FEBRUARY. 23 



surface is strewed with russetty dots, which are largest on the sunny 



side ; and intermixed with these are numerous embedded pearly 



specks. Eye small and open, with long segments, placed in a 



shallow, smooth, and even 



basin. Stalk from half an 



inch to an inch in length, 



inserted in a pretty deep 



cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, / 



crisp, very juicy and su- / \ 



gary, with a brisk, vinous, / 



and particularly fine fla- | 



vour. I 



One of the oldest, and ', 

 by far the most highly es- \ / 



teemed of our dessert Ap- \ / 



pies ; and neither the Bors- \ A [V / 



dorfFer of the Germans, the ^^^ ^^,^^4 l^^,^___^^^ 



Reinette of the French, nor 1 \ 



the Newtown Pippin of the Iv 



Americans, will ever oc- 

 cupy in the estimation of the English the place now accorded to the 

 Golden Pippin. It is also an excellent cider Apple. The specific 

 gravity of its juice is 1078. 



It is in season from November to April. 



The tree is a free and vigorous grower, but does not attain a 

 It is also an excellent bearer. 



When and where the Golden Pippin was first discovered, are 

 now matters of uncertainty ; but all writers agree in ascribing to it 

 an English origin, some supposing it to have originated at Parham 

 Park, near Arundel in Sussex. Although it is not recorded at so 

 early a period as some others, there is no doubt it is a very old 

 variety. It is not, however, the * Golding Pipping ' of Parkinson, for 

 he says ' it is the greatest and best of all sorts of Pippins.' It was 

 perhaps this circumstance that led Mr. Knight to remark, that from 

 the description Parkinson has given of the Apples cultivated in his 

 time, it is evident that those now known by the same names are 

 different, and probably new varieties. But this is no evidence of 

 such being the case ; for I find there were two sorts of Golden Pippin, 

 the ' Great Golding,' and the * Small Golding, or Bayford, both of 

 which are mentioned by Leonard Meager, and there is no doubt the 

 ' Golding Pippin ' of Parkinson was the ' Great Golding.' Whether 

 it was because it was little known, or its qualities were unappre- 

 ciated, that the writers of the 17th century were so restrictive in 

 their praises of the Golden Pippin, it is difficult to say ; but true it 

 is, whilst Pearmains, Red Streaks, Codlings, and Catsheads, are set 

 forth as the desiderata of an orchard, the Golden Pippin is but rarely 

 noticed. Ralph Austin calls it ' a very speciall Apple and great 

 bearer.' Evelyn certainly states that Lord Clarendon cultivated it, 

 but it was only as a cider Apple ; for he says, ' at Lord Clarendon's 

 seat at Swallowfield, Berks, there is an orchard of 1000 Golden and 



