38 BRITISH rOMOLOGY, ETC. 



It is remarkable for the firmness and density of its flesh, and Mr. 

 Lindley says, its specific gravity is greater than that of any other apple 

 with wliich he was acquainted. 



The tree is of diminutive size, with short but very stout shoots. It 

 is a good bearer. 



This variety is supposed to be a native of Warwickshire. It is what 

 is generally known in the nurseries, under the name of Stone Pippin, 

 but the Gogar Pippin is also known by that name. 



34. BLAND'S JUBILEE.— H. 



Synonymes. — Jubilee Pippin, Horl. Trans, vol. v., 400. Bland's Jubilee Rose Pip, 

 Nursery Catalogues. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and 

 three quarters high ; round, narrowing a little towards the eye, and 

 obscurely ribbed. Skin, dull yellow tinged with green, but changing to 

 clear yellow as it ripens ; marked with russet in the basin of the eye, and 

 strewed over its surface with large russety dots. Eye, small and closed, 

 with long acuminate segments, set in a narrow, deep, and even basin, 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and perfumed. 



An excellent apple, either for culinary purposes, or the dessert. It 

 is in use from October to January. 



This was raised by Michael Bland, Esq., of Norwich. The seed was 

 sown, on the day of the jubilee which celebrated the 50th year of the 

 feign of George III., in 1809, and the tree first produced fruit in 1818. 

 It is not a variety which is met with in general cultivation, but deserves 

 to be more extensively known. 



35. BLENHEIM PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification.- — Hort. Soc. Cat. cd. 3, n. 70. Lind. Guide, 38. Down^Fr. 

 Anicr. 81. 



Stnonymes. — Blenheim, Ace. Horl. Soc. Cat. Blenheim Orange, Ibid. Wood- 

 stock Pippin, Ihid. Northwick Pippin, Ibid. Kempster's Pippin. 



FiGUKE.— Pom. Mag. t. 28. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxi. f. 2. 



Fruit, large, the average size smaller than represented in the accom- 

 panying figure, being generally three inches wide, and two and a half 

 high ; globular, and somewhat flattened, broader at the base than the 

 apex, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, yellow, with a tinge of 

 dull red next the sun, and streaked with deeper red. Eye, large and 

 open, with short stunted segments, placed in a round and rather deep 

 basin. Stalk, short and stout, rather deeply inserted, and scarcely 

 extending beyond the base. Flesh, yellow, crisp, juicy, sweet, and plea- 

 santly acid. 



A very valuable and highly esteemed apple, either for the dessert or 

 culinary purposes, but, strictly speaking, more suitable for the latter. 

 It is in use from November to February. 



