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calyx, medium, segments woolly and often nearly closed ; basin, wide, 

 abrupt, deep, much plaited ; flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse- 

 grained ; breaking, tender, moderately juicy, sub-acid, with consider- 

 able aroma, or perfume ; core, small, compact ; seeds, oblong ovate, 

 abundant. Season, December to February, and often till April. 



NFWTOWN PIPPIN. 



Green Newtown Pippin, 

 American Newtown Pippin, 



Green Winter Pippin, 

 Petersburg Pippin. 



American. Native of Newtown, Long Island. It requires a rich 

 limestone clay soil, or a warm sandy rich loam, well dressed with 

 lime and bone dust, in order to secure healthy wood, and fair, smooth 

 fruit. On sandy soils, abounding more or Jess with iron, we have 

 never seen good fruit grown of this variety. It is distinct in fruit 

 from the Yellow Newtown Pippin, for which see farther pages ; but 

 is difficult, if not impossible to detect one from the other by the w r ood. 

 Growth slender, slow ; as an orchard tree, a fine round head, with 

 branches diverging, pendant. On the rich limestone soils of Ohio, 

 and farther west, this and the Yellow Newtown Pippin succeed, and 

 produce fruit even superior to the world-renowned Pell Orchard. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish oblong flattened ; color, dull green 

 when first gathered, becoming, when ripe, a yellowish green ; small 



