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surface dark dull green, becominj; greenish yellow wlien ripe, some- 

 times witli faint dull blush, at the s(.)utli somewhat rough and often 

 russeted; dots many, gray, irregular; cavity wide, regular, deei), 

 obtuse; stem medium to long; basin very shallow, small, nearly 

 smooth, often slightly russeted; calyx small, w(jolly, closed; segments 

 long, ]iointed, divergent. Core open; cells, abaxile, ovate, widely 

 slit, with much white exudate; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median 

 or basal; seeds few, angular, jjointed, not plurnp; llesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, tender, very juicy, rich, slightly aromatic, rather acid, very 

 good. Xovemljer to Febr\iary. 



Ribston (Ribston Pippin). — Origin, Ribston Hall, near Knares- 

 borough, England, probably about KiSS; highly esteemed in Eng- 

 land, but not equal to some other varieties as grown in the Eastern 

 States; tree spreading, productive, an early bearer. 



Fruit medimn to large, roundish, slightly conical; surface rough, 

 greenish, shaded and striped with dull red on sunny side, with o]ien 

 net-work of russet; dots obscure, gray or russet, few; cavity rather 

 wide rather shallow, somewhat acuminate, often with large stellate 

 russet patch; stem short; basin abrupt, medium, angular and ribbed, 



