[Fruit culture] . nsiderable demand insouthern markets. It is grown commercially to some extent,largely on account of being a v/ell-known variety that willbring fair prices on the market. The season is frorn Octoberto January or February. 32. Missouri.—The Missouri, or Missouri Pippin, is awell-known market apple of the Middle West, especially of Mis-souri, Kansas, and Illinois. The tree is moderately vigorous,irregular in outline, and rather short lived; in the MississippiValley the trees usually do not live to be more than 20 yearsold. The trees come into bearing young, however, and forthis

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[Fruit culture] . nsiderable demand insouthern markets. It is grown commercially to some extent,largely on account of being a v/ell-known variety that willbring fair prices on the market. The season is frorn Octoberto January or February. 32. Missouri.—The Missouri, or Missouri Pippin, is awell-known market apple of the Middle West, especially of Mis-souri, Kansas, and Illinois. The tree is moderately vigorous,irregular in outline, and rather short lived; in the MississippiValley the trees usually do not live to be more than 20 yearsold. The trees come into bearing young, however, and forthis reason they are much used for fillers in commercial fruit is medium to small in size, and roundish inclined toconic in form. The skin is thick, tough, smooth, glossy, andthinly coated with a grayish bloom. The color is a pale greenoverspread with bright red and striped with purplish colored specimens are almost solid red, except forconspicuous russet or pale-gray dots. A Missouri apple is.

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