THE APPLE. 



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Fruit incdium, roundish olilate, or nearly so ; skin grpcnisli yellow, 

 shaded, and rather obscurely striped and splashed with (.lull red; stalk 

 short; cavity small; calyx closed; basin medium, corrugated; flesh 

 whitish, half fine, half firm, moderately juicy, mild subacid ; core small. 

 January, May. 



Burlington Pippin. 



Town House. 



Origin unknown, supposed to be Burlington, Vermont; tree hardy, 

 vigorous, forming a round rather spreading head ; a good bearer annually 

 of fair fruit of uniform size and excellent quality. 



Burlington Pippin. 



Fruit medium or above, oblate, slightly conic, slightly angular ; skin 

 pale whitish yellov/, shaded and mottled with light red, with stripes and 

 broken splashes of dark red, and a few light and grayish dots ; stalk 

 iiedium, slender; cavity broad, deep, slight russet; calyx closed; 

 uasin medium, slightly plaited ; flesh quite white, sometimes a little 

 stained next the skin, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant mild sutacid, 

 and a little vinous; core medium. October, Januaiy. 



Childs. 



Raised by the late Ezekiel Page, Belgrade, Maine ; tree vigorous, 

 »preading, and very symetric in form ; a good bearer annually. 



