204 Auttimn Acid Striped. 



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crooked grower moderate bearer. Origin, Lycoming county, 

 Penn. 



Ribston Pippin. Medium or rather large, roundish conical ; cloud- 

 ed and striped with yellowish red, on a yellow and slightly russet- 

 ed ground ; stalk slender, often short ; cavity rather wide ; basin 

 narrow, angular ; flesh yellow, crisp, granular, juicy, with a very 

 rich and rather sharp or acid flavor. First-rate as far north as 

 Maine, often second-rate further south ; but its quality is usually 

 suffered to deteriorate needlessly by remaining too long on the 

 tree. Late autumn and early winter. Shoots diverging or 

 spreading ; buds and young shoots rather hoary. English. 



Richards 1 Graft. (Derrick's Graft, Red Spitzenburgh.) Rather 

 large, roundish-oblate ; striped red on yellow ; cavity large ; basin 

 deep ; flesh fine grained, tender, with a refreshing, sub-acid, 

 very good flavor. Sept. and O6t Cultivated on the Hudson 

 river. 



Shiawasse Beauty. Medium, oblate, regular, smooth ; deep bril- 

 liant red on greenish yellow ground ; stalk very short, deeply 

 sunk ; basin small, regular ; flesh white, tender, crisp, sub-acid 

 and aromatic. Oct. and Nov. Resembles Fameuse, but tree a 

 stronger and more upright grower. 



SMOKEHOUSE. Medium or rather large, oblate, regular ; mottled, 

 and indistinctly striped with red on yellow ground ; a slight green- 

 ish cast at the crown ; stalk one inch long, slender, cavity wide, 

 acute ; basin rather distinct ; flesh yellowish white, rich, aromatic, 

 fine sub-acid flavor. Mid-autumn to winter. Origin, Chester co., 

 Penn. Succeeds in the Middle States. 



St. Lawrence. (Corse's St. Lawrence.) Large, roundish, slightly 

 oblate, and sometimes a little conical, obtuse, whole surface broad- 

 ly and very distinctly striped with very dark red, on light green- 

 ish yellow ground ; stem rather short and slender, cavity wide ; 

 basin round, deep, with a very obtuse rim ; flavor rather acid, 

 moderately rich, agreeable. A very handsome and productive 

 apple, of good second-rate flavor, ripening about mid-autumn. 

 Canadian. 



TWENTY OUNCE. (Cayuga Red Streak, Twenty Ounce Pippin, 

 erroneously.) Very large, roundish, remotely conical, surface 

 sometimes smooth, often very wavy ; color striped rich yellowish 

 red on greenish yellow or yellowish white ground ; stalk three- 

 fourths inch long ; sub-acid, rather coarse, second quality. Very 

 showy, fair, and productive. A profitable market sort. Late 

 autumn and early winter. Growth in large trees becoming strag- 

 gling. Western New York. The Twenty Ounce Pippin is a 

 large, green, third-rate fruit. 



Vandevere Pippin. (Watson's Vandevere, Indiana Vandevere.) 

 Large, oblate, remotely conic, striped and blotched with light red 



