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NEWARK PIPPIN. 



French Pippin, | Yellow Pippin. 



Tree, crooked, irregular growth ; fruit, large, roundish, oblong ; greenish 

 to clear yellow, small black dots ; cavity and basin, deep ; flesh, yellow, 

 tender, sub-acid ; " very good." November to February. 



NEVERSINK. 



From Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Fruit, large, roundish ; exterior of an 

 exceedingly beautiful waxen orange yellow color, with a few russet dots, 

 and a delicately striped and richly mottled carmine cheek ; stem, short 

 and rather stout ; cavity, narrow, acuminate, shallow ; calyx, large ; basin, 

 deep, rather wide, furrowed ; seeds, grayish yellow, acute ovate ; flesh, 

 yellowish, somewhat tough, owing probably to the fruit being much 

 shriveled ; flavor, approaching that of the Pine Apple ; " quality, " very 

 good." (W. D. B.) 



NORTHERN SWEET. 



Northern Golden Sweet. 



From Vermont. Tree, moderate grower, hardy, early abundant bearer ; 

 fruit, medium, roundish flattened, occasionally ribbed and angular ; rich 

 yellow, often carmine red cheek; calyx, nearly closed; basin, sli^ 1 "" 1 " 

 furrowed; stem, rather stout, swollen at base; cavity, shallow; 

 white, tender, sweet ; nearly " best." November. 



ORANGE. 



Fall Orange. 



From Connecticut. Tree, with dark colored stout shoots; early and 

 productive bearer ; fruit, large, roundish ovate ; greenish to yellow ; stem, 

 short ; cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, slightly plaited ; core, small ; 

 flesh, greenish white, perfumed, tender, sub-acid best when fresh from 

 tree. October to December. 



ORNDORF. 



From Putnam, Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish, slightly angular ; lemon 

 yellow, rich red blush in sun, and few stripes and blotches of red ; stem, 

 slender; cavity and basin, deep; calyx, open; core, small; seeds, ovate; 

 flesh, yellowish, juicy, crisp, tender, sub-acid ; nearly " best." October 

 and November. 



ORNE'S EARLY. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, somewhat ribbed ; pale yellow, sprinkled with 

 thin russet, dull red cheek towards the sun ; flesh, white, tender, juicy. 

 September. (Thomas.) 



OLD TOWN CRAB. 



Spice Apple, of Va. 



Growth, strong, compact ; fruit, small ; greenish yellow, brown specks ; 

 flesh, crisp, fragrant, juicy, sweet. December to April. (Thomas.) 



