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size, curved, stout; internodes long. Bark brown, tinged with olive-green, 

 mottled with scarf-skin, slightly pubescent. Lenticels scattering, large, oblong, 

 raised. Buds large, broad, plump, obtuse, free, slightly pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to large, averages nearly large. Form oblate to 

 roundish conic, distinctly ribbed, irregular; sides often unequal, sometimes 

 elliptical, not uniform. Stem medium to very long, slender. Cavity acute 

 to acuminate, medium in depth to deep, rather broad to narrow, usually with 

 outspreading russet rays, sometimes decidedly compressed, sometimes lipped. 

 Calyx medium to large, closed ; lobes often leafy, long, acuminate. Basin 

 sometimes oblique, shallow to moderately deep, moderately wide to rather 

 narrow, obtuse to rather abrupt, often prominently and irregularly ribbed.' 



Skin thin, moderately tender, greenish yellow becoming deep yellow, some- 

 times with a faint bronze blush in the sun. Dots scattering, russet, or sub- 

 merged and whitish. 



Calyx tube rather large, moderately wide, conical or approaching funnel- 

 form. Stamens median to basal. 



Core abaxile, medium to large ; cells unsymmetrical, usually wide open ; 

 core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels irregular, often somewhat 

 ovate, much concave, tufted. Seeds often abortive, dark, rather large, long, 

 flat, acute to acuminate. 



Flesh whitish tinged with yellow, firm, moderately fine, crisp, tender, 

 juicy, subacid, good. 



Season September to December. Commercial limit, October. 



ENGLISH PIPPIN. 



REFERENCES, i. Gibb, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887 :5o. 2. Troop, Ind. Sta. 

 Bui, 53:123. 1894. 3. Budd, la. Sta. Bui, 31:328. 1895. 4. Beach, W. 

 N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1896:51. 5. Troop, Ind. Sta. An. Rpt., 12:79. 1899. 

 6. Budd, la. Sta. Bui., 41 185. 1899. 7. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 

 248:118. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. ENGLISH PIPPIN (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Englischer Pepping (i). 

 No. 587 (i). Pepping Englischer (i). 



A Russian apple inferior in quality to standard varieties of its season. 

 Not recommended for planting in New York. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit large. Form variable, roundish oblate to oblate conic or inclined to 

 oblong truncate, ribbed ; sides sometimes unequal. Stem short, usually not 

 exserted. Cavity acuminate, rather wide, moderately deep, russeted and 

 with outspreading russet. Calyx medium size, closed ; lobes usually erect or 

 connivent. Basin medium in width to rather narrow, deep, abrupt, irreg- 

 ularly furrowed. 



Skin yellow or greenish, sometimes with shade of brownish-red overspread 

 with thin white bloom. Dots minute, pale or russet. 



Calyx tube cone-shape or approaching funnel-form. Stamens median. 



Core large, somewhat abaxile; cells partly open; core lines meeting. 

 Seeds medium size, obtuse. 



