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NEWTOWN PIPPIN (Yellow Newton Pippin, Albermarle). 



The highest priced apple that reaches the English market, but not much grown in 

 Ontario. 



ORIGIN: Newtown, Long Island. 



TREE: a slow grower and only moderately hardy; needs rich soil and good cultivation. 



FRUIT: medium to large; form, roundish oblate, with broad obscure ribs terminating 

 in five crowns at the apex; color, dull green, becoming yellowish during the winter, with 

 reddish-brown tinge on the sunny side, and dotted with small grey russety dots; stem 

 three-quarters of an inch long, inserted all its length in a deep, wide, funnel-shaped 

 cavity; calyx small, closed in a small, moderately deep furrowed basin. 



FLESH: greenish white; texture firm, crisp, juicy; flavor, rich and highly aromatic. 

 VALUE: home markets, first class; foreign market, first class. 

 QUALITY: cooking, first class; dessert, first class. 

 SEASON: January to May, at its best in March. 

 ADAPTATION: only to certain favored sections. 



NORTH STAR (Dudley Winter). 



Originated in Maine. Fruit roundish; size above medium to large; cavity, open, 

 deep, slightly russeted; stem medium length, slender; basin deep, medium width, slightly 

 wrinkled; calyx partly open; color pale yellow, streaked and splashed with deep, lively 

 red; dots few, small, pale yellow, indistinct; skin moderately thick, tender; flesh yellow, 

 rather coarse, tender, moderately juicy; core small; subacid, pleasant flavor; quality 

 above medium, almost good; season late September to early winter. Tree vigorous and 

 productive. A handsome apple, about the same season as Wealthy. This variety is suc- 

 ceeding well in some of the colder parts of the country. (Macoun.) 



NORTHWESTERN GREENING. 



One of the winter commercial apples, adapted especially for colder sections; attrac- 

 tive in appearance. It is inferior in flavor and quality to the Rhode Island Greening. 



ORIGIN: Wisconsin; introduced in 1872 by E. W. Daniels. 



TREE: productive, but long in coming into bearing; hardy, in Minnesota reckoned to 

 be of the second degree of hardiness, or in the same class as the Wealthy. 



FRUIT: size large to very large; form roundish, slightly conical; color green, becom- 

 ing yellowish, with small white dots; stem about half an inch long in a regular funnel- 

 shaped cavity of moderate depth; calyx closed, in a regular, slightly wrinkled basin. 



FLESH: color greenish white; texture fine grained, firm, juicy; flavor sprightly, sub- 

 acid, pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, good; cooking, good. 



VALUE: home market, first class. 



SEASON: winter. 



