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Newark Pippin. 



French Pippin, | Yellow Pippin. 



Tree, crooked, irregular growth ; fruit, large, roundish, oblong ; greenish 

 to clear yellow, small black dots ; cavity and basin, deep ; flesh, yellow, 

 tender, sub-acid ; " very good." November to February. 



Neversink. 



From Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Fruit, large, roundish ; exterior of an 

 exceedingly beautiful waxen orange yellow color, with a few russet dots, 

 and a deUcately striped and richly mottled carmine cheek ; stem, short 

 and rather stout ; cavity, narrow, acuminate, shallow ; calyx, large ; basin, 

 deep, rather wide, farrowed ; seeds, grayish yellow, acute ovate ; flesh, 

 yellowish, somewhat tough, owing probably to the fruit being much 

 shriveled ; flavor, approaching that of the Pine Apple ; " quality, " very 

 good." (W. D. B.) 



Northern Sweet. r 



Northern Golden Sweet. 



From Vermont. Tree, moderate grower, hardy, early abundant bearer ; 

 fruit, medium, roundish flattened, occasionally ribbed and angular ; rich 

 yellow, often carmine red cheek ; calyx, nearly closed ; basin, slightly 

 furrowed; stem, rather stout, swollen at base; cavity, shallow; flesh, 

 white, tender, sweet ; nearly " best." November. 



Orange. 



Fall Orange. 



From Connecticut. Tree, with dark colored stout shoots ; early and 

 productive bearer ; fruit, large, roundish ovate ; greenish to yellow ; stem, 

 short; cavity, deep; calyx, closed; basin, slightly plaited; core, small; 

 flesh, greenish white, perfumed, tender, sub-acid • best when fresh from 

 tree. October to December. 



Orndorf. 



From Putnam, Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish, slightly angular ; lemon 

 yellow, rich red blush in sun, and few stripes and blotches of red; stem, 

 slender ; cavity and basin, deep ; calyx, open ; core, small ; seeds, ovate ; 

 flesh, yellowish, juicy, crisp, tender, sub-acid ; nearly " best." October 

 and November. 



Orne's Early. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, somewhat ribbed ; pale yellow, sprinkled with 

 thin russet, dull red cheek towards the sun ; flesh, white, tender, juicy. 

 September. (Thomas.) 



Old Town Crab. 



Spice Apple, of Va. 



Growth, strong, compact; fruit, small; greenish yellow, brown specks; 

 flesh, crisp, fragrant, juicy, sweet. December to April. (Thomas.) 



