Origin believed to be similar to its predecessor—Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Fruit large, globular, often unequal; Surface smooth, yellowish-white; Dots scattered, minute.
Basin abrupt, regular; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, brown; Stem long, slender.
Core large, wide, open, clasping; Seeds plump and dark; Flesh white, tender, breaking, juicy; Flavor very sweet; Quality good; Use, baking and stock; Season, December to March.
Tallman's Sweet.
Fig. 188.—TALLMAN'S SWEET.
This favorite baking apple of New England has traveled from Rhode Island wherever her hardy sons have gone westward.