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APPLES. 
very probably, a seedling raised in this country, from the White 
Spanish Reinette , or the Holland pippin, both of which it so 
much resembles, and from which it, in fact, differs most strongly 
in the season of maturity. The Fall Pippin is a noble fruit, and 
is considered the first of Autumn apples in the middle states, 
where its beauty, large size, and its delicious flavour for the table 
or for cooking, render it very popular. 
Fruit very large, roundish, generally a little flattened, pretty 
regular, sometimes with obscure ribs at the eye. Stalk rather 
long, three-fourths of an inch, projecting considerably beyond 
the fruit, (which distinguishes it from the Holland Pippin,) set in 
a rather small, shallow, round cavity. Calyx not very large, rather 
deeply sunk in a round, narrow cavity. Skin smooth, yellowish- 
green, becoming a fine yellow, with often a tinge of brownish 
blush, on one side, and with a few scattered dots. Flesh white, 
very tender and mellow with a rich, aromatic flavour. October 
to December. 
There are several spurious sorts, the true one is always rather 
flattened, with a projecting stalk. (See Holland Pippin.) 
Fall Wine. 
Sweet Wine. Sharpe’s Spice. 
Ohio Wine. Uncle Sam’s best. 
Origin unknown, probably an old Eastern fruit called “ Wine” 
or “ Sweet Wine,” not now much cultivated on account of the 
fruit being defective, but in the rich Western soils it thrives 
admirably, producing fine fruit, yet in a few localities they com- 
plain of its being knurly. Tree healthy, but of rather slender 
growth, bearing moderate crops annually. Fruit about medium. 
Stem rather long, slender, in a broad, deep cavity, surrounded by 
clear, waxen colour. Calyx partially closed in a broad, deep, 
corrugated basin. Skin striped and shaded with red, on a light 
ground, with numerous russet dots. Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender 
with a rich, aromatic, very mild, sub-acid flavour, almost sweet. 
September, November. 
Fulton. 
A new Western fruit originated in the orchard or nursery of 
A. G. Downing, Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois, and is a valuable 
fruit, a vigorous grower, hardy, regular in form, an annual and 
productive bearer. 
Size about medium, oblate, not symmetric. Stem three-fourths 
of an inch, rather slender, inserted in a broad deep cavity. 
Calyx large, open, segments s i all, recurved in a pretty large 
