SUB-SECTION 3.--RUSSET.
=Pumpkin Sweet.=
SWEET RUSSET, of Ohio.
Fruit was exhibited at the Ohio State Fair at Zanesville.
Fruit large, regular, roundish, conical; Surface dull green, covered with a rough coat of russet.
Basin medium, regular; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity deep, narrow, regular; Stem long, slender.
Core medium, regular; Seeds numerous, small, plump; Flesh spongy, light; Flavor sweet; Quality scarcely good; Use, baking, stock; Season, autumn.
This apple has never commended itself very highly to my notice in the limited opportunities I have had for its examination, but it is esteemed in some parts of the country for baking and for stock-feeding.
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CLASS II.--CONICAL APPLES.
+ORDER I.--REGULAR.+
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