OF WINTER APPLES. 



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102. STURMER PIPPIN. 

 Fruit of the medium size, depressed, conical. Color yellowish green; in the sun, brownish 

 red. Flesh firm, with a brisk, rich flavor. Tree vigorous; productive. Fruit keeps till 

 mid summer. English. 



103. WINTER SWEET PARADISE. 

 Fruit rather large, symmetrical, circular, fair, smooth. Color dull green, becoming in time 

 brownish on the exposed cheek. Stem short ; depression circular. Calyx depression 

 small, shallow and narrow. Flesh white, fine grained and juicy. 

 Considered as a very good apple, and keeping until March. 



104. WHITE PIPPIN. 

 Fruit large, irregularly ribbed, greenish yellow. J. J. Thomas expressed the opinion that it 

 is identical with the Canada Reinette, celebrated in southern Ohio. 



105. WESTERN SPY. 

 Fruit of the medium size, or above, 

 broadest at the middle, slightly 

 depressed. Stem deep and rather 

 thick, subequaling the base. Ca- 

 lyx rather large, depression rather 

 wide and of moderate depth. Co- 

 lor yellow ; cheek upon the sunny 

 side pale red or orange ; skin dot- 

 ted with gray. Flesh yellowish, 

 agreeably acid with a good flavor. 

 It is regarded as a seedling of 

 Wayne, Jefferson county, Ohio, 

 and is recommended for its hardi- 

 ness and ability to withstand the 

 late frosts of a southern climate. 

 Keeps until March. [Transactions 

 of the Ohio Fruit Convention, 1847.] 



Fig. 58. 



106. DUMELOW'S SEEDLING. 

 Fruit of the medium size ; round, but somewhat depressed. Color yellow, ornamented 

 with a clear carmine blush. Stem very short ; calyx large, open, deeply implanted. 

 Flesh yellow, crisp, acid. English ; for cooking. 



