184 WINTER APPLES. 



deep; flesh compact, very tender, with a mild, rich, fine, 

 clear sub-acid, Newtown Pippin flavor. Earh' winter — 

 poor, if too ripe. Growth rather erect, shoots somewhat 

 diverging; a good bearer, fruit always fair. The fruit 

 resembles the Yellow Newtown Pippin, but larger, fairer, 

 and earlier in ripening. Origin, Rhode Island. 



Pickman. Rather large, round, light yellow, with black 

 specks ; flesh firm, juicy. Through winter. A line 

 cuhnary variety. 



PoMME Grise. (Syn. Gray Apple.) Rather small, roundish- 

 oblate, a grey russet ; stalk slender, cavity wide, rather 

 obtuse ; calyx small, basin round ; flesh very tender for 

 a Russet and fine-grained, rich, and high-flavored. Ca- 

 nada. One of the best dessert apples for the extreme 

 north. 



Pound Royal. (Syn. Pomme Royale, erroneously,) 

 Large sometimes furrowed, roundish, slightly oblong, a 

 little uneven ; surface whitish yellow ; stalk slender, an 

 inch and a quarter long, cavity large ; basin furrowed, 

 irregular ; flesh tender, breaking, fine-grained, mild, 

 agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through winter. Tree vigo- 

 rous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. 



RHODE-ISLAND GREENING. (Sy7i. Greening.) Large, 

 roundish-oblate ; green, becoming greenish yellow, always 

 fair, a dull brown blush to the sun ; stalk three-fourths 

 of an inch long ; basin rather small, often slightly rus- 

 seted ; flesh yellow, — a rich yellow if much exposed to 

 the sun, and whitish yellow or greenish white if much 

 shaded, — tender, juicy, with a rich rather aci.l flavor. 

 Growth strong, young trees crooked or oblique, shoots 

 rather spreading, leaves sharp serrate ; best on light soils; 

 very productive, single trees ofte.n yielding forty bushels 

 of fair fruit in favorable years, and neglected orchards 

 500 bushels per acre. Fine throughout the Northern 

 States, where it keeps through winter into spring; but 

 fails from a deficiency in the soil, through most parts of 

 •central and southern Ohio ; and at Cincinnati and St. 

 Louis becomes an autumn fruit. 



