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RIBSTON (Ribston Pippin}, 



A highly esteemed 

 English apple, largely 

 planted in Ontario 

 previous to 1860, but 

 of late not so popular 

 in commercial 

 orchards. 



ORIGIN: Ribston 

 Hall, near Knares- 

 borough, England. 



TREE: moderately 

 vigorous; fairly 

 healthy; not hardy at 

 the north; productive; 

 an early bearer. 



FRUIT: size medium 

 or above; form round- 

 ish, slightly conical ; 

 skin rough; color rus- 

 sety yellow with 

 stripes of red and 

 often a red shade on 

 sunny side; stem short, 

 set in a wide often 

 somewhat russeted 



RIBSTON. 



cavity ; calyx small, 

 closed in a narrow 

 angular, ribbed basin. 



FLESH: yellow; tex- 

 ture crisp, firm, gran- 

 ular, juicy; flavor 

 rich, aromatic, sub- 

 acid. 



QUALITY: dessert 

 good; cooking very 

 good. 



VALUE: home mar- 

 ket first class. 



SEASON: November 

 and December; keeps 

 till January in a cool 

 cellar. 



ADAPTATION : suc- 

 ceeds in best apple 

 districts, although it 

 is somewhat hardier 

 than Baldwin or 

 Greening. 



SECTION OF RIBSTON. 



