184 THE APPLE. 



This is different and superior to the Reinette Doree^ or Jaune 

 Hdtive of he French, which is more yellow, and somewhat 

 resembles it. 



Republican Pippin. 



Origin, Lycoming Co., Pa. First discovered by George Webb, 

 who gave it the name. Tree of strong, but crooked growth, 

 only moderately productive. Fruit large, irregularly oblate. 

 Skin dull yellow, mostly shaded with red, somewhat striped and 

 marbled, and thinly sprinkled with large grey dots. Stalk long, 

 slender, inserted in a deep cavity, surrounded with thin russet. 

 Calyx small, closed ; basin rather narrow and abrupt. Flesh 

 whitish, tender, juicy, with a pleasant, mild, sub-acid flavour. It 

 is said to be unsurpassed for cooking and drying. September, 

 October. 



RiBSTON Pippin. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 



Glory of York. 

 Travers'. 

 Formosa Pippin. 

 Rockliill's Russet. 



The Ribston Pippin, a Yorkshire apple, stands as high in 

 Great Britain as the Bank of England, and to say that an apple 

 has a Ribston flavour is, there, the highest praise that can be 

 bestowed. But it is scarcely so much esteemed here, and must 

 be content to give place, with us, to the Newtown Pippin, the 

 Swaar, the Spitzenburgh, or the Baldwin. In Maine, and parts 

 of Canada, it is very fine and productive. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish. Skin greenish yellow, mix- 

 ed with a little russet near the stalk, and clouded with dull red 

 on the sunny side. Stalk short, slender, planted in a rather 

 wide cavity. Calyx small, closed, and set in an angular basin. 

 Flesh deep yellow, firm, crisp, with a sharp, rich, aromatic fla- 

 vour. The tree forms a spreading top. November to April. 



Richardson. 



Origin, farm of Ebenezer Richardson, Mass. Fruit large, 

 roundish, conic, mostly covered with red, bright in the sun, with 

 numerous large, light specks. Stem rather stout, in a large 

 cavity. Calyx large, open, in a deep narrow basin. Flesh 

 greenish white, remarkably tender, juicy, with a fine, rich, almost 

 saccharine flavour. Last of August, and September. (Cole.) 



Ridge Pippin. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, conical, very much ribbed. Skin 

 yellow, very slightly shaded, sprinkled with russet and crimson 



