som end, more remarkably long than any apple I 

 have seen the skin is a greenish yellow ; the flesh 

 pleasant, but much inferior in flavour to the Newton 

 pippin ; it is an early winter fruit : does not keep well, 

 but is an abundant bearer : the tree is of very delicate 

 growth, with small limbs. 



ISO. 81. WINTER QUEEN. 



This is a very showy fruit; above the middling 

 size; of an oblong form, diminishing towards the blos- 

 som end : the skin is smooth, of a lively bright red 

 streaked with yellow the taste is pleasant, but with- 

 out any of the fine flavour of a very good table or cider 

 apple : the form of the tree is upright and tall, shoot- 

 ing out straight limbs it is an abundant bearer ; the 

 time of ripening is November. 



NO. 88. AMERICAN PIPPIN. 



This apple is in very high reputation, both for cider 

 and for keeping till very late in the spring, often till 

 Harvest. The shape is flat, without any hollow at 

 the ends ; the stem singularly thick and fleshy ; the 

 crown very large, the skin a dull red, with faint yel- 

 jfcpw pots ; and a portion of dull green; the flesh hard 



