OF WINTER APPLES. 
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Order II. Breadth greater than the length. 
A. Ends equal or subequal. 
85. FRENCH PIPPIN. Plate. 
(JVewark Pippin.) 
Fruit of the medium size; subcircular, depressed. Color green, cheek browned, skin 
sparsely dotted with green. Stem short, thick, below the base ; depressions wide. Calyx 
rather large, closed ; depression of the calyx plaited ; core small. Flesh tender, rich, 
pleasant. Ripens in early winter. Growth of the tree unsymmetrical. New-Jersey. 
Exhibited by Gideon Ross, at the New-York Convention, in 1848. 
86. CANADA PURSEMOUTH. Fig. 66. 
Fruit about the medium size, subcircu¬ 
lar; color yellow, with a large patch 
of crimson upon its cheek; slightly 
ridged ; stem short, with the flesh 
closing the depression. Calyx rather 
large; depression shallow. Flesh 
white, tender, juicy, but not all 
sprightly. Skin tough. Open from 
the calyx to the core. Fruit second 
rate. 
B. Ends unequal. 
87. CANN. 
Fruit of the medium size ; conical. Color green, enlivened with a shade of brown around 
the base or near the stem. Very sweet. Early winter. 
88. CUMBERLAND SPICE. 
Fruit full medium size ; conical; base rather broad, from which, or near to which it begins 
to taper. Color waxen yellow, ornamented about the base with a tinge of vermilion 
red. Skin marked with black dots. Stem equaling the base. Depression wide ; calyx 
set in a small basin. Flesh white, subacid. Color of the apple is similar to the Maiden’s 
blush. Early winter. 
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