THE APPLE. 189 



SLINGERLAND PIPPIN. 



Raised by Mr. Slingerland of Albany Co., New York. Intro- 

 duced by Prof. James Hall. Fruit medium to large, oblate, 

 angular, inclining to conic or distinctly conic. Skin yellow, shad 

 ed with red and sprinkled with minute dots. Stalk short and 

 stout, inserted in a broad deep cavity, surrounded with very thin 

 russet. Calyx small, partially closed, set in a fine angled basin 

 of variable size. Flesh white, tender, juicy, with a very brisk 

 rather rich, sub-acid flavour. December, February. 



SMALLEY. 

 Spice. 



From Kensington, Conn., where it was much esteemed. 

 Medium size, oblate, conic. Skin yellow, with a slight blush. 

 Stalk short and large, cavity russeted. Calyx closed ; basin uneven, 

 shallow. Flesh tender, juicy, brisk, with a pleasant aromatic 

 flavour. September, October. 



SMITH'S CIDER. 



Origin, Bucks Co., Pa. Extensively grown in Pennsylvania 

 and western states. Tree vigorous and very productive. Fruit 

 medium, oblong oval, obliquely flattened. Colour greenish white, 

 shaded, and striped with red, sparsely covered with grey dots. 

 Stalk slender, of medium length, inserted in a deep, rather nar- 

 row cavity. Calyx closed, set in a broad rather shallow basin. 

 Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, crisp, with pleasant, mild, sub-acid 

 flavour. December, March, 



SOPS OF WINE. 



Worden's Pie Apple. 



Washington. 



Bennington. 



An old European variety. Tree vigorous and productive. 

 Fruit medium, roundish ovate, fair. Skin yellow and red. 

 splashed and shaded with deep red, and sprinkled with white 

 and grey dots, and a thin bloom. Stem of medium length, slender, 

 inserted in a narrow cavity. Calyx closed ; basin rather shallow, 

 uneven. Flesh white, often stained, not very juicy, with a mild, 

 pleasant, sub-acid flavour. August, September. 



SOUTHERN GREENING. 



Fruit oblate, much depressed. Skin green. Stalk very short, 

 inserted in a large cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx par* 

 tially closed, segments recurved in a rather large, deep cavity 



