THE APPLE. 
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Fruit below medium size, roundish, a little ovate, and flat- 
tened. Skin greenish-yellow, thinly coated with pale russet. 
Flesh firm, crisp, with a rich, acid, poignant flavour. 
Old Field. 
Origin, Connecticut, a good grower, bears well, an old 
variety. 
Fruit medium, oblate, conic. Skin yellow, with a slight 
blush. Flesh yellowish, tender, pleasant, mild, sub-acid. Janu- 
ary to April. 
Oslin. Thomp. Lind. 
Arbroath Pippin. Forsyth. 
An excellent Scotch apple, ripening early in August. Form 
oblate, below medium size. Skin rather tough, clear lemon yel- 
low when quite ripe, and sprinkled with a few greyish, green 
dots. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, with a spicy aromatic 
flavour. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Pearson’s Plate. Thomp. 
A new variety from England, and not yet tested here, but 
which has a very high reputation. 
Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, regularly 
formed, flat. Skin greenish-yellow, becoming yellow, with a little 
red in the sun. Flavour first rate in all respects. Mr. Thom- 
son says this is a good bearer, and a remarkably handsome des- 
sert fruit. 
Pearmain, Blue. Man. Ken. Thomp. 
Fruit of the largest size, roundish, regularly formed, very 
slightly conical. Skin covered with stripes and blotches of 
dark purplish-red, over a dull ground — and appearing bluish 
from the white bloom. Flesh yellowish, mild, rather rich and 
good. The tree grows strongly, and bears moderate crops. 
October to February. 
Pearmain, Adams. Thomp. Lind. 
Norfolk Pippin. 
Fruit of medium size, conical, yellow, striped and shaded with 
crimson, and a few grey dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, firm, rich, 
aromatic. October to November. 
Pearmain, Claygate. Thomp. Lind. 
English, not yet tested. 
