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Core small, somewhat abaxile ; cells open or partly open ; core lines meeting 

 or clasping. Carpels broadly roundish. Seeds medium or below, rather 

 narrow, short, plump. 



Flesh yellowish-white, crisp, moderately juicy, rather tender, mild subacid 

 to somewhat sweet, fair to good in flavor and quality. 



HIGHLAND BEAUTY. 



REFERENCES, i. Manning, Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1881:232. 2. Downing, 

 1881:88 app. fig. 3. Dempsey, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 2:32. 1895. 



A seedling of the Lady exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society in 1881 as a new variety. " In size it surpasses its parent but not in 

 quality " ( i ) . The fruit is of the Lady type. Skin clear, smooth yellow or 

 almost waxen white, blushed with brilliant carmine. Flesh white, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, mild subacid, very good. 



Season January to March (i, 2, 3). It does not appear to be known in 

 cultivation to any considerable extent. 



HOLLAND WINTER 



REFERENCES, i. Langley, Pomona, 1729. (cited by 3). 2. Knoop, Pomol., 

 1758. (cited by 3). 3. Forsyth, 1824:107. 4. Hogg, 1884:110. 5. Powell and 

 Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 48:44, par. 2. 1903. 6. Beach and Clark, N. Y. 

 Sta. Bui., 248:124. 1904. 



The variety here described as Holland Winter was received for 

 testing at this Station from Western Pennsylvania under the name of 

 Holland Pippin. United States Pomologist Heiges identified it for 

 us as the Holland Pippin of Hogg, Langley and Miller, and stated 

 that it is the variety which is generally grown in Pennsylvania under 

 the name of Holland Pippin, We have not yet been able to confirm 

 with certainty the identification made by Heiges. 



Forsyth's complete description of the Holland Pippin of Lang- 

 ley (3) is here given. 



" This is a middle-sized apple, of a flattish shape. Its colour 

 is yellow, in some places inclining to green, with sometimes a 

 little red towards the sun. This is a pretty good apple, and 

 keeps till the middle of April." 



The following is Hogg's description (4). 



" Fruit large, three inches wide, and two inches and a half 

 high ; roundish and flattened with ribs on the sides. Skin, 

 greenish-yellow, with a slight tinge of pale brown where ex- 

 posed to the sun, and strewed with large green dots. Eye, 



