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DESCEIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Core heart-shaped, rather open, meeting the eye ; Seeds 

 large; Flesh yellow, breaking, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aro- 

 matic, rich ; Quality good to very good ; Use dessert ; Sea- 

 son October to December. 



Holland Pippin. 



There is a strange confusion existing in some of the 

 books, by which this fruit has been associated with tlie 

 Fall Pippin. The Holland, as grown in Western New 

 York, and through the West, as derived from the former 

 State, is entirely different ; and as that is extensively 

 known, its description is here given, that it may be com- 

 pared with the other, which belongs to a different class. 



Fig. 148.— HOLLAIIS PIPPK. 



Fruit large, regular, conic, rather oblate ; Surface dull 

 yellowish-green, rarely bronzed ; Dots minute. 



Basin narrow, medium depth, regular; Eye medium, 

 closed. 



Cavity medium, acute, regular, brown ; Stem medium 

 to long. 



Core medium, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds 

 numerous, sometimes imperfect ; Flesh yellowish-white or 



