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Core rather large, turbinate, open, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, dark; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor very sweet, rich; Quality good to very good; Use, kitchen, table; Season, October.
A very valuable variety also for stock.
=Brittle Sweet.=
"Origin unknown; good grower, and very productive.
"Fruit above medium, roundish, approaching conic, sometimes elongated, angular; Skin greenish yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson, sprinkled with gray dots; Stem short, inserted in a broad, shallow cavity; Calyx closed, set in a small corrugated basin; Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, and excellent; Season, September, October."--Downing.
=Hull Blossom.=
This is an Eastern or European variety, which I have not seen in the West. Specimens from Ma.s.sachusetts.
Fruit small, roundish-truncate, or flattened, uneven; Surface smooth, yellow, mixed and striped, carmine; Dots large, yellow.
Basin shallow, folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, wavy; Stem short.
Core small, closed, roundish, meeting the eye; Seeds large, pale; Flesh yellow, fine-grained; Flavor sweet; Quality good to very good; Use, table, kitchen; Season, November.
=Sweet Pearmain.=
"This variety, according to Downing and Thomas, is the _English Sweeting_; but, according to Manning, the English Sweeting is the _Ramsdell's Sweeting_ of Downing. This fruit is extensively grown in Central Ohio, and further West, suiting well the rich soils; keeping finely all winter; highly valued for baking or eating."
"Fruit medium size or often above; Form roundish, slightly angular; Color dull red, rough russet dots, and blueish bloom; Stem long, slender; Cavity deep, wide, open; Calyx woolly; Basin medium; Flesh yellowish, tender, moderately juicy, sweet; Core medium, with outer or concentric lines; Seeds ovate, pyriform, dark brown; Season, December to March."--Elliott.
I am not familiar with the above, but find a very strong resemblance in the characters to those of my _Red Winter Pearmain_, Cla.s.s II, I, 2, 2, from which, however, Elliott's outline would exclude it.
=Willis Sweet.=
This apple is supposed to have originated on Long Island, where it is highly valued for baking.
Tree vigorous, productive; Fruit medium, round, somewhat angular, striped red, very sweet and rich; Use, baking and stock.
CLa.s.s III.--ROUND APPLES.
+ORDER II.--IRREGULAR.+
SECTION 1.--SWEET.
SUB-SECTION 3.--RUSSET.
NONE.
CLa.s.s III.--ROUND APPLES.
+ORDER II.--IRREGULAR.+
SECTION 2.--SOUR.
SUB-SECTION 1.--SELF-COLORED.
=American Golden Pippin.=
GOLDEN PIPPIN, of Downing.--NEW YORK GREENING, &C.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 248.--AMERICAN GOLDEN PIPPIN.]
Having mislaid my notes of this apple, I am obliged to quote Mr.
Downing's description of this fine fruit, which is believed to be American; cultivated in parts of New York, and found to be profitable.
"Growth strong, similar to that of Rhode Island Greening, but less drooping, making a round, spreading head; does not bear young, but very productive when a little advanced, and a popular fruit where known."
"Form variable, oblate, globular or conic, angular or ribbed; Stem stout, short, inserted in a deep cavity; Calyx closed, set in an irregular basin; Skin fine golden yellow, thinly sprinkled with dots, sometimes slightly netted with thin russet; Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, nearly melting, with a rich, refres.h.i.+ng, almost vinous, aromatic flavor; Core rather large; November to February."
=Brooke's Pippin.=
"Origin, Ess.e.x County, Virginia. The original tree is very large, bears regular and large crops of fruit, which is always fair, of the largest size, keeps well till May; Flesh fine, yellow, juicy and rich, and of the finest flavor; young trees grow very thriftily."--[H.R.
Robey, Fredericksburgh, Va.]
Fruit large, roundish, inclining to conical, obscurely ribbed, greenish yellow, faintly blushed.
Basin small, shallow, wavy, sometimes furrowed; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity deep, wavy, brown; Stem short, thick.
Flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, fine-grained; Flavor acid, spicy, rich; Quality very good; Season, November to March.
As grown in Indiana, both tree and fruit resemble the _Newtown Pippin_ in appearance, and may prove identical after further trial.
=Champlain.=--[_Downing._]
PAPER--PAPER-SKIN.
