OF AUTUMN APPLES. 



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3. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN. 



Fruit of the medium size, subpcntangulur. Stem sliorl ; depiession shallow. Calyx small. 

 Color yellow, striped with carmine on tiie sunny side. Flesh white, subacid, rather dry. 

 Ripe in October, and continues in December. 

 A Dutch culinary apple of moderate excellence. 



4. WILLIAMS'S PIPPIN. 

 Fruit Ijelow tlie meiHum size, circular; ends subequal, rather conical. Calyx leafy. Stem 

 short, deep. Color yellow, mottled with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, 

 tender ; flavor pleasant and agreeable if eaten from the tree. Ripe in October ; keeps 

 till Christmas. 



5. HALL'S SEEKNOFURTHER. 



Fig. 9. 



Fruit rather below tiie medium size, coni- 

 cal ; ends subequal. Stem fleshy, re- 

 curved ; depression obsolete. Calyx de- 

 pression shallow. Color yellow, with 

 dark and rather dingy carmine stripes. 

 It is an old fruit; known in some parts 



of Massachusetts as the Seeknofurther. A 



very good apple, but not equal to many 



now under cultivation. 



B. Ends unequal. 



6. GRAND SACHExM. 

 Fruit above the medium size, roimded, ribbed ; outline irreguhar. Stem short, thick. Calyx 

 depression well marked. Color dark blood red or dingy red. Flesh white, rather dry, 

 . without much flavor. September. Downing. 



7. JERSEY SWEETING. 



Fruit of the medium size, roundish ovate, tapering to the crown. Calyx small ; depression 

 siiallow, plaited. Sierii half an inch long; depression narrow. Color yellow, striped 

 willi [)ale red. Flesh while, tender, juicy, sweet and pleasant, without bitterness. 

 Ripens by the first of September. Valuable for cooking, and fattening stock. 

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