OF WINTER APPLES. 89 



126. EASTER PIPPIN. 



Ironstone Pippin. 



fruit of a medium size, circular, color greenish and greenish yellow ; skin dotted with 

 white; stem slender, deeply inserted. Flesh greenish or yellowish white ; hard. Keeps 

 from autumn to autumn. A valuable fruit. 



127. FENOUILLET ROUGE. 

 Fruit rather small, symmetrical, depressed. Color dark brown, red spread upon grayish 

 ground. Stem short. Flesh firm and perfumed. 



128. LADY APPLE. Plate 47. 



Fruit small, symmetrical, circular, depressed. Color light clear yellow, ornamented with 



a brilliant crimson cheek. Sometimes irregular patches of yellow and red upon the base. 



Stem and calyx depressions deep. Flesh tender, delicate and subacid. A fine fancy 



apple. Productive. 



A Lady apple of a black color, of the form and shape of the preceding, is met with and 

 cultivated as a curiosity, but destitute of flavor. 



129. SCARLET NONPAREIL. 



Fruit of the medium size, symmetrical. Color yellowish green, beautifully enlivened 

 with deep red on the sunny side. Stem thick. Flesh rich, and English. 



130. NORFOLK BEATJFIN. 



Large^ depressed, dull, copper-colored ; some faint stripes of dark red, and poor. English. 



131. WELLS' SWEETING. 



Fruit of the medium size, tapering ; color light green ; cheek brown ; stem short ; basin 

 shallow. Flesh white, sweet, tender, pleasant. Newburgh, N. Y. 



132. McLEAN'S FAVORITE. 

 It is an English apple, not long since received into this country, and noticed only by Mr. 

 Downing : " Middle size, roundish, yellow, crisp, rich, with the flavor of the Newtown 

 pippin." 



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