Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 109 Sweet Bough. Bough, I Sweet Harvest, Early Sweet Bough, Washington, Large Yellow Bough, | Niack Pippin. American. First described by Coxe as Bough; we add, Sweet, as expressive of its character. Valued as a dessert fruit. Young shoots, yellowish, somewhat irregular, ascending. Tree, a moderate, annual bearer, succeeding in all good soils not wet. Fruit, large, (our figure hardly medium;) form, roundish, conical, ovate; color, greenish, becoming pale yellow when fully ripe ;

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Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 109 Sweet Bough. Bough, I Sweet Harvest, Early Sweet Bough, Washington, Large Yellow Bough, | Niack Pippin. American. First described by Coxe as Bough; we add, Sweet, as expressive of its character. Valued as a dessert fruit. Young shoots, yellowish, somewhat irregular, ascending. Tree, a moderate, annual bearer, succeeding in all good soils not wet. Fruit, large, (our figure hardly medium;) form, roundish, conical, ovate; color, greenish, becoming pale yellow when fully ripe ; stem, varying in length; cavity, deep ; calyx, open ; basin, narrow, deep; flesh, white, tender, crisp, sprightly, sweet; core, medium, open cap- sules ; seeds, ovate, light brown. Season, August. Sweet Pearmain. This variety, according to Downing and Thomas, is the ' English Sweeting ;' but according to Mr. Manning, the ' English Sweeting' is the ' Ramsdell's Sweeting,' of Downing, (See Hovey's Mag. vol. 'St. page 150. ^ This variety is extensively grown in central Ohio,

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