ob- scurely, green or russeted, sometimes lipped; calyx small, open or partly closed ; lobes broad, short, obtuse; basin shallow, wide, obtuse, obscurely furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, dark red over yellow background, often deepening to purplish-red and obscurely marked with broken stripes and splashes of carmine; dots numerous, conspicuous, pale yellow with character- istic scarf-skin overspreading the i>ase ; prevailing etTect deep red; calyx-tube narrow, funnel-form; stamens median; core axile; cells closed or open; core-lines clasping; carpels oval, elongated, emarginate; seeds numerous, clear reddish-brown, small; flesh yellow, fine, tender, juicy, pleasantly aromatic, mild subacid; good to very good ; October to February. JONATHAN. Fig. 29. Jonathan has a world-wide reputation, and the apples by gen- eral consent are placed among the very best in both appearance and quality. Though only medium in size, the fruits are large enough for. 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 m
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