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373. Banks. Hunks Oravenstein. — Banks is a briglit red 

 Gravenstt'iii, clill'ering in no other imj)ortant particular than 

 color. Banks is a bud variation of Oravenstein, first propa- 

 gated by C. E. Banks, Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia, 

 about 1880. 



Section VII. Late Apples 

 Group 10. Yellow Apples 



374. Fall Pippin (Fig. 73).— Though one of the oldest Ameri- 

 can apples, it is doubtful whether Fall 

 Pippin is properly appreciated. The name 

 is inapt, as in the North the fruit keeps well 

 into midwinter. The color is a beautiful 

 golden-yellow, and the flesh is tender, rich, 

 crisp, aromatic, and of delectable quality 



^o -r^ „ x^. . either for dessert or for culinarv uses. The 

 Fig. 73. Fall Pippin. ^ ^ , , , i " i- -, 



trees are hardy, healthy, long-lived, and 



very large. The habitat of the variety is New England, where 



it has been grown for at least a century and a half. 



Tree large, very vigorous, spreading, with long branches which become 

 drooping. Fruit large, round to round-oblate, sometimes oblong and 

 truncate, obscurely ribbed; stem long, thick; cavity acute, wide, sym- 

 metrical or compressed, russeted; calyx large, open; lobes separated at 

 the base, long, narrow, acuminate; basin wide, abrupt, wavy, wrinkled; 

 skin thin, smooth, clear yellow, sometimes blushed; dots numerous, small, 

 pale and submerged or russet; calyx-tube large, wide, long, conical; 

 stamens median; core medium size, abaxile; cells symmetrical, closed or 

 partly open; core-lines meeting or clasping; carpels round, emarginate, 

 tufted ; seeds dark brown, acute, plump ; flesh yellow, firm, fine, tender, 

 very juicy, agreeably subacid, aromatic; very good; late September to 

 January. 



375. Yellow Bellflower (Fig. 74). B ell flower. —YeWow Bell- 

 flower is distinguished by its unique fruits. The apples are 

 oblong-conic with very prominent ridges at the apex, and with 

 a smooth, delicate, pale, lemon-yellow, waxen skin beautifully 

 blushed on the cheek to the sun. The fruits are not suitable for 

 dessert, the flavor being a little too austere, but are unsurpassed 

 for culinary purposes. Fruit and foliage are very susceptible 



