THE APPLE. 255 



LoxDox Pippin. 

 Five-Crowned Pippin. New London Pippin. Royal Somerset. 



A very old English Aj)|)le, mostly valued for cooking or dryin«. 

 Tree a moderate grower, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, flattened at base, yellow, with 

 a tinge of red in the sun. Calyx small, closed. Flesh white, rathet 

 fii-m, subacid. Good. November to February. 



London Swket. 



Heicke's Winter Sweet. Mrs. Weavers Sweet ? 



Clark's Seedling. London Winter Sweet. 



Origin supposed near Dayton, O. Tree vigorous, productive, valu- 

 able in rich deep soils. Young wood, dull gi'ayish brown. 



Finiit medium or large, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with very slight 

 indications of russet, a little green riissel around the stalk, and sparsely 

 covered wdth brown specks. Stalk short, in a large cavity. Calyx 

 closed, set in an abrupt, open, slightly imeven basin. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, tender, fine, delicate, sweet, slightly aromatic. Good to very 

 good. Is^ovember to February. 



Long Island Pearmain. 

 Hollow Crown Pearmain. 



An old variety, described by Coxe, and while it is somewhat exten- 

 sively grown, has been sometimes confounded with Winter Pearmain, 

 which is an entirely difierent fruit. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong, having a large hollow basin or crown, 

 yellow, splashed and streaked with red, and some faint russet spots. 

 Flesh coarse, tender, somew^hat dry, aromatic. Good. October to 

 February. 



Long Island Pippin. 



Origin unlcnoAvn. Specimens from T. T. Lyon, Plymouth, Mich. 



Fruit large, roundish, flattened, yellowish green. Flesh greenish 

 yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy subacid. Almost best. January. 

 (Warder.) 



Long Island Russet. 



An old Apple, much grown in New Jersey and Long Island, and 

 valued highly for cider purposes. Tree vigorous, spreading, and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit below medium, roundish, yellow, mostly overspread with dull 

 I'usset, black spots or blotches when fully ripe. Flesh yellowish, tougli, . 

 rather dry, almost sweet. October to Februaiy. 



Long John. 



Of unknown origin. 



Fruit large, conical, greenish yellow. Flesh yellowish white, rather 

 dry, subacid, valuable only for its size and long keeping quality. March 

 to May. 



