AUTUMN APPLES. 155 



of ripening, variable, from early auturhn to winter. Pro- 

 ductiveness, variable. 



English Codlin. Rather large, oblong or conical, yellow, 

 stalk short, pleasant, sub-acid, second rate. Culinary. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. Early and mid-autumn. 



Esten. Large, oblong-ovate, slightly ribbed, smooth ; yel- 

 low, sometimes a blush; dots large, green and red; stalk 

 one inch long, slender ; cavity very deep ; basin shallow ; 

 flesh white, fine grained, mild sub-acid. Tree vigorous, 

 very productive. Rhode Island. New. 



Fall Cheese. Size, medium ; color, green with a red cheek; 

 flesh crisp, sprightly, very agreeable. Tree of compact 

 growth, a profuse bearer. Its cultivation is chiefly con- 

 fined to Virginia, and is one of the best apples of that 

 State, ripening the latter half of autumn. 



Fall Harvey. Large, roundish oblate, nearly regular ; pale 

 yellow ; stalk slender, one inch long, cavity moderate ; 

 basin medium in size, furrowed ; flesh fine grained, 

 juicy, good, rich sub-acid flavor, but hardly first rate, 

 often second rate. Moderate or poor bearer. Essex Co., 

 Mass. 



Fall Orange. Large, roundish ovate, or oval ; light 

 greenish yellow becoming pale yellow; rarely a brown 

 cheek; stalk half an inch long, cavity narrow; basin 

 even-rimmed, slightly plaited; sub-acid, tender, fine first 

 rate if well ripened and fresh from the tree. Shoots very 

 stout, dark colored. Tree bears while very young, fruit 

 always fair. 



FALL PIPPIN. (Syn. Holland Pippin, erroneously.) 

 Very large, roundish, obtuse, somewhat oblong-conical, 

 a little flattened at the ends, sometimes with large obtuse 

 ribs ; color greenish, becoming a high rich yellow when 

 ripe, with some large shades of green about the crown 

 before fully ripe ; stalk large, in an acuminate cavity ; 

 basin deep ; flesh yellowish, rather firm, becoming ten- 

 der, rich, aromatic, excellent. Leaves sharply serrate ; 

 shoots vigorous, rather dark, diverging, becoming spread- 

 ing ; tree large. Late autumn, keeping into mid-winter. 



