The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . t. In theEastern States where the Newtown pippin does not attain fullperfection, this apple takes its place—and in England, it is fre-quently sold for that fruit, which, however, it does not equal.[The Green Newtown Pippin described by Lindley is this fruit.]Fruit large, roundish, a little flattened, pretty regular, butoften obscurely ribbed. Skin oily sm
The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . t. In theEastern States where the Newtown pippin does not attain fullperfection, this apple takes its place—and in England, it is fre-quently sold for that fruit, which, however, it does not equal.[The Green Newtown Pippin described by Lindley is this fruit.]Fruit large, roundish, a little flattened, pretty regular, butoften obscurely ribbed. Skin oily smooth, dark green, becom-ing pale green when ripe, when it sometimes shows a dull blushnear the stalk. Calyx small, woolly, closed, in a slightly sunk,scarcely plaited basin. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long,curved, thickest at the bottom. Flesh yellow, fine grained, ten-der, crisp, with an abundance of rich, slightly aromatic, lively,acid juice. The tree grows very strongly, and resemblesthe Fall pippin in its wood and leaves, and bears most abundantcrops. The fruit is as excellent for cooking as for the to February—or, in the North, to March. In somelocalities at the West does not succeed, in others very Bichards Graft. RICHARD S GRAFT. Derricks Graft. Red Wine. A very excellent fall apple well worthy of cultivation. Ori-gin, uncertain, supposed to be Ulster County, N. Y. An oldfruit, but little known—lately introduced by E. G. Studley, 102 THE APPLE. Claverack, Columbia, County, N. Y.—a free upright grower, agood bearer, and one of the best dessert apples of its season. Size rather above medium, oblate. Stem nearlly an inchlong. Cavity deep and broad. Calyx closed, segments re-curved, basin deep. Colour yellow, mostly striped with fine-grained, tender, juicy, pleasant, with a refreshing vi-nous flavour. September and October. RICHMOND. Origin, farm of D. C. Richmond, Sandusky, Ohio.—Tree a freegrower, and
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