Chapter 28
Surface smooth, greenish-white, rarely blushed with red.
Basin broad, shallow, and regular or wavy; Eye medium, open.
Cavity deep, acute; Stem rather long; Flesh yellowish, firm, rather tough, but juicy, rich and sweet.
This variety keeps well, lasting until May. Not yet sufficiently tested in the North.
=Campfield.=
NEWARK SWEETING.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 52.--CAMPFIELD.]
Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. This fruit is especially valuable for cider, but it may be used also in the kitchen; being a long keeper and often beautifully colored at maturity in the spring, it is often exposed on the fruit-stands, where it attracts purchasers by the great beauty of its brilliant colors.
Fruit always fair, but its figure is variable, being sometimes globular or conical. The characteristic form is round-oblate, regular; Size medium.
Surface very smooth, of a dull green, often suffused with a faint blush on the exposed side; but at maturity, bright lemon yellow, shaded with carmine; Dots minute, gray and indented.
Basin shallow, regular; Eye rather large, closed; Segments of medium length.
Cavity regular, with medium width and depth; Stem medium, rather stout.
Core wide, regular, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh white, firm, tough; Juice very sweet and rich at maturity, making excellent cider.
Season, December until March.
=Dillingham.=
This variety was found in an old orchard of D.C. Richmond, near Sandusky, Ohio. Tree productive, and sufficiently vigorous.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 53.--DILLINGHAM.]
Fruit round-oblate rather than flat, generally regular and of medium size; Surface rough, yellowish-green, and bronzed, or shaded with a purplish tint; Dots numerous russet.
Basin wide, folded; Eye
Cavity rather deep, wide, regular, wavy, brown; Stem sometimes long, of medium size, red.
Core small and closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, large, brown.
Flesh yellow; Flavor sweet, juicy; Use, good for baking; Season, November to February. Not highly esteemed nor largely cultivated, though its productiveness and sweetness would render it desirable for stock-feeding.
=Ene's Winter Sweet.=
From J.S. Downer, Elkton, Kentucky; a southern fruit of some merit.
Fruit medium, flat, regular; Surface roughish, uneven, greenish-yellow, blushed and russeted; Dots numerous, minute, russet veined.
Basin abrupt, regular, leather-cracked; Eye large, open.
Cavity wide, wavy, brown; Stem medium.
Core round, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, imperfect; Flesh yellow, fine grained; Flavor very sweet, rich; Quality quite good; Use, table; Season, December.
=Green Sweet.=
HONEY GREENING.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 54.--GREEN SWEET.]
Tree vigorous and productive in most situations where cultivated, but is not much planted in the West.
Fruit rather small, regular, and usually flat, though sometimes conical; Surface smooth, green; Dots whitish, with green bases.
Basin rather shallow and wavy; Eye large, closed.
Cavity wide, regular and brown; Stem long and stout.
Core closed, regular, meeting the eye, containing numerous angular, ac.u.minate brown seeds; Flesh greenish-white, breaking, tender, juicy and fine grained; very sweet, and valued for baking and market; those who do not admire sweet apples would hardly consider it second rate.
Season from December to February, or March.
=Haskell's Sweet.=
Found in the orchard of Dr. Geo. Haskell, at Rockford, Illinois.
Fruit large, flat, regular; Surface green, bronzy; Dots numerous, large, white.
Basin deep; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, wavy; Stem short.
Core closed; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellow, juicy; Flavor sweet, rich; Quality very good; Use, baking; Season August, September.
A practical test at the table of mine host must convince any one that either the apple or the cook, or both, are eminently deserving. This is supposed to be the Ma.s.sachusetts variety of the same name.
=Hay Boys.=
I do not know where this summer apple was produced, or christened with its peculiar cognomen; Specimens received from H.N. Gillett, Lawrence Co., Ohio.
Fruit large, oblate, regular or slightly angular; Surface pale yellow; Dots numerous, dark, prominent.