OF WINTER APPLES. 8 J 



Okdeb II. Breadth greater than the length. 



A. Ends equal or subequal. 



- 85. FRENCH PIPPIN. Plate. 

 (JVetcarfc Pippin.) 



Fruit of the medium size ; subcircular, depressed. Color green, cheek browned, skin 

 sparsely dotted with green. Stem short, thick, below the base ; depressions wide. Calyx 

 rather large, closed ; depression of the calyx plaited ; core small. Flesh tender, rich, 

 pleasant. Ripens in early winter. Growth of the tree unsymmetrical. New-Jersey. 

 Exhibited by Gideon Ross, at the New- York Convention, in 1848. 



86. CANADA PURSEMOUTH. Fig. M. 



Fruit about the medium size, subcircu- 

 lar; color yellow, with a large patch 

 of crimson upon its cheek ; slightly 

 ridged ; stem short, with the flesh 

 closing the depression. Calyx rather 

 large ; depression shallow. Flesh 

 white, tender, juicy, but not all 

 sprightly. Skin tough. Open from 

 the calyx to the core. Fruit second 

 rate. 



B. Ends unequal. 



87. CANN. 

 Fruit of the medium size ; conical. Color green, enlivened with a shade of brown around 

 the base or near the stem. Very sweet. Early winter. 



88. CUMBERLAND SPICE. 

 Fruit full medium size ; conical ; base rather broad, from which, or near to which it begins 

 ta taper. Color waxen yellow, ornamented about the base with a tinge of vermilion 

 red. Skin marked with black dots. Stem equaling the base. Depression wide ; calyx 

 set in a small basin. Flesh white, subacid. Color of the apple is similar to the Maiden's 

 blush. Early winter. 



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