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This is the true Fall Pippin of the American orchards, and a 

 very different variety from the FaU Pippin of this country, which is 

 known by the names of Cobbett's Fall Pippin, and Reinette Blanche 

 d'Espagne. 



5. AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN.— Ken. 



Identification. — Ken. Amer. Or. 1. Hort Soc. Cat. ed. 3. Down. Fr. Amer. 70. 

 Stnontme. — ^Early Summer Pearmain, Coxe. View, 104. 



Fruit, medium sized ; oblong, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, 

 yellow, covered with patches and streaks of light red, on the shaded 

 side ; and streaked with fine bright red, interspersed with markings of 

 yellow on the side next the sun. Eye, set in a wide and deep basin. 

 Stalk, slender, inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, yellow, very 

 tender, rich, and pleasantly flavored. 



An excellent early apple, either for dessert or kitchen use. It is ripe 

 in the end of August, and will keep till the end of September. 



The tree is a healthy grower, a prolific bearer, and succeeds well on 

 light soils. 



6. API.— Duh. 



Identification. — Duh. Arb. Fr. I. 309. Quint. Traits, 1, 202. 



Synontmes. — Lady Apple, Coxe. View, 117. Down. Fr. Amer. 115. Pomme 



d'Apict, Inst. Arb. Fr. 154,. Pomrae Appease, Worl. Vin. 165. L'Api, Bret. 



Ecole. n. 478. Pomme d'Apis, Knoop. Pom. 68, t. xii. Api Rouge, Poit. Pom. 



Frang. t. 113. Pomme d'Api, Fors. Treat. 121. Petit Api Rouge, Nois. Jard. 



Fr. ed. 2, pi. 105. Api Petit, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3,n. 11. Pomme Rose, Ace. 



Hort. Soc. Cat. erroneously. Pomme Dieu and Long Bois, in some provinces of 



France. Kleine Api Apfel, Christ. Handb. ed. 2, n. 145. Der Jungfernapfel, 



Christ Handworter, 17. Der Einfache, der Welsche Api, Ibid. BoUen oder 



Traubenapfel, Ibid. Api Roesje, Ibid. Appius Claudius, Evelyn. Fr. Gard. 124. 



Mains Apiosa, Hort. Par. 

 Figures.— Duh. Arb. Fr. L pi. ix. Brook. Pom. Brit. pi. Ixxxvii. f. 1. Jard. 



fruit, ed. 2, pi. 105. Ron, Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxii. f. 1. 



Fruit, small ; oblate. Skin, thick, smooth, and shining, yellowish green 



in the shade, changing to pale yel- 

 low as it attains maturity; and deep 

 glossy red, approaching to crimson, 

 on the side next the sun. Eye, small, 

 set in a rather deep and plaited 

 basin. Stalk, short, and deeply in- 

 serted. Flesh, white, crisp, tender, 

 sweet, very juicy, and slightly per- 

 fumed. 



A beautiful little dessert apple 

 in use from October to April. 

 It should be eaten with the skin on, as it is there that the perfume, 

 is contained. The skin is very sensitive of shade, and any device may 

 be formed upon it, by causing pieces of paper, in the form of the design 

 required, to adhere on the side exposed to the sun, before it has attained 

 its deep red color. 



