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open or partly closed; lobes long, acuminate, somewhat separated at the base. 

 Basin abrupt, moderately deep to deep, moderately wide, slightly wrinkled. 



Skin moderately thin, rather tough, smooth, glossy, greenish or pale yellow 

 mottled and blushed with red and indistinctly and sparingly striped with 

 carmine becoming a dark, almost purplish, red in the sun ; the deep red color 

 is apt to overspread the basin while the yellow ground color is conspicuous 

 around the cavity. Dots large, pale, mingled with many that are small, whitish 

 and submerged or with minute russet point. 



Calyx tube short, broad, conical. Stamens median to marginal. 



Core medium to small, somewhat abaxile to axile ; cells usually pretty sym- 

 metrical, partly open ; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels roundish 

 to elliptical, slightly tufted. Seeds medium in size, moderately wide, plump, 

 obtuse to acute. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately firm, fine, rather crisp, tender, very 

 juicy, mild subacid mingled w r ith sweet, somew r hat aromatic, very good to best. 



Season December and January. 



EWALT. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1857:141. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 3. 

 Warder, 1867:640. 4. Downing, 1872:166. 5. Thomas, 1885:509. 6. Pa.Hort. 

 Assoc. Rpt., 1885:25. 7. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 8. Powell and Fulton, 

 U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:40. 1903. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:78. 10. Beach and 

 Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:118. 1904. 



SYNONYM. Bullocks Pippin of some (4). 



Fruit of good marketable size and attractive, having a clear yellow skin 

 usually somewhat blushed with bright red. It is not a first-class dessert 

 apple, being rather too acid and not high in quality, but it is good for culinary 

 use. The tree occasionally bears good crops but commonly it is a moderate 

 or rather shy bearer. 



Historical Origin, Bedford county, Pa. (3, 4). Although it has been 

 known in cultivation for many years it has not gained recognition as a com- 

 mercial variety. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous; branches long, moderately stout, curved. Form upright 

 spreading, round, rather dense. Tivigs medium or above, straight, stout; 

 internodes medium to long. Bark clear dark brownish-red or tinged with 

 olive-green, heavily pubescent; scarf-skin rather thin or none. Lenticels con- 

 spicuous, rather numerous, small to medium, oblong, or roundish, not raised. 

 Buds small to medium, flat, obtuse, free, imbedded in the bark, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large. Form varies from roundish conic to roundish oblate, some- 

 times irregularly elliptical with sides unequal or compressed, usually pretty 

 symmetrical. Stem short to medium, rather slender. Cavity not large, acute 

 to acuminate, deep, rather narrow to broad, sometimes partly russeted with 

 narrow broken outspreading russet rays, often furrowed or compressed. 

 Calyx usually large and leafy, sometimes rather small, closed or partly open; 



