. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. overlaic dots few, calyx-tube 22. Gravenstein. {XV2) Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, ablate or round somewhat irregular, broad at the base, angular, narrow to broad, irregularly russeted; calyx large, open closed; lobes large, long, very broad, acute; basin irregular, wide, obtuse to abrupt, wrinkled; sk tender, rough, greenish-yellow or orange-yell with l>roken stripes of light and dark red small, light; prevailing effect yellow striped large, conical ; stamens median; core med
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. overlaic dots few, calyx-tube 22. Gravenstein. {XV2) Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open. Fruit large, uniform in size but not in shape, ablate or round somewhat irregular, broad at the base, angular, narrow to broad, irregularly russeted; calyx large, open closed; lobes large, long, very broad, acute; basin irregular, wide, obtuse to abrupt, wrinkled; sk tender, rough, greenish-yellow or orange-yell with l>roken stripes of light and dark red small, light; prevailing effect yellow striped large, conical ; stamens median; core medii strongly abaxile; cells open; core-lines clasping the funnel cylinder; carpels broad-ovate, emarginate; seeds large, long, plump, acute, brown ; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, aromatic; very good to best; late September till early November. GREEN NEWTOWN. Fig. 23. Albe- marle. Albemarle Pippin. Green Newtown Pippin. Mountain Pippin. Newtown Pippin. Yellow Newtoum. llnfortunately, this apple can be grown in perfection only in certain re- gions, as: Hood River, Oregon; the Albemarle region, Virginia; and along the Hudson River, New York. By virtue of high quality, long- keeping and beauty of fruit, together with good. 23. Green Newtown. {XV2) tree-characters, Green Newtown has high standing in regions where it thrives. Experi- ments at the Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, show that it is a most excelleiit apple to use in breeding. Green Newtown is preeminently an American apple. The original tree came into bearing early in the eighteenth century, and the variety was soon widely grown. In 1759 samples were sent to Benjamin Franklin in England, where they attracted much attention; John Bartram, the Quaker botanist, soon after sent grafts to England; and Thomas Jefferson was growing the variety at Monticello in 1778. Some pomologists maintain that there is a Yellow Newtown, a distinct variety from Green Newtown; but the differences in colo
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