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THE APPLE. 



PlCKMAN. 



Pickman Pippin. 



From Massachusetts. Fruit, medium, roundish ; yellow, with scattered 

 shades of russet and small russet specks ; stem, short ; cavity, acuminate ; 

 calyx, large, half closed ; core, medium, center somewhat hollow ; seeds, 

 light brown ; fiesh, yellowish white, crisp, sharp acid ; valued for cooking. 

 January to April. 



PINE APPLE RUSSET. 



Eardingham's Russet. 



Foreign. Fruit above medium ; roundish ovate, greenish yellow, over- 

 spread with thin russet ; stem, long ; calyx, small ; basin, shallow, plaited ; 

 flesh, yellowish white, juicy, crisp, spicy, sub-acid. October to November. 



PUMPKIN SWEET. 



Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet, | Yankee Apple. 



An old Connecticut fruit, only valued for baking. In wet soils or heavy 

 clay, liable to be water-cored. We suspect the Pound Sweeting to be the 

 same ; bears regularly, and evenly distributed. Fruit, large, roundish, 

 ribbed at base ; yellowish green, whitish dots and streaks ; stem, short ; 

 cavity, deep greenish, russeted ; calyx, small ; basin, irregular ; flesh 

 white, tender, sweet; " good." September to November. 



PUMPKIN RUSSET. 



Sweet Russet, I York Russet, 

 Flint Russet. 



Fruit, large ; roundish ; yellowish, green , thinly russeted ; stem, long ; 



