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lower parallels it is less known, and not so highly appre- 

 ciated, nor is it so fine a fruit, being larger, but less com- 

 pact, more spongy, less beautifully colored and sometimes 

 almost a russet. 



Tree vigorous^ thrifty, spreading, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish-conic ; Surface smooth dull red, 

 mixed and striped on yellow, in the North clear bright 

 red; Dots scattered, large, yellow; leather-cracked and 

 russeted about the apex. 



Basin shallow, regular, leather-cracked; Eye small, 

 closed or open. 



Cavity pointed, regular, brown ; Stem long. 



Core medium, regular, closed, meeting and clasping the 

 eye ; Seeds numerous, small, pointed ; Flesh yellowish- 

 white, tender, breaking ; Flavor very mild sub-acid, aro- 

 matic, satisfying, not high flavored nor spicy ; Quality 

 only good in my estimation ; Use, table and market ; Sea- 

 son, December. 



CLASS II. CONICAL APPLES. 

 ORDER L REGULAR. 



SECTION 2. SOUR. 

 SUB-SECTION 3. RUSSET. 



American Golden Russet. 



BULLOCK'S PIPPIN, ETC. 



This delicious table apple is a universal favorite with all 

 who can appreciate delicacy of flavor and fineness of 

 flesh in an apple, and yet it is not a profitable variety for 

 orchard planting, because the fruit is very apt to be imper- 

 fect. The best I have seen were from the South, and sand- 

 stone soils. 



Tree vigorous, upright, round-headed, small ; Foliage 

 large, healthy. 



Fruit small to medium, round-conic, regular when per- 

 fect ; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with thin russet, 

 sometimes faintly blushed ; Dots minute. 



Basin shallow, regular ; Eye small, closed. 



