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FALL PIPPIN 



Tree: very vigorous, moderately diverging. 



Shoots: medium to rather long, nearly' straight, slightly curved, with medium 

 internodes. Bark: dark reddish olive — dark grayish olive with considerable 

 scarf skin. Lenticels: medmm or below in size, roundish, grayish yellow, slightly 

 raised. 



Leaf Blade: rather large, much folded, reffexed, generally much waved, oval 

 to oblong, dark clear green, spreading. Serrations: very sharp, rather large, 

 irregular, rather deep. Surface; shining, with moder?tely coarse texture and 

 medium pubescence. 



Prominent Characteristics 



Tall, vigorous growth; rather large, folded, reflexed leaves, sharplj' and ir- 

 regularly serrate. 



Differs from — 



Rhode Island Greening by taller growth, more lenticels, and more folded leaves 

 with sharper serrations. 



Grimes Golden by larger, stouter growth and leaves with sharper, more 

 irregular serrations. 



