AUTUMN APPLES. 157 



Lemon Pippin. Medium size, oval, regular ; pale green, 

 becoming yellow ; stalk short, fleshy, curved inwards, 

 surrounded by a fleshy protuberance ; basin small, even ; 

 flesh firm, brisk, pleasant sub-acid. Late autu.i.n and 

 early winter. Tree erect. 



Lowell. (Syn. Orange, Tallow apple, Tallow Pippin, Queen 

 Anne, of northern Ohio.) Large, roundish-oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly conical ; green becoming rich yellow ; surface 

 slightly oily ; stalk one inch long, basin deep, furrowed 

 or plaited inside, rim obtuse, even ; flesh yellowish white, 

 rather coarse, rich sub-acid, or rather acid, hardly first- 

 rate, but valuable for its fair surface and great and early 

 productiveness. Early auturrn. 



Maiden's Blush. Rather large, oblate, smooth and regular, 

 with a fine, evenly shaded red cheek or blush on a clear 

 pale yellow ground ; stalk short ; cavity rather wide ; ba- 

 sin moderate, even; flesh white, fine-grained, tender, 

 pleasant sub-acid, but not rich, good second-rate. Mid- 

 autumn. Tree spreading. Although deficient in rich- 

 ness, it is admired for its fair, tender, and beautiful fruit, 

 and uniform productiveness. Fig. 148. 



Menagere. Very large, quite oblate, regular, pale yellow, 

 sometimes a faint blush, stalk short, flavor poor. Middle 

 and late autumn. Culinary only. German. 



ORNE'S EARLY. Rather large, somewhat ribbed, pale yel- 

 low, sprinkled with thin russet, and with a dull red cheek 

 towards the sun. Flesh white, very tender, juicy, and 

 with an exceedingly pleasant and fine flavor. Ripens the 

 first of autumn. This apple was imported from France 

 into Marblehead, Mass., and the name being lost, it re- 

 ceived that of the importer, in the same way that the 

 Williams Bonchretien pear was changed to Bartlett. 



PORTER. Rather large, oblong-ovate-conical , regular, often 

 ribbed at apex ; bright yellow, sometimes a dull blush in 

 the sun ; stalk one inch long, slender, cavity rather small ; 

 basin narrow ; flesh tender, rich sub-acid, of fine flavor. 

 Fair and productive. Early autumn. Good throughout 

 the northern states. Leaves sharp serrate. Fig. 113. 



