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Mexico. Size medium, roundish ; striped light and dark red ; 

 stalk large and long ; cavity broad, shallow, russeted ; calyx 

 large, in a narrow basin ; flesh whitish stained with red, tender, 

 with a very good flavor. A handsome New England fruit. Tree 

 very hardy, productive. 



Myer's. (Ohio Nonpareil.) Large, roundish, slightly oblate; 

 marbled and splashed red on yellow ; cavity and basrti medium ; 

 flesh yellowish white, with an excellent sub-acid flavor. Autumn. 

 Growth strong and straight, forming a compact head. Produc' 

 tive, and much valued at the West. 



Oldenburgh.* Medium or rather large, roundish, a little flattened 

 at the ends ; light red in broad broken stripes and splashes on 

 yellow ground ; stem short, in an acuminate cavity ; basin deep 

 and narrow ; flesh yellowish white, sub-acid, very handsome. 

 Good for cooking. Early autumn. Shoots dark, ascending. 

 Very hardy. Suceeds well at the West and North. The strong 

 growth of the tree, its early bearing and endurance of severe win- 

 ters, and the fair and handsome appearance of the fruit, render it 

 one of the most valuable sorts for the West. Russian. Fig. 387. 



Orndorf. Size medium, roundish ; slightly striped and shaded red 

 on yellow ; stalk slender ; cavity and basin deep ; calyx open ; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, with an excellent sub-acid flavor. A mod- 

 erate bearer. October and November. Ohio. 



Rambo.* (Romanite of New Jerse)*.) Size medium, oblate, 

 smooth ; streaked and marbled with dull yellowish red on pale 

 yellowish ground ; dots large ; whitish ; stalk an inch long, rather 

 slender ; basin broad, slightly plaited ; flesh tender, rich, mild 

 sub-acid, fine flavored, often excellent. Fine in nearly all local- 

 ities. Late autumn and early winter. Known by the erroneous 

 name of Seek -no-further in Philadelphia market. Pa. Fig. 374. 

 Tender far West. 



Red Summer Calville. Medium, regular, oblong-conical ; yellow- 

 ish white, mostly covered with rosy red, mottled and splashed 

 with darker red, basin very shallow, almost wanting ; flesh white, 

 fine grained, spicy, sub-acid, quality good. Early autumn. Fig. 

 378. Russian. 



Republican Pippin. Large, round-oblate; striped with red on a 

 mottled reddish ground, greenish yellow in the shade; stalk an 

 inch long, slender; cavity sometimes with radiating russet rays; 

 flesh tender, sub-acid, with a pleasant, peculiar, somewhat walnut 

 flavor. Ripens early and mid-autumn, but is a good cooking apple 

 in summer. Excellent for drying. Tree a strong and crooked 

 grower moderate bearer. Origin, Lycoming County, Pa. 



Ribston Pippin. Medium or rather large, roundish conical ; clouded 

 and striped with yellowish red, on a yellow and slightly russeted 

 ground ; stalk slender, often short ; cavity rather wide ; basin nar- 

 row, angular; flesh yellow, crisp, granular, juicy, with a very rich 

 and rather sharp or acid flavor. First-rate as far north as Maine, 

 often second-rate farther south ; but its quality is usually suffered to 

 deteriorate needlessly by remaining too long on the tree. Late 

 autumn and early winter. Shoots diverging or spreading; buds 

 and young shoots' rather hoary. English. 



