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Flesh nearly white, firm, moderately fine-grained, rather crisp, tender, juicy, 

 with pleasing aroma, mild subacid, becoming sweet or nearly so ; good to 

 very good. 



Season December to March or April. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1857:115. 2. Warder, 1867:711. 3. Downing, 

 1872:75. 4. Barry, 1883:341. 5. Thomas, 1903:689. 

 SYNONYMS. Beauty of America (4). Sterling Beauty (i, 3, 4, 5). 



So far as we can learn the American Beauty is not now grown in New 

 York. It is not listed in Bailey's inventory of apples offered by nurserymen 

 in North America in 1892.! It is an old variety which originated in Sterling, 

 Mass. Downing' describes it as a large red apple, mildly subacid, aromatic, 

 very good in quality. In season from December to April. 



AMERICAN BLUSH. 



The Hubbardston has long been known in some portion of Seneca and 

 Tompkins counties under the name American Blush, and has been dissemi- 

 nated from there under that name. It is not surprising that the Hubbardston 

 has been disseminated under other names because it shows such remarkable 

 variations with changes in environment. Whether the variations which have 

 appeared are all due to differences in environment or whether distinct strains 

 of the Hubbardston have arisen under cultivation has not been definitely de- 

 termined. Some fruit growers are very positive in the opinion that American 

 Blush is different from the Hubbardston. If this be true and if these differ- 

 ences are maintained under propagation it should be regarded as a distinct 

 strain of the Hubbardston. 



AMERICAN PIPPIN. 



REFERENCES, i. Coxe, 1817:147. 2. Downing, 1845:98. 3. Thomas, 1849: 

 163. 4. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:74. 1851. 5. Hooper, 1857:42. 6. 

 Elliott, 1859:184. 7. Warder, 1867:420. 8. Downing, 1872:77. 9. Lyon, 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:288. 10. Bailey, An. Hort. 1892:234. n. Thomas, 

 1903:689. 



SYNONYMS. GRINDSTONE (5). Grindstone (3, 7, 8, 9, 10). Stone (8). 



The American Pippin is an old variety. Coxe gives it a very high reputa- 

 tion both for cider and for keeping late (i). Lyon says of it (9) "keeps a 

 year, cooks well, but otherwise scarcely eatable." 



Coxe describes the tree as very open, remarkably spreading with hanging 

 crooked shoots. 



The fruit is medium, regular, oblate, " without any hollow at the ends " 

 (Coxe) ; calyx small, open; skin dull red, shaded and streaked with dull green, 

 the surface being rough, sometimes with slight russet markings, thickly 

 sprinkled with gray or coarse russet dots ; core wide, irregular, closed ; seeds 

 numerous, plump, brown; flesh white or yellowish, hard, rather coarse, 

 moderately juicy, mild subacid. Variously rated by pomologists from poor 

 to good in quality. 



'An. Hort., 1882:234. 



