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corrugated and ribbed; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. 

 Core large, wide open, clasping; cells large, roomy, elliptical, much 

 and widely slit; tube funnel-shaped, long; stamsns marginal; seeds 

 large, angular, imperfect; flesh yellow, with yellow veinings, tender, 

 juicy, crisp, spicy, sprightly subacid, very good or best. December, 

 February. 



Yellow June. Of unknown Southern origin; tree vigorous, upright ; 

 an abundant bearer. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow; dots many, 

 green and brown; cavity slightly russeted; stem long, slender. Core 

 small; flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly subacid, good. 

 June, July in the South; August at the North. 



Yellow Newtown (Albemarle Pippin). Supposed origin, Newtown, 

 L. I., in the early part of the eighteenth century. It is not definitely 

 known whether the original tree was of the "Green" or the "Yellow" 

 type, nor is a record known of the distinct origin of the two. Coxe, 

 in 1817, first described them as distinct. The Yellow Newtown has 

 now almost superseded the Green Newtown for commercial orchards 

 and exportation, owing to its superiority in size, color, and keeping 

 capacity; both are successfully grown in but few portions of the 

 United States. Choice consignments of Yellow Newtown or Albe- 

 marle Pippins often sell in England for two or three times the price 

 of other American apples. 



The following description of Yellow Newtown was made from 

 choice specimens from Virginia at the Pan American Exposition: 



Fruit large, heavy, roundish cylindrical to roundish oblate, some- 

 what angular, sometimes inclined; surface yellowish green, over- 

 laid with suffused whitish veinings and roughened by dots and net- 

 veinings of russet, rarely a bronze blush; dots distinct, numerous, 

 minute, russet, a few large russet specks, often some red blotches; 

 cavity regular, wide, deep, obtuse, with large stellate russet extending 

 out over base; stem short; basin wide, ribbed, medium deep to 

 rather shallow; calyx open; segments flat convergent. Core barely 

 clasping, closed; cells ovate, widely slit, with large cellular exudate; 

 tube funnel-shaped; stamens basal; seeds long, sharp-pointed; flesh 

 firm, very juicy, yellow, sprightly subacid. 



Downing wrote: "The Yellow Newtown Pippin is handsomer in 

 appearance and has a higher perfume than the Green or Newtown 

 Pippin, and its flesh is rather firmer, and equally high-flavored; while 



