. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 320 APPLES. Sweet Pearmain. (Henrick Sweet.) Medium size, roundish ol ovate-conical; dark rich red, with rough dots; stalk an inch long, slender, cavity wide, round; calyx woolly, basin vejy small; flavor sweet and rich. Through winter. Introduced from England before the Revolution. Much valued in central Ohio and farther West. Sweet Romanite. (Sweet Nonsuch, of Illinois.) Size medium, roundish oblate, regular; striped and shaded with bright red on gr
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 320 APPLES. Sweet Pearmain. (Henrick Sweet.) Medium size, roundish ol ovate-conical; dark rich red, with rough dots; stalk an inch long, slender, cavity wide, round; calyx woolly, basin vejy small; flavor sweet and rich. Through winter. Introduced from England before the Revolution. Much valued in central Ohio and farther West. Sweet Romanite. (Sweet Nonsuch, of Illinois.) Size medium, roundish oblate, regular; striped and shaded with bright red on greenish yellow; stalk short; calyx large, open; basin shallow, furrowed; flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp, ]uicy, sweet. Keeps through winter. Fig. 405. Valuable at the Fig. 403. Pig. 404. fig. 405- Ladies' Sweeting. Bailey's Sweet. Sweet Romanite. Sweet Vandevere. (Sweet Redstreak, Sweet Harvey.) Size me- dium, oblong, slightly conical; shaded and striped dull red on greenish yellow; stalk small, cavity large, irregular; basin wide; flesh tender, juicy, with a rich aromatic flavor. Growth crooked, a profuse bearer. Through winter. Wing Sweet. Medium, roundish, slightly oblong, ribbed; color bright red in small stripes and shades on yellow skin ; stalk slen- der, basin and apex very sharply ribbed ; flesh whitish yellow, sweet, good. A good bearer, and when well grown on strong soil, a handsome and fine sweet winter apple. Section II.—Not Striped. Broadwell.* Rather large, slightly conical, somewhat oblate; skin thin, smooth, greenish yellow; stalk short, small, deep set; flesh white, tender, sweet, juicy, fine—and one of the best winter sweet apples. Keeps through winter late into spring. Ohio. Fig. 369. Camak Sweet. Size medium, roundish-conical; light green with a warm cheek; stem short or long, cavitj' narrow; calyx open, basin deep ; flesh firm, sweet, very good. North Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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