_Synonyms_: Orange Sweeting and Early Golden Sweet.
A celebrated Connecticut fruit. Tree very vigorous, spreading, forming a
tree of moderate size, hardy and very productive. Young shoots reddish
brown. Fruit above the medium size, roundish, scarcely flattened, fair,
and well formed; when fully ripe, pale yellow or straw color. Stalk
about an inch long, slender at its junction with the fruit. Calyx
closed, and set in a basin of moderate depth. Flesh tender, sweet, rich,
and excellent. Good to very good. August and September. A valuable sort
for cooking, market, or stock feeding.