STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 8/ 



DISCUSSION OF VARIETIES. 



Following the presentation of Mr. H. P. Gould's paper on 

 "\'ariation in Apples" at our annual meeting, attention was 

 called to several varieties of apples. Concerning these Mr. 

 Gould in answer to questions gave the following : 



Question : Is the Newtown Pippin a desirable variety for 

 Maine? 



Mr. Gould : From what I know of the requirements of that 

 varietv I should question very seriously the advisability of plant- 

 ing it as far north as this. It seems to me to require a longer 

 season and higher temperature during the growing season than 

 would be possible in this State. There are a few specimens of 

 this variety on the exhibit table down stairs and in some ways 

 thev seem to be characteristic of the variety but in comparison 

 with the typical specimens of it from Virginia they show marked 

 variations. The most noticeable exterior variation which I see 

 is in the color. If you noticed them downstairs, you observed 

 that they had a white color. The typical Yellow Newtown has 

 more of a vellowish cast, or greenish in some cases. I think 

 there must also be a good deal of difiference in the quality. I 

 have not sampled those downstairs. By the way, I want to say 

 that it is my opinion, and I know that opinion is shared by a 

 good many others, even those who are handling that variety, 

 that it is very much overrated in point of quality. Why the 

 people over in England are willing to pay such large prices for 

 it I do not know, unless it is because of the prominence which 

 the Queen of England gave, or is said to have given to it quite 

 a good many years ago. 



(Specimens of the apple on exhibit referred to were submitted 

 to the office of pomologist. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and pronounced "White Pippin" — not Yellow 

 Newtown as indicated in the exhibit. H. P. G.) 



Question : What is the essential difiference between that and 

 the Albemarle? 



Mr. Gould : The difiference is in the spelling of the name, 

 that is all. Albemarle is a svnonvm of Yellow Newtown. 



