. Agriculture of New York: comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks, and the natural waters of the different geological formations; together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Natural history. OF SUMMER APPLES. 19 Fig. 7. Class III. Russiis and semi-russds. Order II. Breadlli greater than the heig-ht. B. Ends unequal. 16. RUSSELL'S SWEET RUSSET. Fruit of the medium size, imsyiiiinetricaL Stem rather stout, of a medium h-ngih, and set in a deep depression. Calyx large^ and set i
. Agriculture of New York: comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks, and the natural waters of the different geological formations; together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Natural history. OF SUMMER APPLES. 19 Fig. 7. Class III. Russiis and semi-russds. Order II. Breadlli greater than the heig-ht. B. Ends unequal. 16. RUSSELL'S SWEET RUSSET. Fruit of the medium size, imsyiiiinetricaL Stem rather stout, of a medium h-ngih, and set in a deep depression. Calyx large^ and set in a sliallow dejjiessiori. Color pale yellow on a green groiiiul, and on the sunny side a faint blush of red is sometimes formed. A fine and beautiful russet spreads over a large part of the shaded side. Skin wnrled. Flesh yellow and firm grained, rich, sweet and good. The tree is robust and strong, and grows with an upright open head. its fruit in August (see the Transactions of the Ohio Ntn-serj'uien and Fruit-growers Convention, p. 15, 1848). The description given of the fruit leads me to entertain a favorable opinion of the apple, and hence I have given it the name of Russell's Sweet Russet, retaining the name of the gentleman who presented the apple. 17. SUMMER QUEEN (Plate 27, fig. 1). Summer PtaTmain. Fruit of the medium size, elongated, nearly or quite circular. Stem long, and set in a deep depression. Calyx ratlier large, and crowning a tube which extends to the core, and which is grown to a plaited depression. Color carmine red, and indistinctly striped upon a yellow groimd. Flesh yellowish. Core rather large, the seeds occupying only about a quarter of the space. Flavor rich, aromatic and fine. This apple grows upon a large tree with pendant branches, and ripens early in August. The apple is quite broad at the base, and tapers considerably to the 18. EARLY JOE (Horticulturist). Fruit below the medium size, circular nnd rather flattened, smooth and shi
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