Cavity wide, regular; Stem long, slender.
Core large, oval or pyriform, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, plump; Flesh deep yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich, sprightly; Quality best; Use, dessert, cooking; Season, December to February.
A delicious fruit for amateurs, but its place is supplanted by Grimes' Golden, which is a much better tree, with fruit of similar good qualities, and better.
Rock Pippin.
RIDGE PIPPIN, LEMON, &C.
Fig. 290.—ROCK PIPPIN.
This admirable long-keeper has claims upon the attention of the commercial orchardist, on account of its soundness and beauty in the spring. Tree very thrifty, large, productive; Branches open, spreading; Shoots stout, dark; Foliage large, scattered.
Fruit full medium, oblong, ovate, angular, often ribbed, truncate at the apex, sometimes unequal; Surface very smooth, very rich yellow, blushed bright carmine when ripe; Dots few, small, dark.