42 FRUIT BOOK. 



Pennocks. This is a large apple ; the form 

 round, rather oblong ; the skin a dull red, slightly 

 streaked with yellow ; the flesh yellow, sweet, and 

 tender ; good for the table, and excellent for bak- 

 ing. The tree grows to a large size, and forms 

 an open, spreading head. It bears well every 

 year, and is in use during the winter months. M. 



[This variety, as well as the Newton Spitzenburg, are 

 larger apples when grown South, than with us.] 



Baldwin. This fine apple, so well known in 

 New England, hardly needs a description. It is 

 of medium size, the form round, the skin mostly 

 of a brilliant red, with some indistinct yellow 

 streaks ; in some situations a large proportion of 

 yellow ; the flesh is very fine, crisp, juicy and 

 rich. It bears abundantly every other year, keeps 

 well through the winter, and although so com- 

 mon, it will bear comparison with the finest of the 

 new varieties. M. 



[There is an apple cultivated to some extent in Essex 

 county, resembling this variety in its growth, and also in 

 its fruit, which can readily be distinguished from the true 

 Baldwin by its flavor, and from the bloom which is upon 

 the skin of the fruit, similar to the Blue Pearmain.] 



Murphy. This apple, in appearance, resem- 

 bles the Blue Pearmain ; the shape is more ob- 

 long, the size not so large ; the skin light red, 

 streaked and mottled with blotches of darker red ; 

 the flesh white, tender, and good. It is in use 

 from November to February. Raised from seed 

 by Mr. David Murphy, of Salem, Mass. M. 



Ortley Pippin. The size sometimes large, 

 the form oblong ; the skin, when ripe, a bright 

 yellow, with a little red on the side next the sun ; 



