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No 17                                                                    
Monstrous Pippin -- New York
Gloria Mundi

[sketch of apple]

This apple which originated on Long Island N.Y.
is of an uncommonly large size, when ripe the skin
is bright yellow, smooth and full of bright white
spots.  The stalk is very short and grows in the bottom
of a very deep cavity.  The eye is also at the bottom
of a singularly deep hollow.  The flesh is juicy white
tender and sprightly.  It is a winter fruit and will
keep till February *  The apple of which the above is
a drawing weighed 21 ounces -- weighed one 23½ & one 23 oz

* Feb 1, 1811 . a large
one weighing 23 oz
is sound --
        