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long been known in cultivation it has gained but little recognition in New 

 York state either for home or for commercial orchards. 



TREE. 



Tree large, vigorous. Form upright. Tivigs erect, long to below medium, 

 somewhat stout, straight or somewhat bent toward the tip and rather blunt ; 

 internodes medium. Bark dull brownish-red overlaid with a thin to rather 

 heavy scarf-skin, quite pubescent. Lenticels not conspicuous, scattering, 

 medium to small, slightly raised, roundish or elongated. Buds medium, mod- 

 erately projecting, roundish, quite pubescent, appressed. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large. Form flat at the base, roundish conic to 

 oblong conic, prominently and irregularly ribbed ; axis sometimes oblique. 

 Stem short to long, pubescent. Cavity small to large, acute to acuminate, very 

 shallow to deep, usually furrowed, often with outspreading russet rays. Calyx 1 

 small to sometimes medium, usually closed. Basin rather small, often oblique, 

 moderately shallow to rather deep, moderately wide, abrupt, characteristically 

 ridged and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth, glossy, clear yellow, often with a faint blush which sometimes 

 deepens to a pinkish-red shade similar to that seen in a highly colored Yellow 

 Newtown, sometimes veined and flecked with russet. Dots numerous, fine to 

 moderately coarse, russet, or pinkish-white and areolar or submerged. 



Calyx tube rather large, wide at top, cone-shape to funnel- form. Stamens 

 marginal to median. 



Core axile, rather small ; cells usually closed ; core lines meeting or slightly 

 clasping. Carpels roundish, rather wide, broadly emarginate, slightly tufted. 

 Seeds light and dark reddish-brown, short to moderately long, wide, plump, 

 obtuse, sometimes tufted. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, very firm, somewhat coarse, crisp, moderately 

 tender, juicy, slightly aromatic, mild subacid, good. 



Season February to April or May. 



ROCK PIPPIN OF EASTERN NEW YORK. 



A variety is grown under this name in Eastern New York, particularly in 

 Dutchess county, which we have been unable to identify as any other named 

 variety. G. B. Brackett, U. S. Pomologist, writes us that it certainly is not 

 Lansingburg of which Rock is given by Downing 1 as a synonym and adds 

 that he is unable to identify it. It is neither the Rock of New Hampshire, 2 

 the Rock of Pennsylvania 2 nor the Rock Pippin of Ohio. 2 ' 3 It somewhat 

 resembles Tewksbury but is distinct from that variety. It also bears some 

 resemblance to Yellow Newtown but is smoother and has a redder cheek. It 

 is known to some under the name Winter Blush.* All of the descriptions of 

 Winter Maiden Blush or Winter Blush which we have been able to find are 

 brief and unsatisfactory. So far as we can determine none of them refer to 

 the variety under discussion. Fruit of what appears to be the same variety 



1 Downing, 1881: 12 index, app. 



1 Downing, 1869:338. 



8 Warder, 1867 :6 9 i. 



4 Letter, C. H. Deuell, Bangall, N. Y., 1904. 



