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corrugated and ribbed; calyx eltjscd; .segments erect convergent. 

 Core large, wide open, clas|)ing; cells large, roomy, elliptical, much 

 and widely slit; tube Funuel-sluqied, long; staur-ns marginal; seeds 

 large, angular, imjierfect; Hesh yellow, with 3'cllow veinings, teiuler, 

 juicy, crisp, spicy, sprightly subacid, very good or best. Dccemljcr, 

 February. 



Yellow June. — ( )f unknown Southern origin; tree vigorous, upright ; 

 an aliuudant Ijcarer. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow; dots many, 

 green and brown; cavity slightly russeted; stem long, slender. Core 

 small; flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly subacid, good. 

 June, July in the South; August at the North. 



Yellow Newtown {Alhcinnrh: Pippin). — Supposed origin, Newtown, 

 L. I., in the early part of the eighteenth century. It is not definitely 

 known whether the original tree was of the "Cireen" or the "Yellow" 

 tvpe, nor is a record kno'^^^r of the distinct origin of the two. Coxe, 

 in 1S17, first described tliem as distinct. The Yellow Newtown has 

 now almost superseded the tlreen Newtown for commercial firchards 

 and exportation, owing to its superioritj' in size, color, and keeping 

 capacitv; l.)otli are successfully gro\\'n in but few portions of the 

 United States. Choice consignments of Yellow Newtown or Albe- 

 marle Pi|)pins often sell in England for two or three times the price 

 of other American apples. 



The following description of Yellow Newtown was made from 

 choice specimens from ^'irginia at the Pan American Exposition: 



Fruit large, heavy, roundish cylindrical to roundish oblate, some- 

 what angular, sometimes inclined; surface yello\"\ish green, over- 

 laid with suffused whitish veinings and roughened liy dots and net- 

 veinings of russet, rarely a bronze blush; dots distinct, n\mierous, 

 minute, russet, a few large russi.'t sjiecks, often some red blotches; 

 cavity regular, wide, deep, obtuse, with large stellate russet extending 

 out over l)ase; stem sliort; Ixisin wide, ribbed, medium deep to 

 rather shallow; calvx open; segments ilat convergent. Core barely 

 clasping, closed; cells o\'ate, widely slit, with large cellul.'U- exudate; 

 tube tunnel-shaped; stamens basal ; .seeds long, .sharp-iiomled; flesh 

 firm, verv .juicy, yellow, spi'ightly subacid. 



Downing wrote: "The Yellow Newtown Pipiiiu is handsomer in 

 appearance ami has a higher ]>erfunie than the Crren or Newtown 

 Pippin, and its flesh is rather firmer, and e(|uall3- higli-flavorcd; while 



