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FALL PIPPIN 



FAMILY 



market. Several rivals in season surpass it. 

 The origin of the variety is given as Holden, 

 Massachusetts, and the date as previous to 

 1848. Its culture seems to be confined to New 

 England and New York. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, healthy, long-lived, productive 

 biennially. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in 

 shape, round-conic, irregular ; stem short, slender ; 

 cavity acute, deep, regular or compressed, often russeted 

 and with outspreading russet rays ; calyx large, open or 

 closed ; basin uneven, one side projecting higher than 

 the other, deep, wide, abrupt, furrowed ; skin pale 

 yellow sometimes with brownish blush ; dots numerous, 

 large and small, russet or red, areolar ; calyx-tube large, 

 long, conical with fleshy point projecting into the base, 

 the lower part of the funnel cylinder sometimes en- 

 larged ; stamens median ; core small, axile ; cells sym- 

 metrical ; core-lines meeting when the tube is short, 

 clasping when it is long ; carpels elliptical to cordate ; 

 seeds not numerous, dark brown, plump, obtuse ; flesh 

 white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic ; 

 very good ; late September to early winter. 



19. Fall Pippin. (X%) 



FALL PIPPIN. Fig. 19. Autumn Pippin. 

 Pound Pippin. Summer Pippin. York Pippin. 

 Though one of the oldest American apples, it 

 is doubtful whether Fall Pippin is properly ap- 

 preciated. The name is inapt, as in the North 

 the fruit keeps well into mid-winter, and is of 

 first rate quality to the very last. The color 

 is a beautiful golden yellow, and the flesh is 

 tender, rich, crisp, aromatic, and of delectable 

 quality either for dessert or for culinary uses. 

 The trees are hardy, healthy, long-lived, and 

 very large; few trees carry a more majestic 

 port at maturity. Unfortunately, tree and 

 fruit are most inviting prey to the apple-scab 

 fungus; this accounts for the neglect into 

 which the variety fell a generation ago, but, 

 with means of controlling the scab, its culture 

 should be renewed. The habitat of the variety 

 is New England, where it has been grown for 

 at least a century and a half. 



Tree large, very vigorous, spreading, with long branches 

 which become drooping. Fruit large or very large, 

 uniform in size and shape, round to round-oblate, in- 

 clined to conic, sometimes oblong and truncate, often 

 obscurely ribbed ; stem long, thick ; cavity acute, wide, 

 symmetrical or compressed, russettd ; calyx large, open ; 

 lobes separated at the base, long, narrow, acuminate ; 

 basin wide, abrupt, wavy, wrinkled ; skin thin, smooth, 

 clear yellow, sometimes faintly blushed ; dots numerous, 

 small, pale and submerged or russet ; calyx-tube large, 

 wide, long, conical ; stamens median ; core medium size, 

 abaxile ; cells symmetrical, closed or partly open ; core- 

 lines meeting or clasping ; carpels round, emarginate, 

 tufted ; seeds dark brown, acute, plump ; flesh yellow, 

 firm, fine, tender, very juicy, agreeably subacid, aromatic ; 

 very good ; late September to January. 



FALL WINE. Musk Spice. Ohio Wine. 

 Sweet Wine. Wine. At one time noted for its 

 excellent fruits, Fall Wine has practically 

 passed into oblivion. Except for the high 

 quality of its product, the variety is but 

 mediocre. Fall Wine is reported to have 

 originated in Albany, New York, in 1832. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, healthy, long-lived, 

 productive biennially. Fruit large, round-oblate, ribbed, 

 sides often unequal ; stem long ; cavity obtuse, wide, 

 deep, sometimes lipped ; calyx small, closed or partly 

 open ; lobes long, narrow, reflexed ; basin deep, wide, 

 abrupt, furrowed ; skin yellow washed with red which 

 on the exposed cheek deepens to a bright blush, indis- 

 tinctly striped with carmine ; dots yellowish-brown or 

 russet ; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-form ; stamens 

 median ; core medium, axile ; cells symmetrical, closed 

 or open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly roundish, 

 tufted ; seeds wide, acute ; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, 

 aromatic, very mild subacid ; fair to good ; September 

 to January. 



FAMEUSE. Fig. 20. Snow. Few apples 

 are more beautiful and more refreshing than 

 those of Fameuse. If the tender skin of light 

 and shaded red be cut through, flesh of snowy 

 whiteness rimmed and stained with crimson is 

 exposed, beautiful to sight and delectable to 

 smell and taste. Fameuse, commonly and 

 aptly called Snow, belongs to Canada and the 

 high altitudes and northern latitudes of the 

 United States, where, alone, the apples reach 

 perfection, and the trees attain vigor, health, 

 and longevity. The variety has several serious 

 faults; thus, the apples are small and keep only 

 until Christmas ; fruit and tree are inviting prey 

 to apple-scab ; and the trees are very fastidious 

 as to soils. Fameuse is of Canadian origin, with 

 a history of at least 200 years. It is the parent 

 of a score or more of worthy offspring. 



20. Fameuse. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, dense, with long, 

 stout branches. Fruit medium size, round-conic, some- 

 times oblate, regular, uniform, symmetrical ; stem 

 medium to short, sometimes long, slender ; cavity acute, 

 deep, wide, often gently furrowed, sometimes russeted 

 but generally smooth and red or green ; calyx small, 

 closed ; basin medium in width ajid depth, abrupt, 

 obscurely furrowed or wrinkled, often having mammi- 

 form protuberances ; skin thin, tender, smooth, bright 

 red deepening to dark red in highly-colored specimens, 

 striped toward the apex ; dots few, scattering, light ; 

 calyx-tube narrow, funnel-form ; stamens median ; core 

 small, axile ; cells closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels 

 symmetrical, round or elliptical, emarginate, mucronate ; 

 seeds dark, long, narrow, acute ; flesh white, streaked 

 or stained with red, very tender, juicy, subacid becom- 

 ing mild subacid, aromatic ; very good ; October to 

 midwinter. 



FAMILY. Family has little to recommend 

 it excepting its long period of ripening a 

 valuable attribute in a fruit for home use. It 



