. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. 44 DESCRIPTIONS 75. FALLAWATER. Plate 46, fig. 1. Fruit about the medium size, symmetrical, circular, breadth and length equal. Color green, enlivened with a clear well defined scarlet cheek. Stem thick ; depression nar- row and close. Calyx small, closed; depression nearly obsolete. Flesh subacid, firm, fine flavored ; a good keeper. Ripens
. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. 44 DESCRIPTIONS 75. FALLAWATER. Plate 46, fig. 1. Fruit about the medium size, symmetrical, circular, breadth and length equal. Color green, enlivened with a clear well defined scarlet cheek. Stem thick ; depression nar- row and close. Calyx small, closed; depression nearly obsolete. Flesh subacid, firm, fine flavored ; a good keeper. Ripens late in the fall or early winter. Origin in Pennsylvania. 76. POTTER'S LARGE APPLE (Hort. Soc. Cat. of London). Fruit above the medium size, irregular and angular. Color pale green, tinged reddish near the base. Stem long. Flesh white and deficient in juice ; subacid. Culinary apple, keeping till christmas. English. 77. FALL PIPPIN. Fig. i». Fruit above the medium size, symmetrical, cir- cular. Color yellow or greenish yellow, sometimes enlivened with a scarlet blush about the base. Stem rather stout, exsert or projecting beyond the base ; depression ra- ther large and deep. Calyx large and deep ; crown promi- nent. Flesh yellow- ish white, juicy, fine flavor. Core small. Sometimes keeps till January, but is strictly an autumn apple. It is one of the finest fruits for cooking, and is equally desirable for the table. Succeeds well in all parts of New-York ; some of the finest specimens have grown in the eastern part of Rensselaer 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 Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863. Albany, C. Van Benthuysen
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