THE APPLE. 



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Friiit below medium, oblate roimdisli, yellow, striped and rayed with 

 red. riesh white, delicate, agreeable acid. August, September. 



PIGEO^^:TTE de Eouen. 



This is described in the Annals of Pomology, by M. Bivort, as tree 

 very productive. 



Fruit large, oblong conical, truncated, pale yellow, spotted with gray, 

 washed and blotched with bright red. Flesh white, tender, subacid. 

 Good. December to IMarch. 



PiKETOX EUSSET. 



Origin, near Piketon, Ohio, 



Fruit large, conical, reddish green, and russety. February to April. 

 (O. P. S. Eep.) 



Piles Eusset. 

 Pyles Eusset. 



An old EngKsh Apple. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit mediimi, roundish oblate, dull green, covered with russet, be- 

 coming dull brown or orange in the sun. Flesh greenish, breaking, 

 brisk, slightly aromatic subacid. November to April. (Lindley.) 



Pike Apple Eusset. 

 Hardingham's Russet. 



Tree of moderate gi^owth, fruit not fair or very valuable. 



Fruit medium, conic, angular. Skin whitish yellow, faintly striped. 

 Stalk rather long and slender. Cavity rmeven, and slightly russeted. 

 Calyx closed. Basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh whitish, juicy, tender, 

 subacid, slightly aromatic. Yery good. Last of September and Oc- 

 tober. 



PixE Creek Sweet. 

 Hamilton. 



Origin, Pine Creek, Clinton Co., Pa. Tree very vigorous, upright 

 spreading. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, pale whitish yellow, sprinkled with a few 

 brown dots. Stalk short. Cavity deep, large, uneven. Calyx small, 

 closed. Basin abrupt, deep, slightly corrugated. Flesh white, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, rich honeyed sweet, Yery good. Core small. October. 



PiXE Strawbeery. 

 Tree healthy, \igorous, upright. 



Fruit medium to large, conical, pale yellow, blushed and splashed, 

 light carmine. Dots large, yellow. Calyx open. Stalk short. Flesh yel- 

 low, tough, juicy, sweet. Good. Y^inter. (Am, Hort. An.) 



PiXK SWEETIXG. 



Originated with Y'illiam Keller, Cumberland Co., Pa. Tree vigor- 

 ous, spreading, producing enormous crops. 



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