1002 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [Dec. 2, 1908. 



"Beauty of Ivciit/' — Upright, vigorous ; fruit oblate, conic, irregular, and 

 ribbed towards the eye; large, yellowish green ; cavity shallow, wide, with 

 light russet; stem short; basin narrow; eye closeil : core abaxilc : th^sh 

 greenish white. Bitter Pit prevalent. Light ci'op : pickccl early for cooking 

 to avoid Bitter Pit. 



" Duchess Oldenburg." — Upright, small gr(Avth : fi-uit oljlate, llattened at 

 apex and base ; large; greenish yellow, striped Tvith red ; cavity deep ; stem 

 medium ; basin rathei' wide, abrupt; eye closed ; core not lai'ge, axile ; flesh 

 tender, greenish white ; ilavour rather good. 



" Chenango Strawberry." — Upright, dense, vigorous; fruit conic, oblong, 

 pinched in near apex, medium to large, yellowish white, mottled and splashed 

 with red and some light dots; cavity deep, angular; stem medium; basin 

 i-ather wide and deep ; eye open, or pa.rtially so ; core axile ; flesh greenish 

 white ; flavour good. Bore few good specimens only ; ripe 4th February, 

 190S. 



" Mank's Codlin." — Tree small upright ; liealthy but light growth ; fruit 

 conic, small to medium, whitish green, sometimes with a red blush ; cavity, 

 wide, shallow ; stem, short, thick ; basin, narrow, irregularly plaited ; eye, 

 closed ; core axile ; flesh, greenish white ; flavour sub-acid ; heavy crop ; 

 rather too small an apple to class as a cooker, and too acid for dessert ; ri})e, 

 14th Januaiy, 190.S. 



" King of Pippins." — Upright, vigorous ; fi'uit, oblate, conic, flattened at 

 top and bottom, medium size ; yellow, striped with red and many light dots ; 

 cavity, shallow, wide; stem, short, thick; basin shallow, wide; eye open; 

 flesh white ; fair crop ; falls badly. Ripe from 8th February, 1908. 



" Family." — Upright, vigorous ; fruit, oblate, conic, angular, metlium size ; 

 yellowish green, nearly covered with red mottling and stripes and many light 

 dots ; cavity deep and wide ; stem rather long ; basin narrow, slightly 

 ]:)laited ; eye closed ; core axile ; flesh greenish white ; flavour sub-acid ; ripe 

 from 1st February, 1UU8 ; fair crop. An attractive dessert apple. Farly, but 

 soon goes mealy after picking. 



" Reinette Fawbs d'Accuba." — Upright, vigorous ; fruit roundish, some- 

 what conic; medium to large; pale greenish yellow, nearly covered with red 

 "blush and red streaks ; cavity deep ; stem medium ; basin narrow, slightly 

 plaited ; eye closed ; core axile : flesh yellowish whit(% sub-acid ; fair ci'op ; 

 goes soft soon after picking. Not mentioned by authorities. 



"Washington." — Upright, spreading; fruit roundish, varying from oblong 

 to oblate, large to very large, yellowish green, sometimes with a feN\ dull red 

 stripes and a slight bloom; cavity shallow; stein short, fleshy; basin 

 abrupt and fairly deep; slightly plaited; eye closed; core abaxile : flesh 

 greenish white; Water Core and Bitter Pit. 



"Kerry Pippin." — Upright, vigorous; fruit ol)late, slightly conic, sinall 

 to medium, yellowish-striped and mottled with (kdl red ; cavity narrow ; 

 stem medium ; basin wide, rather shallow ; eye mostly closed ; core axile ; 

 flesh yellowish- white, poor flavour. Ripe 30th January, 1908. Heavy crop, 

 too small for market. 



