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excellent dessert and market Apple. Tree hardy, thrifty, and a moderate 

 and regular bearer. 



Claygate Pearmain. A well-known and popular English variety, with 

 medium-sized roundish-conical fruit. Skin greenish, yellow with a 

 brownish-red cheek, and dull-red dashes and stripes. Flesh yellowish, 

 juicy, with a rich aromatic flavour, somewhat similar to the Ribsten 

 Pippin. Ripens late, keeps well, and a first-class dessert variety. 

 Suitable for export. Tree robust, and an abundant bearer. 



Cleopatra (New York Pippin, Ortley Pippin, Yellow Pippin, White 

 Pippin, White Bellflower}. A well-known and excellent American 

 variety that is very popular in Australia. Fruit medium to large, and 

 in shape oblong-conical. Skin a rich deep yellow, with sometimes a 

 sunny cheek. Flesh white, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid, and pleasantly 

 flavoured. Ripens late, keeps a long time ; an excellent culinary Apple, 

 useful as a dessert fruit, and one of the best sorts for an export trade. 

 Tree strong, hardy, and generally bears very freely. 



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Cleopatra. 



Cockle Pippin (Nutmeg Pippin). A first-class English dessert 

 variety, with medium-sized conical and slightly-ribbed fruit. Skin 

 yellow, thickly covered and dotted with brown russet. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, juicy, with a rich aromatic flavour. Ripens late, and will keep 

 for several months. Tree hardy and prolific. 



Cooper's Market. A showy American variety, with medium-sized 

 roundish-conical fruit, somewhat similar to Cox's Orange Pippin. Skin 



