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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



tender, juicy, crisp, sprightly subacid, high-flavored, aromatic, excel- 

 lent. September, October. 



Green Cheese. Origin, Tennessee ; an old variety which has been 

 extensively propagated from suckers. 



Fruit medium, oblate, occasionally oblique; surface pale greenish 

 yellow, with red on sunny side; dots few, brown; cavity large, deep, 

 russeted; stem short, slender; basin broad, deep, uneven; calyx 

 closed: segments slightly recurved. Core small, compact; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, tender, delicate, crisp, juicy, rich, sprightly subacid, 

 very good. November to March. 



Green Newtown. Origin, Newtown, Long Island. Downing wrote : 

 " Newtown Pippin stands at the head of all apples, and is, when in 



Green Newtown. 



perfection, acknowledged to be unrivalled in all the qualities which 

 constitute a high-flavored dessert apple, to which it combines the 

 quality of long keeping without the least shrivelling, retaining its high 

 flavor to the last." One of the highest-priced varieties for the English 

 market. The tree is of rather slow, slender growth, and remarkable 

 even while young for its rough bark. Fruit liable to black spots or 

 scabs unless the trees are given constant cultivation and plenty of 

 manure. A pretty strong, deep, warm soil is necessary for its full per- 



