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TniC APPLE. 



larg-e, open, spreading head; an early and jrood bearer annually, but 

 large crops on alternate years; and being- hardy, healthy, long-lived, 

 and the fruit of good appearance, large, fair, and uniform in size, 

 makes it valuable for market or family use. ' 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, slightly conical, slightl}^ 



Lincoln Pippin, 



angular, sides sometimes a little unequal; skin pale greenish yellow, 

 moderately sprinkled with graj'ish dots; stalk short to long, slen- 

 der; cavity large, deep; calyx small, closed; basin small or medium, 

 slightly corrugated; Hesh half fine, pale whitish yellow, tender, 

 juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic; very good; core rather large. 

 October, December, 



Loxgworth's Red Winter. 



Orisfinated with William Longworth, Dabuque, Iowa, who writes 

 ihat the tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, with a roundish head, in- 

 clining to be upright; an early and good bearer annually, but larger 

 crops on alternate years. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate conical, regular; skin whitish 

 yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with liglit and dark rich red 

 over most of the surface, and thickly sprinkled with light dots; stalk 

 medium, slender; cavity rather large, smooth; calyx closed or nearly 

 so; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh white, fine, sometimes 

 veins of red around the core, tender, juicy, mild subacid, having a 

 slight peculiar quince-like flavor; very good. November, February. 



