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streaks or network of russet. Stalk short, planted in a deep 

 cavity. Calyx with open, long segments set in a deep, rather 

 uneven basin. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender, with a 

 tolerable, somewhat acid flavour. The English trace some re- 

 semblance between this and the Newtown pippin, but we per- 

 ceive no similarity. October to January. 



72. AMERICAN PIPPIN. Coxe. Thomp. 



Grindstone. 



Valuable only for its late keeping and for cider, the American 

 pippin has never been much cultivated out of New-Jersey. The 

 Newtown pippin which is frequently called by this name abroad, 

 is very different, and infinitely superiour to this. 



Fruit of medium size, and regular form, roundish, somewhat 

 flattened. Skin dull red in patches and stripes, on a dull green 

 ground, marked by pretty large star-like, yellowish russet specks, 

 which make the surface rather rough. Stalk short, somewhat 

 fleshy and set in an irregular shallow cavity. Calyx small, set 

 almost even with the surface of the fruit. Flesh white, firm, 

 juicy, with a somewhat brisk, acid flavour. Keeps till June. 

 Trees with crooked shoots. 



73. BALDWIN. Ken. Thomp. Man. 



Woodpecker. 

 Pecker. 



The Baldwin stands at the head of all New-England apples, 

 and is unquestionably a first rate fruit in all respects. It is a 

 native of Massachusetts, and is more largely cultivated for the 

 Boston market than any other sort. It bears most abundantly 

 with us, and we have had the satisfaction of raising larger, more 

 beautiful, and highly flavoured specimens here, than we ever 

 saw in its native region. The Baldwin, in flavour and general 

 characteristics, evidently belongs to the same family as our 

 Esopus Spitzenburgh, and deserves its extensive popularity. 



Fruit large, roundish, and narrowing a little to the eye. Skin 

 yellow in the shade, but nearly covered and striped with crimson, 

 red, and orange, in the sun ; dotted with a few large russet dots, 

 and with radiating streaks of russet about the stalk. Calyx 

 closed, set in a rather narrow, plaited basin. Stalk half to 

 three fourths of an inch long, rather slender for so large a fruit, 

 planted in an even, moderately deep cavity. Flesh yellowish 

 white, crisp, with that agreeable mingling of the saccharine and 

 acid which constitutes a rich, high flavour. The tree is a vigo- 

 rous, upright grower, and bears most abundantly. Ripe from 

 November to March, but with us, is in perfection in January. 



