THE APPLE. 



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country, and on a great variety of soils, and is, perhaps, more 

 generally esteemed than any other early winter fruit. In the 

 Eastern States where the Newtown pippin does not attain full 

 perfection, this apple takes its place — and in England, it is fre- 

 quently sold for that fruit, which, however, it does not equal. 

 [The Green Newtown Pippin described by Lindley is this fruit.] 

 Fruit large, roundish, a little flattened, pretty regular, but 

 often obscurely ribbed. Skin oily smooth, dark green, becom- 

 ing pale green when ripe, when it sometimes shows a dull blush 

 near the stalk. Calyx small, woolly, closed, in a slightly sunk, 

 scarcely plaited basin. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, 

 curved, thickest at the bottom. Flesh yellow, fine grained, ten- 

 der, crisp, with an abundance of rich, slightly aromatic, lively, 

 acid juice. The tree grows very strongly, and resembles 

 the Fall pippin in its wood and leaves, and bears most abundant 

 crops. The fruit is as excellent for cooking as for the dessert. 

 November to February — or, in the North, to March. In some 

 localities at the West does not succeed, in others very good. 



Bichard's Graft. 



RICHARD S GRAFT. 



Derrick's Graft. Red Spitzenburgh. 

 Strawberry. "Wine. 



A very excellent fall apple well worthy of cultivation. Ori- 

 gin, uncertain, supposed to be Ulster County, N. Y. An old 

 fruit, but little known — lately introduced by E. G. Studley, 



