cavity. Growth, strong, upright ; fertile. Origin, 

 raised by Mr. J. Stevens, Stanton Grange, Derbyshire, 

 before 1850. Only second rate ; very subject to spot 

 and rot on the tree. 



NEW ROCK PIPPIN. G., Neuer Stein Pepping. 

 Dessert, till April, small, 2j by if, round flattened, 

 regular. Colour, pale yellow with golden-brown flush 

 and almost covered with russet. Flesh, firm, juicy, 

 excellently flavoured. Eye, firmly closed almost on 

 level, slightly beaded and wrinkled. Stem, short in 

 a shallow cavity. Leaf, medium, oval, serrate. Origin, 

 raised by Mr. W. Pleasance, near Cambridge, and 

 introduced to notice about 1821. One of the best 

 late sorts. 



NEWTON WONDER. Card. Chron., 1900, 45. 

 Culinary, till March, large, 3j by 2j, round flattened, 

 regular. Colour, bright yellow with slight scarlet 

 flush with broad, broken stripes. Flesh, crisp, juicy, 

 yellow, acid ; cooks excellently. Eye, open in a wide 

 rather ribbed basin. Stern, very short and stout in 

 a shallow almost level cavity. Growth, vigorous ; 

 fertile. Leaf, round, held stiffly out, undulating, very 

 thick, deeply and doubly curved serrate. Origin, 

 raised by a Mr. Taylor, of King's Newton, in Melbourne, 

 Derby, and introduced by Messrs. Pearson & Co., 

 about 1887. One of the best half-dozen cooking 

 apples. Quite a welcome dessert fruit in March. Makes 

 a fine spreading standard. 



NEWTOWN PIPPIN. New York, p. 146. G., 

 Kostliche Reinette von Newtown. (Albermarle, Hamp- 

 shire Greening.) Dessert, till March, fairly large, 

 3i by 2 J flattened round, fairly regular. Colour, 

 straw yellow. Flesh, very crisp, yellowish-green, of 

 rich pineapple flavour. Eye, closed in a shallow basin. 

 Stem, slender, in a rather deep russet lined cavity. 

 Growth, moderate ; fertility, poor in England. Leaf, 

 large, flat, down-curved, coarsely bi-serrate. Originated 

 at Long Island, early in the eighteenth century, and 



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