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appearance of the fruit, which is generally of flatter form, and 

 green, and by some is thought to be rather more juicy, and to 

 keep better. 



Both the yellow and the green Newtown Pippin are found 

 of very varied quality in different localities, a result attributa- 

 ble largely, I think, to the existence of seedling sub- varieties. 



46. LADIES' SWEETING. 



Tree spreading, a little irregular, thrifty, but the young 

 growth rather slender ; bears abundantly. 



Fruit medium or above, roundish-ovate, sometimes longer ; 

 yellowish-green, striped, or having considerable red, covered 

 by a slight bloom ; sometimes scarcely distinguishable from 

 the Flushing Spitzenbergh. 



Flesh greenish-white, firm, crisp, and juicy. 



Flavor rather subacid than sweet, exceedingly pleasant, per- 

 fumed, and rich. Ripens from January to May, retaining its 

 freshness to the last. 



This favorite apple, under various names, has been very 

 widely diffused from its original home upon the Hudson, and 

 well deserves more attention and more special care in its culti- 

 vation as a market fruit than it has vet received. 



