. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. 50 DESCRIPTIONS 95. CHEESEBOROUGH RUSSET. Platr 20. Pi!. 82, Fruit above (he medium size ; elongated, cir- cular, tapering from above the middle to a narrow crown. Stem never exsert, thick and strong. Calyx de- pres sion shallow. Co- lor russet, faintly tin- ged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish,saccharine, dry. Core large. Se-


. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. 50 DESCRIPTIONS 95. CHEESEBOROUGH RUSSET. Platr 20. Pi!. 82, Fruit above (he medium size ; elongated, cir- cular, tapering from above the middle to a narrow crown. Stem never exsert, thick and strong. Calyx de- pres sion shallow. Co- lor russet, faintly tin- ged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish,saccharine, dry. Core large. Se- cond rate. Exhibited New-York Convention, 96. EARLY NONPAREIL. Fruit of a medium size, elongated ; stem slender. Color yellowish, incrusted with a thin russet interspersed with gray specks. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender, juicy and rich. Aromatic. English, and raised in Norfolk. 97. DOWELL'S PIPPIN. (Hort. Trans. Lond. vol. v. p. 268.) Fruit rather below the medium size ; eccentric like the Ribston pippin. Color greenish, covered with a clear thin russet. Stem short, and depression deep. Flesh yellowish, subacid, crisp; rich and moderately juicy. English. A cross by Mr. Knight between the Orange pippin and the Golden pippin. Ripens in 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 Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863. Albany, C. Van Benthuysen


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