THE APPLE. 255 



LONDON PIPPIN. 

 Five- Crowned Pippin. New London Pippin. Royal Somerset. 



A very old English Apple, mostly valued for cooking or drying. 

 Tree a moderate grower, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly conical, flattened at base, yellow, with 

 a tinge of red in the sun. Calyx small, closed. Flesh white, rather 

 firm, subacid. Good. November to February. 



LONDON SWEET. 



Heicke's Winter Sweet. Mrs. Weaver's Sweet ? 



Clark's Seedling. London Winter Sweet. 



Origin supposed near Dayton, O. Tree vigorous, productive, valu- 

 able in rich deep soils. Young wood, dull grayish brown. 



Fruit medium or large, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with very slight 

 indications of russet, a little green russet around the stalk, and sparsely 

 covered with brown specks. Stalk short, in a large cavity. Calyx 

 closed, set in an abrupt, open, slightly uneven basin. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, tender, fine, delicate, sweet, slightly aromatic. Good to very 

 good. November to February. 



LONG ISLAND PEARMAIN. 

 Hollow Crown Pearmain. 



An old variety, described by Coxe, and while it is somewhat exten- 

 sively grown, has been sometimes confounded with Winter Pearmain, 

 which is an entirely different fruit. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong, having a large hollow basin or crown, 

 yellow, splashed and streaked with red, and some faint russet spots. 

 Flesh coarse, tender, somewhat dry, aromatic. Good. October to 

 February. 



LONG ISLAND PIPPIN. 



Origin unknown. Specimens from T. T. Lyon, Plymouth, Mich. 



Fruit large, roundish, flattened, yellowish green. Flesh greenish 

 yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy subacid. Almost best. January. 

 (Warder.) 



LONG ISLAND RUSSET. 



An old Apple, much grown in New Jersey and Long Island, and 

 valued highly for cider purposes. Tree vigorous, spreading, and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit below medium, roundish, yellow, mostly overspread with dull 

 russet, black spots or blotches when fully ripe. Flesh yellowish, tough, 

 rather dry, almost sweet. October to February. 



LONG JOHN. 



Of unknown origin. 



Fruit large, conical, greenish yellow. Flesh yellowish white, rather 

 dry, subacid, valuable only for its size and long keeping quality. March 

 to May. 



