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or russet, especially niiniorous toward Iho basin and often submerged; calyx- 

 tube wide, cone shape witli fleshy pistil point projecting into the base; 

 stamens median; core small, al)axile; cells uniform, closed or partly open; 

 core-lines meeting; carpels thin, tlat, emarginate, round-cordate, sometimes 

 tufted; seeds few, large, narrow, long, acute, sometimes tufted; flesh yel- 

 low, firm, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, rich, sprightly subacid; very 

 good in quality; November to March. 



385. Yellow Newtown (Fig. 77). Albemarle. Green Newtown. 



Newtown Pippin. — This apple can be grown in perfection only 



in certain sections, as : Ilood River, Oregon ; 



the Albemarle region, Virginia; and along 



the Hudson River, New York. By virtue 



of high quality, long-keeping and beauty of 



fruit, together with good tree characters, 



Yellow Newtown has high standing in re- 



^ — ,, „ gions where it thrives. Yellow Newtown is 



Fig. I I. bellow '^ _ 



Newtown. an American apple. The original tree came 



into bearing early in the eighteenth century, 

 and the variety was soon widely grown. Some pomologists 

 maintain that there is a Green Newtown, a distinct variety from 

 Yellow Newtown ; but the differences in color are due to soil or 

 climate — two varieties do not exist. 



Tree vigorous, roundish, dense. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size 

 but variable in form and coloring, round-oblate and more or less angular, 

 with an oblique axis; stem short; cavity deep, acuminate, broad or com- 

 pressed, often with rays of russet; calyx small, closed or nearly so; lobes 

 small, acute; basin furrowed and often wrinkled; skin tough, smooth or 

 roughened with brownish -russet dots, grass-green at fruit harvest but yel- 

 low later, often showing brownish-pink especially near the base; dots sub- 

 merged, numerous toward the eye, white scarf-skin over the base; calyx- 

 tube long, funnel-shape; stamens median; core small, abaxile; cells sym- 

 metrical, closed; core-lines clasping; carpels broadly roundish or round- 

 obcordate, emarginate, tufted; seeds tufted, dark, narrow, acuminate; flesh 

 yellow, firm, crisp, tender, fine-grained, juicy, sprightly, with a fine aro- 

 matic subacid flavor; best; February to May. 



386. White Pippin. — Because of similarity in color and in 

 having an oblique axis, fruits of this variety are often con- 

 founded with those of Green Newtown Pippin, but here the 

 similarities end ; for, in flesh and flavor, the last-named apple 

 is much superior, while in tree character White Pippin is usually 

 the better. The fruits of White Pippin are larger, and the 



