. The American fruit culturist. roundish conical tolong conical, the tapering sides being nearly straight and notrounded; color waxen yellow, with a slight vermilion tinge nearthe base, and with black specks on the surface ; stalk half to three-fourths of an inch long; cavity wide, slightly russeted; calyx open,basin even; flesh yellowish white, breaking, rather light; core hol-low ; flavor mild sub-acid, with a peculiar and agreeable spiciness,of good quality. Dansic Pepka. Large, roundish oblong; greenish yellow withblush; cavity very narrow, deep; stem short; basin small, wide,shallow; fles
. The American fruit culturist. roundish conical tolong conical, the tapering sides being nearly straight and notrounded; color waxen yellow, with a slight vermilion tinge nearthe base, and with black specks on the surface ; stalk half to three-fourths of an inch long; cavity wide, slightly russeted; calyx open,basin even; flesh yellowish white, breaking, rather light; core hol-low ; flavor mild sub-acid, with a peculiar and agreeable spiciness,of good quality. Dansic Pepka. Large, roundish oblong; greenish yellow withblush; cavity very narrow, deep; stem short; basin small, wide,shallow; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, fair. Late winter. Rus-sian. Fig. 460. English Russet.* (Poughkeepsie Russet.) Medium or rathersmall, roundish conical, regular; surface more or less overspreadwith brownish russet on light greenish yellow ground ; in large ex-posed specimens, wholly russeted ; stalk one-half to three-fourthsof an inch long; cavity moderate, round; basin smooth ; flesh green- FiG. 460.—Dansic Pepka. FiG. 461.— Pig. 462.—Zugoff Winter. Fig. 463.—Romna. ish or yellowish white, texture fine, rather firm, with an aromatic,sub-acid flavor. Keeps through spring, and often through sum-mer for twelve months. Growth upright, shoots lively brown. Aprofuse bearer. A profitable market variety, but of rather poor ^quality. New York. Fallawater.* (Tulpahocken, Fornwalder.) Rather large, round-ish, and slightly ovate-conical, very regular, smooth; color asmooth shade of dull red on light greenish yellow, with a few-large whitish dots ; stalk slender ; cavity narrow, acuminate ; basinsmall; flesh greenish white, fine-grained, with a mild, slightly sub- 340 APPLES. acid, moderate flavor. Early winter. A native of this fruit is of quite moderate quality, its large size andfair appearance render it very popular in Pennsylvania, Ohio, andportions of the West. Fig. 464. Fulton. Rather large, roundish, flattened at ends, slightly oblique;skin smooth, yell
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