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basin. Skin light yellow, sprinkled with green or grey dots, 

 having a blush on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, 

 melting with a very rich, mild, sub-acid flavour. By some the 

 saccharine would suppose to predominate. Ripe November to 

 March. 



Fulton. 



GARDEN ROYAL. 



Origin Sudbury, Mass., farm of Mr. Bowker. Tree of mode- 

 rate growth, productive. 



Fruit below medium, roundish, oval. Skin yellow, striped aud 

 shaded with red and dark crimson. Stalk of medium length, in- 

 serted in a deep, acute cavity. Calyx partially closed in a 

 basin surrounded by prominences. Flesh yellow, very ten- 

 der, juicy, rich, vinous, aromatic, a beautiful and excellent fruit. 

 September. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PIPPIN. 



Golden Pippin. New York Greening. 



Ribbed Pippin. Newtown Greening. 



This old apple is one of our finest American fruits, and seems 

 not to be generally known. We are indebted to Dr. James 

 Fountain, of Westch ester county, for calling attention to it. He 

 says it has been cultivated in that and the adjoining counties for 

 more than fifty years, and is considered one of the most profit- 



