152 AUTUMN APPLES. 



stalk an inch long, slender; cavity sometimes with radia- 

 ting russet rays ; flesh tender, sub-acid ; with a pleasant, 

 first-rate, peculiar, somewhat walnut flavor. Ripens early 

 and mid-autumn ; hut is a good cooking apple in summer. 

 Excellent for drying. Origin, Lycoming county, Pa. 

 New. 



Ribston Pippin. Medium or rather large, roundish-conical; 

 clouded and striped with yellowish red, on a yellow and 

 slightly russeted ground ; stalk slender, often short, cavity 

 rather wide ; basin narrow, angular ; flesh yellow, crisp, 

 granular, juicy, with a very rich and rather sharp or acid 

 flavor. First-rate as far north as Maine, often second- 

 rate further south ; but its quality is usually suffered to 

 deteriorate needlessly by remaining too long on the tree. 

 Late autumn and early winter. Shoots diverging or 

 spreading; buds and young shoots rather hoary. English. 



Ross NONPAREIL. Medium or small, roundish, obscurely 

 conical; color thin russet and dull red, blotched, and ob- 

 scurely striped ; stalk slender, cavity rather acuminate ; 

 basin small ; flesh greenish white, with a rich aromatic 

 or fennel flavor. Late autumn. Very productive. Irish. 



Scarlet Pearmain. Medium size, conical, rich crimson; 

 stalk slender, deep set ; calyx open or spreading, basin 

 deep, slightly plaited ; flesh white, tinged with pink, 

 crisp, juicy, good. Early autumn. Productive. Eng- 

 lish. 



Smokehouse. Medium or rather large, oblate, regular; 

 mottled and indistinctly striped with red on yellow ground ; 

 a slight greenish cast at the crown ; stalk one inch long, 

 slender, cavity wide, acute ; basin rather distinct ; flesh 

 yellowish white, rich, aromatic, fine sub-acid flavor. Near- 

 ly or quite as good as Rambo, which it somewhat re 

 sembles. Origin, Chester Co., Pa. 



St. Lawrence. (Syn. Corse's St. Lawrence.) Large round- 

 ish, slightly oblate, and sometimes a little conical, obtuse 

 whole surface broadly and very distinctly striped with very 

 dark red, on light greenish yellow ground ; stem rather 

 short and slender, cavity wide ; basin round, deep, with 



