APPLES. 



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of the tree rather upright ; succeeds best on rather light soils. 

 Adapted to the climate of the Northern and Middle States, as far 

 south as Kentuck)', but fails by premature dropping in many 

 localities. More tart and less rich in cold summers, and far 

 North. Hardy at the West. Fig. 481. New Jersey. 



Vellow Newtown Pippin.* Medium, or rather large, roundish, 

 oblate and oblique, more or less flattened ; yellow, with a brownish 

 red cheek, purplish before ripe ; stalk very short ; flesh firm, crisp, 

 with a rich, mild flavor. Closely resembles the Green Newtown 

 Pippin, and believed by many to be identical, differing only by a 

 warmer exposure. It is fairer in some localities than the Green, 

 but is usually inferior to it in flavor. C. Downing gives the fol- 

 lowing distinguishing points between these two sub-varieties: 

 "The Yellow is handsomer, and has a higher perfume than 

 the Green, and its flesh is rather firmer and equally high fla- 

 vored; while the Green is more juicy, crisp, and tender. The 

 Yellow is rather flatter, measuring only about two inches deep, 

 and it is always quite oblique projecting more on one side of 

 the stalk than the other. When fully ripe, it is yellow, with a 

 rather lively red cheek and a smooth skin, few or none of the spots 

 on the Green variety, but the same russet marks at the stalk. It 

 is also more highly fragrant before and after it is cut than the 

 Green. The flesh is firm, crisp, juicy, and with a rich and high 

 flavor." Fig. 482. 



FIG. 479 . 

 Yellow Bellflower. 



FIG. 480. 

 Yellow Newtown Pippin. 



ZukofTs Winter. Large, irregular conical, greenish, nearly cov- 

 ered with dark red ; cavity medium, basin small; flesh white, sub 

 acid, juicy, quality good. Mid-winter. Fig. 462. Russian. 



