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recognized it as such since I have
been familiar with it from boyhood
and am very fond of it, though it
has apparently nearly, if not quite,
passed out of existence. Have not
seen a specimen for many years.
The only question in my (HPG) mind
regarding recognizing this variety if
grown at Arlington concerns
the place effect on the behavior of
the apple.  It is a northern variety
having originated about 1800 with
Rev. Samuel Porter, Sherburne, Mass.
Besides in various comments on 
this group of numbers they are compared
with the Lowell, which they were
believed to be.

The fruit and orchard notes are
presented seperately [separately] for each number
on the attached sheets.

One other seriously confusing factor 
is that the name Golden Pippin has
been applied to so many different
apples.  Anyone of these numbers - or all
of them - might be one of the Golden
Pippins - but which one?  B.P.I
Bul: 56 lists 4 different varieties for
which this name is the accreditied one,
and some 10 or 11 varieties for which
it is a synonym.

In 1925 on one of the specimen cards for
no. 4308 it was noted that all 3 of these numbers under
(over)
        