. American pomology : apples . Apples. 648 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. Wharton, who may have brought it Tvith him from the East. For a time some of our leading pomologists thought it was the Canada JReinette, but this idea has long since been relinquished, and all agree that it is sui ffeneris, though it may have had a different name. In some of its external characters it more nearly resembles. Fig. 257.—WHITE piprui. the Yellow Nievstown JHppin than any otlier fruit; but, while it lacks the high, spicy flavor of that apple, it is found to be much more profitable in the orchard. The tree is remark
. American pomology : apples . Apples. 648 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. Wharton, who may have brought it Tvith him from the East. For a time some of our leading pomologists thought it was the Canada JReinette, but this idea has long since been relinquished, and all agree that it is sui ffeneris, though it may have had a different name. In some of its external characters it more nearly resembles. Fig. 257.—WHITE piprui. the Yellow Nievstown JHppin than any otlier fruit; but, while it lacks the high, spicy flavor of that apple, it is found to be much more profitable in the orchard. The tree is remarkably thrifty, vigorous and produc- tive, upriglit, with very dark shoots, covered with down, bearing large leaves that are quite downy beneath, and deep green above. Fruit large, \-ariable in form, angular, sometimes lop- sided, generally fair, free from scab; Surface smooth, green or greenish-white to very pale yellow when ripe; the skin toward the base is often marked on the unripe apple with indistinct wavy stripes of white, the interspaces are sometimes colored by exposure, and assume a pink or pnr-. 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 Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and Company
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