. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 95 least twenty years of age, as it is tardy in coming into bearing. It is of thrifty, vigorous growth, requiring a rich soil, high state of cul- tivation, and as an orchard tree, severe thinning out of the tops, as it inclines to make an upright, close head ; young shoots stout, dark, spotted; blooms late, often escaping late frosts in Fruit, medium to large; form, roundish conical, sometimes ribbed; sBn, thin and tender; color, light yellow, mostly over- spread with light red, striped and
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 95 least twenty years of age, as it is tardy in coming into bearing. It is of thrifty, vigorous growth, requiring a rich soil, high state of cul- tivation, and as an orchard tree, severe thinning out of the tops, as it inclines to make an upright, close head ; young shoots stout, dark, spotted; blooms late, often escaping late frosts in Fruit, medium to large; form, roundish conical, sometimes ribbed; sBn, thin and tender; color, light yellow, mostly over- spread with light red, striped and slashed with streaks of carmine red, and, when first gathered, covered with a fine bloom; stem, slender, projecting about even with surface; cavity, open, wide, deep; calyx, small, closed; basin, open, regular, other than the furrows produced by ribs of the fruit—not deep, but rather abrupt; flesh, yellowish white, very tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly ; core, large, capsules open ; seeds, abundant, many of them triangular ovate pointed. Season, January to April. South, it will probably become an early winter variety. Ortle"! Ortley Pippin, Woolman's Long, White Bellefleur, White Bellflower, Green Bellflower, Willow Leaf Pippin, Ohio Favorite, Detroit, White Detroit, Van Dyne, Jersey Greening, Hollow Core Pippin, Greasy Pippin, Melting Pippin, Crane's Pippin, Warren Pippin, White Pippin, erroneously, Yellow Pippin, Golden Pippin, of some, Woodward's Pippin, Tom Woodward Pippin, American. Native of New Jersey. First described by Lindlej. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton
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