. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . SWAAR, APPLES, PEAJi^ AND GRAPES 121 JONATHAN. Synonyms : Philip Rick, King Philip. Fruit.—Size, medium ; form, roundish conical, regular; color, light yellowground, mostly overspread, streaked or stained with rich light red, and with afew minute white clots; stem, rather long, slender; cavi-ty, open, wide; calyx, small,nearly closed; basin, shallow,slightly furrowed; flesh, yel-lowish white, tender, juicy,slightly acid until fully ma-tured, when it is sprightly sub-acid ; core, medium; seeds,full, dark brown; season, De-cember to
. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . SWAAR, APPLES, PEAJi^ AND GRAPES 121 JONATHAN. Synonyms : Philip Rick, King Philip. Fruit.—Size, medium ; form, roundish conical, regular; color, light yellowground, mostly overspread, streaked or stained with rich light red, and with afew minute white clots; stem, rather long, slender; cavi-ty, open, wide; calyx, small,nearly closed; basin, shallow,slightly furrowed; flesh, yel-lowish white, tender, juicy,slightly acid until fully ma-tured, when it is sprightly sub-acid ; core, medium; seeds,full, dark brown; season, De-cember to February. Tree. — Hardy, slender,spreading slightly, pendulousbranches, productive. Origin-ated at Kingston, New a dessert or market apple,the Jonathan adapts itselfwell to all soils, and is deserv-edly popular wherever SWAAR. Fruit.—Size, me-dium to large; form,roundish ; slightlyribbed or unequal onits surface, and of-ten a little angular;color, greenish yel-low at first, becominga dull rich yellow,dotted with distinctbrown specks, some-times marbled withgray russet on theside and around thestem, and often tin-ged with dull red;stem, slender; cav-ity, round, deep ;calyx, small, halfclosed; basin, shal-low, somewhat plait-ed; flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, juicy, tender; spicy aromatic perfume; core, small to medium;eeeds, broad ovate; season, January to March. Tree.—Moderate grower, spreading, healthy, adapted to warm, light, andrich soil. Unsuited to cold, stiff clays; regularly productive, and exceedinglyvaluable either for the table or market. Originated on the banks of theHudson river.
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