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flesh fine grained, sub-acid. Good to very good. Keeps till May." — 

 Transactions of Maine Pomological Society, in Agriculture of Maine, 

 1853, p. 412. 



This variety is thought to be a seedling of Roxbury Russett. Seeds 

 were brought to the town of Sweden very early, though the original tree 

 was still standing in 1846. Its identity is lost at the present time. 



Winthrop Greening. — Origin, the farm of Ichabod Howe, Winthrop, 

 Me., who brought the seeds from Ipswich, Mass., before 1800. Intro- 

 duced by Jacob Nelson, about 1808. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, hardy, productive. 



Fruit large, oblate conical, greenish yellow, shaded with red on the 

 sunny side, with small greyish dots ; stem medium, set in a broad, deep 

 cavity ; calyx short, large, in a wide basin ; flesh fine grained, crisp, 

 juicy, pleasant sub-acid. Very good. October to December. 



This apple has been widely planted through central and western Maine. 

 Its good quality, both for dessert and for cooking is generally recog- 

 nized, but it is badly attacked by the trypeta, and it drops somewhat 

 badly early in the autumn. The apple has been called by some "Lincoln 

 Pippin," it having been grafted by R. G. Lincoln of Hallowell and sub- 

 sequently distributed by him. There is no doubt, however, as to the 

 origin of the apple. It has been dropped from the list of the American 

 Pomological Society, where it was first entered in 1854. In the absence 

 of trypeta, it is still a valuable late fall and early winter apple. 



Winthrop Pearmain. — Origin, farm of Col. John Fairbanks, Win- 

 throp, Me. Described by the Maine Pomological Society, as follows : 



" Fruit large, ovate, yellow, indistinctly striped with red, especially 

 about the base. Stalk medium, set in a narrow, moderately deep cavity; 

 basin narrow, shallow; flesh white, fine grained, juicy, pleasant sub- 

 acid ; skin tough. Good. October to February." — Agriculture of Maine, 

 1853, p. 401. 



Cole's American Fruit Book in 1850, gives the season as September to 

 November, and characterizes the tree as a constant bearer. 



As far as the writer is aware, this variety has dropped from notice. 



Zachary Pippin. — Origin, according to Downing,* farm of John Bur- 

 bank, Belgrade, Me. Discovered and introduced by the- late Joseph 

 Taylor of Belgrade, in 1852. Named in honor of President Zachary 

 Taylor. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, productive, but not an early bearer. 



Fruit large, oblate, angular ; skin greenish yellow, striped, splashed 

 and mottled with light and dark red ; stalk short, rather small ; cavity 

 large, deep, slightly russet ; calyx closed ; basin medium, slightly cor- 

 rugated; flesh whitish, rather coarse, tender, moderately juicy, sub-acid. 

 November, December. 



* Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 2d appendix 1876), page 72. 



