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3. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN. 



Fruit of the medium size, subpentangular. Stem short ; depression shallow. Calyx small. 

 Color yellow, striped with carmine on the sunny side. Flesh white, subacid, rather dry. 

 Ripe in October, and continues in December. 

 A Dutch culinary apple of moderate excellence. 



4. WILLIAMS'S PIPPIN. 



Fruit below the medium size, circular ; ends subequal, rather conical. Calyx leafy. Stem 

 short, deep. Color yellow, mottled with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, 

 tender; flavor pleasant and agreeable if eaten from the tree. Ripe in October; keeps 

 till christmas. 



5. HALL'S SEEKNOFURTHER. Fig. 9. 



Fruit rather below the medium size, coni- 

 cal ; ends subequal. Stem fleshy, re- 

 curved ; depression obsolete. Calyx de- 

 pression shallow. Color yellow, with 

 dark and rather dingy carmine stripes. 

 It is an old fruit ; known in some parts 



of Massachusetts as the Seeknofurther. A 



very good apple, but not equal to many 



now under cultivation. 



B. Ends unequal. 



6. GRAND SACHEM. 

 Fruit above the medium size, rounded, ribbed : outline irregular. Stem short, thick. Calyx 

 depression well marked. Color dark blood red or dingy red. Flesh white, rather dry, 

 without much flavor. September. Downing. 



7. JERSEY SWEETING. 

 Fruit of the medium size, roundish ovate, tapering to the crown. Calyx small ; depression 

 shallow, plaited. Stem half an inch long; depression narrow. Color yellow, striped 



with pale red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, sweet and pleasant, without bitterness. *•" 



Ripens by the first of September. Valuable for cooking, and fattening stock. 

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