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NO. 14. AMERICAN NONPAREIL. 



This is a beautiful apple, brought from New-York; 

 streaked with a lively red on a yellow ground the 

 skin is very smooth, the flesh white, crisp, and juicy 

 the shape oblong, and pointed at the blossom end; the 

 stem of middling length, inserted in a deep cavity ; 

 it ripens in August, and is a fine market apple the 

 tree is of a full, round, and regular form, and of a 

 vigorous growth. 



NO. 15. FALL, OR HOLLAND PIPPIN. 



This is one of the finest, and most beautiful apples 

 of the season the size is very large, it generally 

 weighs a pound ; the form is rather long than flat, the 

 skin smooth and fair of a clear, pale greenish yellow; 

 the flesh pale yellow, juicy, tender, sprightly, and 

 finely flavoured : it is a very popular apple for market, 

 and is used both for eating and cooking : the stalk is 

 short, it is very deeply indented at both ends ; it ri- 

 pens in October, and keeps well as a fall apple the 

 tree grows very vigorously, handsome and spreading, 

 with uncommonly large shoots and leaves. it appears 

 to be the same with Princes large Piplin of New- 

 York; is called Vauduyns Pippin in some parts of 



