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irregular, remotely conical or else a little flattened ; dull 

 green becoming yellowish green ; often with a dull 

 brownish blush ; stalk short, deep set, and surrounded by 

 thin, dull, whitish russet rays ; basin narrow, shallow ; 

 flesh greenish white, juicy, crisp, fine-grained, with a 

 high, fine flavor. Keeps through spring, and retains 

 remarkably its freshness. Tree of rather slow growth, 

 with a rough bark. The fruit is very liable to black spots 

 or scabs, unless under high, rich, and constant culti- 

 vation, with a good supply of lime in the soil. One 01 

 the best fruits for foreign markets. A native of New- 

 town, Long Island, and has rarely succeeded well in 

 New-England. Fig. 124. 



Newark King. Size, medium ; conical ; skin smooth, red 

 in streaks on yellow ground ; flesh tender, rather rich, 

 pleasant. Early winter. Origin, New Jersey. 



Newark Pippin. (Syn. French Pippin.) Eather large, 

 round-oblong, regular; greenish yellow, becoming yellow ; 

 stalk and calyx deep set ; flesh tender, rich, and high- 

 flavored. Growth crooked, irregular. Early winter. 



Old Nonpareil. Rather small, round-ovate, flattened j 

 greenish yellow with pale russet, stalk slender, calyx 

 small ; flesh rich, acid, sharp. Early winter. English. 



Ortley, or White Detroit. (Syn. Ortley Pippin, Warren 

 Pippin, White Bellflower, Woolman's Long, Detroit, 

 Jersey Greening, Detroit of the West.) Large, roundish, 

 somewhat oblong-ovate, pale yellow, slightly tinged with 

 pink in the sun ; stalk about an inch long, sometimes 

 short, but always slender ; cavity deep and narrow ; basin 

 rather deep, nearly even or slightly plaited ; flesh sub- 

 acid, crisp, sprightly, rich, fine, about first rate. Shoots 

 slender. Fig. 127. 



Peck's Pleasant. Large, often quite large, roundish, some- 

 times remotely oblong, often a little oblique, usually 

 slightly flaHened ; smooth and regular; color, light green, 

 becoming yellow, with a brown blush ; stalk very short, 

 one-fourth to one-half an inch long, thick, rarely longer 

 and somewhat slender ; calyx open, basin abrupt, rather 



