CLASS III. ROUND APPLES. II. II. I. 637 



" Growth strong, similar to that of Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, but less drooping, making a round, spreading head ; 

 does not bear young, but very productive when a little 

 advanced, and a popular fruit where known." 



" Form variable, oblate, globular or conic, angular or 

 ribbed ; Stem stout, short, inserted in a deep cavity ; 

 Calyx closed, set in an irregular basin ; Skin fine golden 

 yellow, thinly sprinkled with dots, sometimes slightly 

 netted with thin russet ; Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, 

 nearly melting, with a .rich, refreshing, almost vinous, 

 aromatic flavor ; Core rather large ; November to Feb- 

 ruary." 



Brooke's Pippin. 



" Origin, Essex County, Virginia. The original tree is 

 very large, bears regular and large crops of fruit, which 

 is always fair, of the largest size, keeps well till May ; 

 Flesh fine, yellow, juicy and rich, and of the finest flavor ; 

 young trees grow very thriftily." [H. R. Robey, Freder- 

 icksburgh, Ya.] 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to conical, obscurely 

 ribbed, greenish yellow, faintly blushed. 



Basin small, shallow, wavy, sometimes furrowed ; Eye 

 medium, closed. 



Cavity deep, wavy, brown ; Stem short, thick. 



Flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, fine-grained ; Flavor acid, 

 spicy, rich; Quality very good; Season, November to 

 March. 



As grown in Indiana, both tree and fruit resemble the 

 Newtown Pippin in appearance, and may prove identical 

 after further trial. 



Champlain. [Downing.] 



PAPER PAPER-SKIN. 



This very delicate fruit was exhibited before the Ohio 

 Pomological Society by A. L. Benedict, of Morrow Coun- 

 ty, as the Paper apple. He obtained the cions from the 

 celebrated apple region, Grand Isle, Vermont, where it is 

 sometimes called Champlain, and where it had been intro- 

 duced from Rhode Island, without a name, by his friend 

 Macomber. My friend Benedict informs me that " the 

 growth of the tree is strong and stocky, and that the fruit 



