CXASS IV.— OBLONG APPLES. II. II. I. 



691 



A delicions finiit for amateurs, but its place is supplant- 

 ed by Orimes^ Golden, which is a much better tree, with 

 fruit of similar good qualities, and better. 



Rock Pippin. 



BZDGE FIFFHT, IjaiON, &c. 



This admirable long-keeper has clamis upon the atten- 

 tion of the commercial orchardist, on account of its 



Fig. 290. — BOCK PIPPIN. 



soundness and beauty in the spring. Tree very thrifty, 

 large, productive; Branches open, spreading; Shoots 

 stout, dark ; Foliage large, scattered. 



Fruit full medium, oblong, ovate, angular, often ribbed, 

 truncate at the apex, sometimes unequal; Surface very 

 emooth, very rich yellow, blushed bright carmine when 

 ripe ; Dots few, small, dark. 



