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yellow on green, suffused slightly underneath skin, and with many small 

 greenish dots that become russety in sun ; stem, medium to long ; cavity, 

 round, shallow, regular; calyx, closed; basin, round, moderately deep, 

 slightly furrowed or crimped at base of calyx ; flesh, yellowish white, very 

 rich, sweet, hardly tender; core, medium, round ovate; seeds, abundant, 

 ovate pointed. As a baking fruit, or to grow for stock feeding, this is 

 unsurpassed. July and August. 



GOLDEN PIPPIN. 



American Golden Pippin, I "Ribbed Pippin, 

 New York Greening, | Newtown Greening. 



An old American sort, of strong growth, not an early, but productive 

 bearer. Fruit, large ; form, variable, sometimes ribbed, roundish flattened ; 

 golden yellow, with a few dots, sometimes net russet ; stem, short, stout ; 

 cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, rich, vinous, aro- 

 matic ; core, large. November, February. 



GOTTEN BALL. 

 Belle et Bonne, | Ooairtciicat Apple. 



The origin of this variety is somewhat in doubt, but it is probably a 

 native of Connecticut, from whence it has teen largely distributed East. 

 The trees do not bear well while young, but improve o they advance in 

 years. Tree, hardy, forming a large round head, with large, glossy, rich 

 green foliage; exceeding valuable for cooking; requires a rich, strong, 

 heavy soil. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish, narrowing to the eye ; color, rich yellow, 

 sometimes a faint blush near the stalk, and with rough dots ; stem, short, 

 stout ; cavity, broad ; calyx, half closed ; basin, shallow ; flesh, yellowish, 

 lender, sub-acid, nearly acid, perfumed ; core, medium ; seeds, large and 

 plump. October to December. 



The Belle Bonne of Lindley is quite another fruit, and should not bo 

 confounded with this. 



GRAVENSTEIN. 

 King of Pippins, erroneously^ \ Grave Sllje. 



Foreign .A variety indispensable to every collection, succeeding finely on 

 all soils, annually productive, fruit always fair, fit for cooking in August, 

 and eating in September and October; shoots, strong, smooth, upright. 

 Tree, large, regular, round head, foliage broad. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish flattened, a little irregular, somewhat rib- 

 bed, on surface undulating ; color, at first pale greenish, yellow ground, 

 becoming rich yellow, beautifully striped, and splashed with bright red ; 

 exposed to sun, red prevails, and becomes of a dark hue, beautiful, few 

 faint light green dots ; stem, short ; cavity, open, deep ; calyx, with open 

 half reflexed segments ; basin, rather deep, irregular, ribbed ; flesh, yellow- 

 ish, crisp, tender, sub-acid, with a peculiar aromatic taste ; core, large, cap- 

 eules open, hollow ; seeds, ovate pyriform, reddish brown. 



