MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 91 



with lively red ; stem, short, slender j cavity, round ; calyx, nearly closed ; 

 basin, medium, slightly plaited ; core, medium ; seeds, small ; flesh, white, 

 fine-grained, tender } mild sub-acid ; nearly " best.' 7 November to March. 



MINISTER. 



From Massachusetts. Tree, productive. Fruit, . large, oblong conical, 

 ribbed ; red striped on greenish yeUow ; stem, slender ; calyx, small, closed ; 

 basin, furrowed', flesh, yellowish white, coarse, spongy; "good;" showy 

 and salable. October to December. 



MICHAEL HENRY PIPPIN. 



American. Native of New Jersey. It is in extensive cultivation 

 throughout the West, and is very successful. Trees very productive. 



Fruit, medium to large ; form, angular, roundish conical ; color, light 

 yellowish green, with a flush of red, in sun, dotted with irregular formed 

 specks of russet often there is a shade of rich yellow, marbled or striped, 

 apparently underneath the skin ; stem, usually short ', cavity, narrow, regu- 

 lar ; calyx, with long segments in divisions ; basin, shallow, narrow, some- 

 what furrowed ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet : much valued for cooking 

 and keeping well, being in use from October to March ; core, small, com- 

 pact, surrounded by a broad, coarse vein, giving semblance of a large core j 

 seeds, ovate pointed, light brown. 



MOTHER. 



Queen Anne, of some, incorrectly. 



From Massachusetts, Tree, hardy, moderate growth, annual "bearer. 

 Fruit, large, roundish ovate; yellow, mostly overspread, marbled and 



