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Victuals and Drink. Large, roundish, often oblong-conical, 

 more or less irregular ; dull yellow, slightly russeted ; 

 stalk rather slender ; basin shallow, slightly ribbed ; flesh 

 fine grained, breaking, rich, sweet, light. Ripens late 

 autumn and early winter. A moderate bearer. Newark, 

 New Jersey. 



Class II. — With more or less Acidity. 



Section I. — Striped with red. 



American Pippin. (Syn. Grindstone.) Medium size, ob- 

 late, regular ; light dull red on dull green ; dots whitish, 

 conspicuous ; rather rough ; stalk short, often quite fleshy ; 

 basin very shallow ; flesh very hard ; mild sub-acid. 

 Long keeping, but poor. Shoots crooked, irregular. 



BALDWIN. Rather large, roundish, with more or less of 

 a rounded taper towards the apex ; shaded and striped 

 with yellowish red and crimson on yellow ground ; stalk 

 three-quarters of an inch long, rather slender ; calyx in a 

 narrow, slightly plaited basin; flesh yellowish white, with 

 a rich, mild, sub-acid flavor. Young tree vigorous, 

 upright, shoots dark brown, diverging and ascending. 

 Very productive. Ripens through winter. A first rate 

 winter apple through New-England and New- York ; 

 unsuccessful in northern Ohio. The use of special 

 manures, as lime, potash, and salt has, however, on those 

 unfavorable localities, been attended with the best results, 

 and produced fine fruit ; showing the deficiency to be in 

 the soil. Fig. 117. 



The Baldwin is liable to vary in character ; the Late 

 Baldwin of Maine, appears to be identical, but modified 

 by external causes. 



Black Apple, of Coxe. Rather small, roundish, slightly 

 oblate ; dark red, nearly black, with a whitish, mealy 

 bloom ; stalk half to three-fourths of an inch long ; basin 

 rather shallow; flesh yellowish red, crisp, juicy, second 

 rate in quality. Early winter. Old tree becoming rather 



