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nESCKlPTIONS OF APPLES. 



grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good; 

 Use, kitchen, but chiefly recommended for cider ; Season, 

 November. An enormous bearer. 



Franklin CSolden. * 



hughes' AMERICAN GOLDEN PIPPIN. 



Tree thrifty, upright, moderately productive ; Fruit ob- 

 long, cylindrical ; Surface smooth, yellow ; Dots distinct, 

 gray, not numerous. 



Basin wide, shallow, finely plaited ; Eye long, closed. 



Cavity medium, greenish ; Stem long. 



Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds 

 plump, pointed ; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy ; 

 Flavor acid, rich ; Quality very good ; Use, table ; Sea- 

 son, mid-winter. 



A choice dessert fruit. 



tirimes' Golden. 



Another apple of similar and equally high character. 

 Origin, Brooke County, Virginia. Introcfcced to the 

 State Pomological Society by our zealous fellow member 



Fig. 274.— OBIMES' GOLDBN. 

 ♦ Pall Bntter, on page STt, helonge here. 



