THE APPLE. : 219 
Fruit below medium size, roundish, a little ovate, and flat- 
tened. Skin greenish-yellow, thinly ‘coated with pale russet. 
Flesh firm, crisp, with a rich, acid, poignant flavour. 
Ox Fre.p. 
Origin, Connecticut, a good grower, bears well, an old 
variety. 
Fruit medium, oblate, conic. Skin yellow, with a slight 
blush. Flesh yellowish, tender, pleasant, mild, sub-acid. Janu- 
ary to April. 
Osun. Thomp. Lind. 
Arbroath Pippin. forsyth. 
An excellent.Scotch apple, ripening early in August. Form 
oblate, below medium size. Skin rather tough, clear lemon yel- 
low when quite ripe, and sprinkled with a few greyish, green 
dots. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, with a spicy aromatic 
flavour. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Prarson’s Pirate. Thomp. 
A new variety from England, and ‘not yet tested here, but 
which has a very high reputation. 
Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, regularly 
formed, flat. Skin greenish-yellow, becoming yellow, with a little 
red in the sun, Flavour first rate in all respects. Mr. Thom- 
son says this is a good bearer, and a remarkably handsome des- 
sert fruit. 
Prarmain, Buur. Man. Ken, Thomp. 
Fruit of the largest size, roundish, regularly formed, very 
slightly conical. Skin covered with ‘stripes and blotches of 
dark purplish-red, over a dull ground—and appearing bluish 
from the white -bloom. Flesh yellowish, mild, rather rich and 
good. The tree grows strongly, and bears moderate crops. 
October to February. 
Prarmaiy, Apams. Thomp. Lind. 
Norfolk Pippin: . 
Fruit’ of medium size, conical, yellow, striped and shaded with 
crimson, and a few grey dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, firm, rich, 
aromatic. October to November. 
Prarmain, Cuaycatse, Thomp. Lind. 
English, not yet tested. 
