Chapter 70
TALLOW PIPPIN, QUEEN ANNE, &C.
Origin unknown.
Tree vigorous, healthy, round-headed; Foliage yellowish green.
Fruit large, round, slightly conic, truncated, regular; Surface smooth, waxy yellow, not blushed or bronzed, becoming greasy when kept indoors; Dots numerous, green.
Basin deep, abrupt, regular; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity medium, regular, green; Stem long, slender.
Core medium, oval, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, pointed, pale; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic; Quality very good; Use, table, cooking, drying, market; Season, August, September.
=McAdow's June.=--[Local Name.]
Specimens received from Chillicothe, Ohio. Thought at one time to be Tetofski, but the descriptions do not correspond.
Fruit medium to small, globular, slightly conical, regular; Surface smooth, greenish, yellow, blushed; Dots numerous, large, white.
Basin medium, wavy; Eye small, closed.
Cavity rather wide, regular; Stern long, stout.
Core small, round, closed, not meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, brown; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Use, kitchen, table; Quality good; Season, June, July; one of the earliest.
Pomologists have been in doubt whether this may not be the Tetofski.
Comparison should be made of the tree characters.
=Michigan Golden.=
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 203.--MICHIGAN GOLDEN.]
This beautiful apple was received from the accurate pomologist, T.T.
Lyon, of Plymouth.
Fruit large, globular, slightly conic, truncated and somewhat angular; Surface smooth, becoming greasy, greenish yellow; Dots minute, prominent.
Basin abrupt, folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity wide, wavy; Stem long, inclined.
Core medium, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, long, pointed; Flesh yellow, breaking, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality nearly best; Use, table, kitchen; Season, September to November.
=Monmouth
RED CHEEK.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 204.--MONMOUTH PIPPIN.]
Fruit rather large, handsome, roundish or flattened, regular; Surface smooth, greenish yellow, blushed and marbled; Dots minute, green.
Basin shallow, regular; Eye large, closed.
Cavity wide, regular or wavy, brown; Stem short, thick.
Core medium, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, pointed, brown; Flesh white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor acid; Quality good for cooking only; Season, December to February.
=Newtown Pippin.=
GREEN NEWTOWN.
This is probably the original Newtown Pippin, but by no means the more common, which is the _Yellow Newtown Pippin_, to be described in another place.
Fruit medium to large, globular, flattened, sometimes obscurely ribbed; Surface smooth, green, becoming yellowish green when fully ripe, sometimes bronzy, and always showing white irregular striae near the base when first gathered; Dots scattered, minute, dark.
Basin shallow, folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity wide, wavy, brown; Stem long, slender.
Core round, regular, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds pointed, plump, dark; Flesh greenish white, crisp, tender, juicy; Flavor acid, aromatic, rich, very agreeable; Quality best; Use, dessert, cooking; Season, December to March.
=Roman Stem.=
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 205.--ROMAN STEM.]
Origin Burlington, New Jersey. Tree moderately vigorous, very productive.
Fruit medium, globular, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, often blushed; Dots minute, dark.
Basin shallow, regular, or wavy, russet; Eye small, closed.
Cavity acute, lipped; Stem long.
Core rather large, heart-shaped, regular, clasping; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellowish white, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor mild sub-acid, rich; Quality good to very good; Use, table; Season, December, January.
=Royal Pearmain.=
We have two different apples bearing this name, both very promising and desirable sorts. I shall, in this place, attempt to describe the one mentioned by c.o.xe, as my specimens are traced back to his nursery, though coming to the West by way of Georgia.
Fruit full medium to large, globular, rather flattened, regular; Surface not smooth, of a rich yellow, finely blushed, with carmine more or less diffused over the fruit, and overspread with a very thin russet; Dots medium, prominent, brown.
Basin medium, folded; Eye medium, closed.