THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 45 



46. BRINGEWOOD PIPPIN.— Ilort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 88. Lind. Guide, 40. Rog. Fr, 

 Cult. 88. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, and an inch and three quar- 

 ters high ; almost round, a good deal like a flattened Golden Pippin. 

 Skin, of a fine rich yellow color, covered with greyish dots, russety 

 round the eye, and marked with a few russety dots on the side next the 

 sun. Eye, small and open, with reffexed segments, and placed in a 

 shallow basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a moderately deep 

 cavity, which is lined with greenish grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, 

 crisp, and sugary, with a rich and perfumed flavor. 



An excellent, though not a first-rate dessert apple, in use from January 

 to March. Its only fault is the flesh being too dry. 



The tree is hardy, but a weak and slender grower, and never attains 

 a great size. It succeeds well on the paradise stock. 



This is one of the varieties raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., 

 of Downton Castle, Herefordshire, and which he obtained by impreg- 

 nating the Golden Pippin, with the pollen of the Golden Harvey. 



47. BRISTOL PEARMAIN.— H. 



Fruit, small, about two inches and a quarter wide, and the same in 

 height ; oblong, slightly angular on the side, and ridged round the eye. 

 Skin, dull yellowish green, with a few pale stripes of crimson, and con- 

 siderably covered with patches and dots of thin grey russet on the 

 shaded side ; but marked with thin dull red, striped with deeper and 

 brighter red, on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with numerous 

 dark russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with erect, acute segments, 

 set in a deep, round, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shal- 

 low cavity, which is lined with thin brown russet, strewed with silvery 

 scales. Flesh, yellow, firm, not very juicy, but briskly flavored. 



An apple of little merit, in use from October to February. 



The only place where I have ever met with this variety, is in the 

 neighbourhood of Odiham, in Hampshire. 



48. BROAD-END.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 89. 



SvNONYMES. — Winter Broading, Hort. Trans, vol. iv., p. 66. Lind. Guide, 57. 



Kentish Broading, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 47. Broading, Ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 Figure.— Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiv. f. 1. 



Fruit, large, three inches and three quarters broad, and three inches 

 high ; roundish, broadest at the base, and considerably flattened at the 

 ends, somewhat oblate. Skin, yellowish green in the shade, but tinged 

 with red next the sun, interspersed with a few streaks of red, and covered 

 in some places with patches of fine russet. Eye, large and open, set in 

 a rather deep and angular basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a deep cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, rich, juicy, and with a pleasant sub- 

 acid flavor. An excellent culinary apple of the first quality, in use from 

 November to Christmas. 



The tree is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, and an excellent 

 bearer. 



