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THE APPLE. 



flavor is there the highest praise that can be bestowed. But it is 

 scarcely so much esteemed here, and must be content to give place with 

 us to the Newtown Pippin, the Swaar, the Spitzenburgh, or the Baldwin. 

 In Maine, and parts of Canada, it is very fine and productive. 



Eibston Pippin. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, greenish yellow, mixed with a little 

 russet near the stalk, and clouded with dull red on the sunny side. 

 Stalk short, slender, planted in a rather wide cavity. Calyx small, 

 closed, and set in an angular basin. Flesh deep yellow, firm, crisp, with 

 a sharp, rich, aromatic flavor. Yery good. The tree forms a spreading 

 top. November to April. 



Eichard's Graft. 



Derrick's Graft. Red Spitzenburgh. Derrikinan. 



Strawberry. Wine. Dirck's G-raft. 



Uncle Richard's Graft. 



Originated at Greenport, Columbia Co., N. Y. An excellent fall 

 Apple, worthy of extended cultivation. Tree a free, upright spreading 

 grower, productive. Young shoots very dark reddish brown, downy. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblafce. Color yellow, nearly covered with 

 splashes, marblings, and shades of rich red. Stalk medium lengiih, slen- 

 der. Cavity large. Calyx small, closed. Segments sometimes recurv- 

 ed. Basin medium, slightly uneven. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, 

 pleasant, rich, aromatic subacid. Yery good. September, October. 



BlCHARDSON. 



Origin, farm of Ebenezer E,ichardson, Massachusetts. 



Fruit large, roundish conic, mostly covered with red, bright in the 



