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season from November to May with February as the ordinary com- 

 mercial limit. It varies considerably in keeping qualities in dif- 

 ferent seasons (18). Warder (6) observes that "in some of its 

 external characters it more nearly resembles the Yellow Newt own 

 Pippin than any other fruit; but, while it lacks the high, spicy flavor 

 of that apple, it is found to be much more profitable in the orchard." 

 It has long been highly esteemed in some sections of Ohio and other 

 portions of the Middle West. In Central and Western New York 

 it generally succeeds better than does either the Yellow Newtown 

 or the Green Newtown. The tree is a good thrifty grower, comes 

 into bearing young and is a reliable cropper, yielding moderate to 

 good crops annually or nearly annually. Some New York fruit 

 growers consider it a profitable commercial variety because the fruit 

 is large, pretty uniform, rather attractive and generally keeps pretty 

 well. It is not recommended for general planting in New York. 



Historical. Warder remarks that " the origin of this valuable fruit is en- 

 * tirely unknown, and its history can only be traced to the nursery of Silas 

 Wharton, who may have brought it with him from the East. For a time 

 some of our leading pomologists 1 thought it was the Canada Reinette, but 

 this idea has long since been relinquished, and all agree that it is sui generis, 

 though it may have had a different name." It has been grown to a limited 

 extent in some portions of New York, but, so far as we can learn, its planting 

 is not being extended. 



TREE. 



Tree large, vigorous. Form upright spreading to roundish, rather dense. 

 Twigs long to rather short, straight, moderately slender to rather stout and 

 often very blunt; internodes short. Bark very dark brown, lightly streaked 

 with scarf-skin, heavily pubescent. Lenticels numerous, large to medium, 

 oval or irregular, raised, conspicuous. Buds deeply set in bark, medium to 

 short, flat, obtuse, more or less appressed or sometimes free, pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Frwt medium to large, often averaging rather large, pretty uniform in size 

 and shape. Form roundish or roundish oblate, inclined to conic, irregular or 

 somewhat angular, sometimes symmetrical. Stem short. Cavity medium or 

 above, acute or approaching acuminate, deep, moderately narrow to rather 

 wide, often wavy, sometimes lipped, partly russeted and often with a strip of 

 russet extending out on one side. Calyx small to medium, closed or partly 

 open ; lobes long, narrow, acuminate. Basin small to medium, moderately 

 shallow to medium in depth, rather narrow to moderately wide, rather abrupt, 

 usually somewhat furrowed and slightly wrinkled. 



1 See Elliott, 1854:72, who describes Canada Reinette under name of Canada Pippin; 

 Cole, 1849: 1 54; Thomas, 1849: 178. 



