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square in outline, but regular : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish 

 green, broadly shaded on the sunny side with dull brownish 

 red or blush, and conspicuously dotted with large greenish 

 specks: Stem, short, about one quarter of an inch long, rather 

 slender, and inserted in a small regular formed and rather 

 shallow cavity : Eije, medium size, closed, and set in a small, 

 moderately deep and finely furrowed basin ; segments of the 

 calyx short : Flesh, yellowish white, little coarse, crisp and 

 tender: /t«ce, abundant, pleasantly subacid and high flavored : 

 Core, medium size, closed : Seeds, medium size, acutely 

 pointed. Ripe from October to December. 



LXII. Fallawater. Loji. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 1842. 



Fallenwalder, ElliotVs Fruit Book. 



Tulpahocken of the West. 



Green Mountain Pippin ) ^^^^.^^ ^^ Eni^tj,, j^„.^ Book. 



Pine s Beauty of the West, > 



Faldwalder, of some. 



The Fallawater, (fig. 28,) under the name of Tulpahocken, 

 we found one of the most common, as well as one of the 

 handsomest, apples cultivated in the West ; magnificent 

 specimens were exhibited in Chicago, at the show of the 

 Illinois State Agricultural Society last year, some of them 

 weighing a pound each, remarkably smooth and fair. It is 

 also extensively grown in Pennsylvania, where it originated 

 in Bucks County. 



For a long time it has been known as the Fallawater, but 

 recently it has been called Fallenwalder and Faldwalder. 

 Elliott says it is called Fallenwalder, because " it sprung up 

 in the woods, and was left standing after the other trees were 

 cut down ; hence the name Fallenwalder, or apple of the cut 

 down woods." Dr. Brinckle says that " it took its name from 

 Mr. Faldwald, by whom it was originated." Without at- 

 tempting to ascertain which of these two writers is correct, 

 for the distinction is a wide one, we think it best to adhere 

 to the old and familiar name of Fallawater, by which it has 

 been known and cultivated for many years. 



It is an excellent apple ; a strong and vigorous growing 



