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DESCRIPTIONS 



95. CHEESEBOROUGH RUSSET. Platr 20. 



I'i!!. U. 



Fruit above the iiicdiiiin 

 size ; elongated, cir- 

 cular, tapering from 

 above the niiildle to 

 a narrow crown. Stem 

 never exsert, thick 

 and strong. Calyx de- 

 pres sion shallow. Co- 

 lor russet, faintly tin- 

 ged with orange on 

 the sunny side. Flesh 

 yellowish, saccharine, 

 dry. Core large. Se- 

 cond rate. 

 Exhibited New-York 



Convention, 1848. 



96. EARLY NONPAREIL. 

 Fruit of a medium size, elongated ; stem slender. Color yellowish, incrusted with a thin 

 russet interspersed with gray specks. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender. Juicy and 

 rich. Aromatic. 

 English, and raised in Norfolk. 



97. DOWELL'S PIPPIN. (Hort. Trans. Lend. vol. v. p. 268.) 

 Fruit rather below the medium size ; eccentric like the Ribston pippin. Color greenish, 



covered with a clear thin russet. Stem short, and depression deep. Flesh yellowish, 



subacid, crisp ; rich and moderately juicy. 



English. A cross by Mr. Knight between the Orange pippin and the Golden pippin. 

 Ripens in October. 



