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south it is more higlily colored. Tlie flesli is tender and sweet, witli a kind of bitter 

 after taste, which it loses when fully ripe. The tree is upright, bears plentifully and 

 does not suffer during cold winters at St. Petersburg. It ripens in the beginning of 

 September, and keeps some mouths later. Recommended for home use only. 



202. Saitschia Pipka ;— Hare *'lpka ;— Dr. Kegel says this is grown about St. Peters- 

 burg, and it seems in the coast provinces also ; an oblonc;. conic apple, of medium size, 

 green or greenish yellow, with some red lu splashes. Flesh is white, tender and juicy, 

 and has an agreeable, vinous flavor. The tree grows to a large size and stands the cli- 

 mate of St. Petersburg well. A table apple that keeps till winter. According to Baron 

 Tiesenhausen, not productive. 



206. Zarski Schip.— Czar's Thorn. — Mr. Webster says, an extremely hardy 

 tree, the scions and spurs having a peculiar, stiff, thorny appearance. Fruit, 

 large, coarse, watery, bitter and worthless. I think there is some mistake here. 

 Mr Tuttle describes it as a sweet apple. That of Ellwanger & Barry, and which 

 vv^as received from Moscow, they describe as a large oblong, sweet, apple, skin 

 red and yellow. If sweet, and nearly all yellow, it is very like that which we 

 saw on the upper Volga. 



Dr. Kegel speaks of this as a pale, yellow apple with light dots. Flesh, greenish 

 white, tender, juicy and sweet. According to Krasnoglasov, and other apple dealers 

 in Moscow, it often becomes transparent. Young trees suffer in severe winters at St. 

 Petersburg. Dr. Kegel thinks it is grown all through the south provinces, but in small 

 quantities only. Dr. Kegel describes two other apples under name of Czar's Thorn. 



210. Rubezuinogradni. — (Jut Wine. — Size and shape of Maidens Blush, a 

 sharp, acid apple, with some flavor, October. — Webster. 



This, says Dr. Kegel, is grown in the province of St. Petersburg It would seem from 

 the cut in Dr. Kegel's book, to be an apple about medium size. When upon the tree it 

 is green ; wlien ripe, yellowish green— sometimes with a nice, red cheek. The flesh is 

 greenish white, tender and agreeable sub-acid. A good autumn table and cooking ap- 

 ple, said by some people to keep till February, but the samples Dr. Kegel had rotted 

 in October. 



212. Berkowskoe.— Berkoff. — Fruit, much like German Calville, probably the 

 same.— Tuttle. See 324. 



214. Sadowskoe. — Garden. — A smooth green, crude, fall apple, sweetish or 

 very mildly acid, fruit medium in size and quality. Tuttle. 



219. Belaja Tebedka— White Swan. — A large good-looking fruit, rather 

 acid on June 28th, says Mr. Saunders. 



220. Scholkowka. — Silken Apple. — A handsome fruit, nearly white, of fair 

 size and good quality. Season September. Sias. 



225. Getmanski Bob.— Getman's Bean — Tree, says Mr. Webster, a slow 

 grower, of peculiar, irregular, spreading habit, and a tardy bearer. Fruit large 

 to very large, striped, magnificent, firm, crisp, and of most excellent flavor 

 Season, October. Mr. Tuttle says, it is one of the best trees, and speaks of the 

 fine size and appearance of the fruit, and its probable market value. The 

 fruit as I saw it at Mr. Tuttle's, showed the size, angularity, flatness, and con- 

 ciseness of an Anis, of the striped or mottled type, but the fruit as I saw it this 

 year was below par. 



228. Krimskoe Wochina; Vochin's Crimean.— Dr Kegel describes this only from sam- 

 ples grown by Mr. Vochins from Pskov. It is a yellowish green, and when quite ripe, waxy 

 yellow, with more or less red on the sunny side. Flesh pure white, very juicy, a very 

 agreeable, vinous acid, with fine after taste. One of the best Russian table apples. It ri- 

 pens the end of September and keeps till the end of February. Mr. Vochins had received 

 it as the Crimean, and as there are other apples under that name. Dr. Kegel has named it 

 "Vochin's Crimean. Its hardiness and productiveness are not stated. 



