Winter Acid Not Striped. 



225 



Fig. 260. Belmont. 



BULLOCK'S PIPPIN, or AMERICAN GOLDEN RUSSET. (Golden Rus- 

 set, Sheepnose.) Rather small, conical ; light yellow, sprinkled 

 and sometimes overspread with thin russet ; stalk long, slender ; 

 basin very small and narrow, ribbed ; flesh yellowish white, very 

 fine grained, becoming very tender, with a mild, rich, slightly sub- 

 acid flavor. Growth erecl:, shoots rather slender ; leaves sharply 

 serrate ; tree overbears. Early winter. When well ripened, this 

 apple is exceedingly delicate and tender ; sometimes it does not 

 become soft in ripening, when the quality is poor, and often worth- 

 less. It is too small to become very popular. Generally ren- 

 dered worthless at the East by black mildew, and becoming more 

 affected with it at the West. 



Canada Reinette. (Reinette du Canada, Canadian Reinette.) Quite 

 large, somewhat conical and flattened ; rather irregular, ribbed, 

 apex obtuse ; greenish yellow, sometimes a brown cheek; stalk 

 short, cavity wide ; calyx large, basin rather deep, irregular ; flesh 

 nearly white, rather firm, becoming quite tender, juicy, with a 

 good, lively sub-acid flavor. Early and mid-winter. 



Clarke's Pearmain. Size medium, roundish, slightly conical ; skin 

 inclining to rough yellow and russety in shade, light rich red in 

 the sun, thickly dotted with whitish russet ; cavity and basin me- 



