1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 59 



NEWTOWN PIPPIN. 

 (Green Newtown Pippin, Yellow NevAon Pippin, Alhermarle.) 



The highest priced apple that reaches the English market, but not much grown in Ontario 

 because the fruit is subject to the apple scab. 



Origin : Newtown, Long Island. 



Tree : a slow grower and only moderately hardy ; needs rich soil and good cultivation. 



Fruit : medium to large ; form, roundish oblique, with broad obscure ribs terminating in 

 five crowns at the apex ; color, dull green, becoming yellowish during the winter, with reddish 

 brown tinge on the sunny side, and dotted with small grey ruseety dots ; stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted all its length hi a deep, wide, funnel-shaped cavity ; calyx small 

 closed in a small, moderately deep basin. 



Flesh : greenish-white ; texture firm, crisp, juicy ; flavor, rich and highly aromatic. 



Value : home markets, first class ; foreign market, first class. 



Quality : cooking, first class ; dessert, first-class. 



Season : January to May, at its best in March. 



Adaptation : onlv to certain favored sections. 



NORTH STAR. [Dudley Winter.) 



Originated in Maine. Fruit roundish; size above medium to large ; cavity, open, 

 deep, slighty: ru&seted ; stem medium length, slender ; basin deep, medium width, slight- 

 ly wrinkled ; calyx partly open ; color pale yellow ; streaked and splashed with, deep 

 lively red ; dots few, small, pale yellow, undistinct ; skin moderately thick, tender ; flesh 

 yellow, rather coarse, tender, moderately juicy ; core small ; subacid, pleasant flavor ; quality 

 above medium, almost good ; season late September to early winter. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. A handsome apple, about the same season as Wealthy. This variety is succeeding 

 well in some of the colder parts of the country. (Macoun. ) 



NORTHWESTERN GREENING. 



One of the best winter commercial apples, especially for colder sections ; attractive in 

 appearance. 



Origin : Wisconsin ; introduced in 1872 by E. W. Daniels. 



Tree : productive, but long in coming into bearing ; hardy, in Minnesota reckoned to be 

 of the second degree of hardiness, or in the same class as the Wealthy. 



Fruit : size large to iverjr large ; form roundish, slightly conical ; color green, becoming 

 yellowish, with small white dots ; stem about half an inch long in a regular funnel-shaped 

 cavity of moderate depth ; calyx closed, in a regular, very slightly wrinkled basin. 



Flesh : color greenish .white ; texture fine-grained, firm, juicy ; flavor sprightly, subacid, 

 pleasant. 



Quality : dessert, good ; cooking, good. 

 Value : home market first class. 

 Season : winter. 



