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on all soils ; bears very young, largely, and every year. 

 Fruit large on young, and medium-sized on old trees ; deep 

 yellow ground covered with red, and russet about the 

 stem ; tender, melting, very juicy, high-flavored, sweet, 

 with a spicy dash of subacid. One of the richest cooking 

 apples ; one of the most desirable for drying, resembling 

 dried pears. Where known, it is worth, dried, a dollar and 

 a half a bushel, when other apples command but seventy- 

 five cents. Ripens first of September and has passed its 

 prime by November. Eastern writers call it a winter 

 apple, and Kenrick gives October to March as its season ; 

 but, in the West, it seldom sees the first winter month. 

 Takes by graft and bud pretty well ; does well grafted upon 

 the root ; favorable for nursery purposes. 



12. Holland Pippin. — ^Tree large and spreading; 

 strong growth; wood short and stubbed, healthy; bears 

 moderately young ; they are averse to heavy clay and wet 

 soils ; on light, dry, rich, sandy soils bears largely, and of 

 high color and flavor; bears every other year. Fruit 

 large, very bright yellow, tender, juicy, subacid. The pulp 

 in the mouth becomes rather viscid, as if the fruit were 

 mucilaginous, which is agreeable or otherwise according to 

 the taste of the eater. It is sometimes, but rarely, water- 

 cored. Ripens in "October and November ; will keep later, 

 but apt to lose in flavor. Good for drying, but usually 

 sold green, being a very marketable fruit. Not a good 

 tree for nurserymen ; not willing to come if grafted on 

 the root ; does well by crown-grafting ; moderately well 

 by budding, the eye being apt to put out simply a spur, 

 which can seldom be forced into a branch if permitted to 

 harden, 



13. Rambo, — This apple is k»own in New Jersey by the 

 names of Romanite, Seek-no-further, and Bread and 

 Cheese. The first two names belong to entirely different 

 apples. The rambo is not to be confounded with the Ram- 

 hours^ of which there are several varieties. Tree upright, 



