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still there is a good basis to work new fruit upon, when 

 the tree is vigorous. Good growers, with bad fruit, can 

 be altered to bear good ; there is a strong base to work 

 upon ; but weak growers can not be changed to produce 

 very good fruit, or much of it. Here will be a loss of 

 time and money. How beneficial it is to obtain good 

 stocks for every purpose. 



JSTewtown Spitzenburg. See Ox Eye and Joe Berry. 



NEWTOWN PIPPIN, YELLOW. Color, greenish yel- 

 low when ripe, with a red cheek; form, round, often one- 

 sided when large, russety in and a little round the stalk ; 

 size, 1 ; use, chiefly table, but good in kitchen, although a 

 little crisp ; quality, 1 ; season, March. 



Remarks. — Highly approved in suitable localities. Apt 

 to spot in soils not adapted to it. From Long Island. 

 It requires a ricl), limestone clay soil, or a warm, sandy, 

 rich loam, well dressed with lime and bone dust. It is 

 distinct from the Green Newtown Pippin, described next; 

 and the rich limestone soil of Ohio, etc., suits both. The 

 Yellow Newtown has a higher flavor than the Green. On 

 sandy soil, not generally good; apt to speck. 



NEWTOWN PIPPIN, GREEN. Color, dull green 

 when first gathered, when ripe a yellowish green, with 

 small russet dots, with occasional blotches of the same, 

 and on alluvial soils. South, patches of dark green mold ; 

 use, table ; quality, 1 ; considered, generally, superior to 

 the Yellow Newtown ; season, January to 3Iay. 



Remarks. — Bears alternate years. Superior. Exhibited 

 often at the Cincinnati Horticultural Society Rooms. 

 Fruit Committee report it " a good bearer, of high flavor, 

 and excellent when ripe (in March). Not the most 

 digestible before it is perfectly matured. Good for the 



