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TREE. 



Tree vigorous. Form spreading, open; lateral branches rather slender and 

 somewhat drooping. Twigs long to above medium, curved or irregularly 

 crooked, moderately stout with thick tips; internodes long to below medium. 

 Bark dark brownish-red mingled with yellowish-green, lightly mottled with 

 scarf-skin; pubescent. Lenticels rather dull but conspicuous, numerous, large 

 to small, roundish to oblong, raised. Buds prominent, large, broad, plump, 

 obtuse to acute, free or nearly so, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large to very large, pretty uniform in shape and size. Form roundish 

 to somewhat oblate, sometimes slightly inclined to conic, regular or obscurely 

 ribbed. Stem short to rather long, often stout, sometimes thick and swollen. 

 Cavity medium to rather large, obtuse to acute, moderately deep to rather 

 shallow, moderately narrow to rather wide, often gently furrowed or \vavy, 

 occasionally lipped, often russeted, sometimes with fine outspreading russet. 

 Calyx medium to rather large, closed or somewhat open ; segments long, 

 acuminate. Basin small to medium, varying from narrow, shallow and rather 

 obtuse to moderately wide, rather deep and abrupt, regular or sometimes 

 obscurely ridged and wrinkled. 



Skin smooth or somewhat roughened with russet dots, fine yellow mottled 

 and washed with orange red, often shading to lively deep red, striped and 

 splashed with bright carmine. Dots rather numerous, conspicuous, white or 

 russet. Prevailing color attractive red over yellow. 



Calyx tube small to above medium, cone-shape to funnel-form. Stamens 

 median to marginal. 



Core below medium to rather large, abaxile to nearly axile; cells sym- 

 metrical, closed or partly open; core lines meeting or slightly clasping the 

 apex of the tube when it is cone-shape or the limb when it is funnel-shape. 

 Carpels roundish to somewhat ovate or obovate, tufted, mucronate, but slightly 

 emarginate if at all. Seeds few, rather large, long, irregular, obtuse to some- 

 what acute, often abortive, somewhat tufted. 



Flesh attractive yellowish, rather coarse, crisp, tender, aromatic, juicy, sub- 

 acid, very good to best. 



TWENTY OUNCE PIPPIN. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1845:140. 2. Thomas, 1849:153. 3. Emmons, 

 Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:21, 33. 1851. fig. 4. Ib., 3:64. 1851. fig. 5. Elliott, 1854: 

 126. 6. Warder, 1867:461. 7. Downing, 1869:113. 8. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1890:290. 9. Woolverton, Ont. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 2:8. 1895. fig. 10. 

 Ib., 3:3. 1896. figs. 



SYNONYMS. CABASHEA (7, 8, 9, 10). KING (4). King (7). Oxheart. 

 Not TWENTY OUNCE (2, 5, 6, 9, 10). 



Attractive in appearance, but second or third rate in quality. In 

 season about with Tompkins King. It is grown commercially to a 

 limited extent and some find it profitable, but, generally speaking, it 

 is not a favorite with fruit growers. Undoubtedly there would be 



