CLASS- IV. OBLOXG APPLES. II. II. I. 691 



A delicious fruit for amateurs, but its place is supplant- 

 ed by Grimes' Golden, which is a much better tree, with 

 fruit of similar good qualities, and better. 



Rock Pippin. 



RIDGE PIPPIN, LEMON, &C. 



This admirable long-keeper has claims upon the atten- 

 tion of the commercial orchardist, on account of its 



Fig. 290. ROCK PIPPIN. 



soundness and beauty in the spring. Tree very thrifty, 

 large, productive ; Branches open, spreading ; Shoots 

 stout, dark ; Foliage large, scattered. 



Fruit full medium, oblong, ovate, angular, often ribbed, 

 truncate at the apex, sometimes unequal; Surface very 

 smooth, very rich yellow, blushed bright carmine when 

 ripe ; Dots few,* small, dark. 



