. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 648 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. Wharton, who may have brought it with him from the East. For a time some of our leading pomologists thought it was the Canada Reinette^ but this idea has long since been relinquished, and all agree that it is sui generis^ though it may have had a different name. In some of its external characters it more nearly resembles. FiiJr. 257.—WHITE pippin. the Yellow Newtown Pippin than any other fruit; but, whi^e it lacks the high, spicy flavor of that apple, it is found to be much more profitable in the orchard. The tree is remarkably
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 648 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. Wharton, who may have brought it with him from the East. For a time some of our leading pomologists thought it was the Canada Reinette^ but this idea has long since been relinquished, and all agree that it is sui generis^ though it may have had a different name. In some of its external characters it more nearly resembles. FiiJr. 257.—WHITE pippin. the Yellow Newtown Pippin than any other fruit; but, whi^e 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, upright, with very dark shoots, covered with down, bearing large leaves that are quite downy beneath, and deep green above. Fruit large, variable 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 uniipe apple with indistinct wavy stripes of white, the interspaces are sometimes colored by exposure, and assume a pink or pur-. 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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