57H 



DESCKIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Basin shallow, regular; Eye large, closed. 



Cavity wide, regular or wavy, brown ; Stem short, thick. 



Core medium, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, "point- 



Fig. 304. MONMOUTH PIPPIN. 



ed, brown ; Flesh white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy ; 

 Flavor acid ; Quality good for cooking only ; Season, De- 

 cember to February. 



Pippin. 



GREEN NEWTOWN. 



This is probably the original Newtown Pippin, but by 

 no means the more common, which is the Yellow Newtown 

 Pippin, to be described in another place. 



Fruit medium to large, globular, flattened, sometimes 

 obscurely ribbed ; Surface smooth, green, becoming yel- 

 lowish green when fully ripe, sometimes bronzy, and al- 

 ways showing white irregular striae near the base when 

 first gathered ; Dots scattered, minute, dark. 



Basin shallow, folded ; Ey% small, closed. 



Cavity wide, wavy, brown ; Stem long, slender. 



