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24. Green everlasting. "Light green colour ; skin 

 remarkably smooth and fair. This apple keeps well 

 until late in the summer, and some have kept perfect- 

 ly sound more than a year from the time they were 

 gathered." (Mease.) 



25. Green Newton pippin, c. "It is of a flattish form, 

 and green colour, when first gathered, turning yellow 

 in the spring, and is justly esteemed the best table ap- 

 ple in America. It is supposed to have come origin- 

 ally from Holland, but Mr. Prince says, it originated 

 in the town of Newton, Queen's county, Long island, 

 state of New-York. In general, apples, kept till the 

 spring, lose their flavour, and become mealy, but the 

 Newton pippin may be kept till June, without losing 

 either its juice or flavour. It is an excellent apple for 

 cider, either alone or mixed with others, Many va- 

 rieties are raised from the seed of it, of a large size, 

 but different in form and colour. Mr. Riley, of Mar- 

 cus Hook, says, there are two varieties raised at New- 

 ton, in Chester county. The flat sort is much the 

 best, and the greatest bearer. It is an excellent apple 

 for house use ; makes a large quantity of cider, though 

 of a thin quality. A large long kind, sometimes call- 

 ed lady-finger, is not so good ; the taste is not so pleas- 

 ant, and they have a thick skin. This apple is of a 

 beautiful golden colour in the spring. The trees of 

 both those varieties grow larger, and are great bear- 

 ers. Forsyth remarks, that the Newton pippin sel- 

 dom ripens in England. Mr. Cooper, of New Jersey, 

 remarks, that the Newton pippin does not thrive in. 

 a sandy soil." (Mease.) 



26. Grey house, c. "Mr. Riley, of Marcus Hook, 

 thinks this is not excelled by any for making cider : 

 it is of a middling size, reddish grey colour, ripe in 

 October. Cider is made of it in November. The 

 tree bears but every other year, and then is heavily 

 loaded. It is a very tender fruit, though late in bios- 



