The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TZE ^/ia;^[omet apple Finnts ofAmeitca,Plate K^ Dra,wa froni Jatirre & CFiromo titk 5y lA^ THE MANOMET APPLE. Manomet. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xiv. 1848. Horseblock, in its native locality. The Manomet is one of the finest of our early sweetapples. It is not so large as the Bough, but far sur-passes it in the beauty of its appearance; indeed, inthe latter respect it may be classed with the Red Astra-chan,—which ripens at the same season,
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TZE ^/ia;^[omet apple Finnts ofAmeitca,Plate K^ Dra,wa froni Jatirre & CFiromo titk 5y lA^ THE MANOMET APPLE. Manomet. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xiv. 1848. Horseblock, in its native locality. The Manomet is one of the finest of our early sweetapples. It is not so large as the Bough, but far sur-passes it in the beauty of its appearance; indeed, inthe latter respect it may be classed with the Red Astra-chan,—which ripens at the same season,—or the Fa-meuse, as a comparison with the beautiful drawings ofthese varieties, which have already appeared, will is only of medium size; but it has a pale yellowishskin, nearly covered with pale red, heightened by abright vermilion Manomet is a native of the Old Colony, and was first introducedto notice by Mr. John Washburn, a zealous cultivator of Plymouth,Mass., who first sent us fine specimens in 1847, and also subsequently,from -one of which our drawing was made. We were surprised anddehghted to find it such a superior apple, and immediately describedand figured it in the Magazine of Horticulture for 1848.
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