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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 

 Summer Pippin. 



A favorite apple about New York not known exten- 

 sively. Tree vigorous, forming a beautiful head, a regular 

 and good bearer. 



Fruit medium to large, variable in form, sometimes ob- 

 long-oval, or inclining to conic, angular and irregular; Skin 

 pale waxen yellow, shaded with a delicate crimson blush, 



Fig. 255. SUMMER PIPPIN. 



and sprinkled with green and grayish dots ; Stalk varies 

 in length and thickness, inserted in a deep, abrupt cavity ; 

 Calyx closed, set in a deep, abrupt, corrugated basin ; 

 Flesh white, tender, moderately juicy, with a pleasant, re- 

 freshing sub-acid flavor ; Valuable for culinary uses ; Rip- 

 ens in August and continues a month or more. [Downing.] 



