THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 



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An excellent culinary apple, in use from October to February. It is 

 said to be of finer flavor than the Hawthornden, and to be even a good 

 dessert apple. 



The tree is hardy, a strong, vigorous, and upright grower, and an 

 abundant bearer. It is w^ell suited for all northern and exposed 

 situations. 



This is one of the varieties raised by Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart., of 

 Coul, Rosshire. 



84. COURT OF WICK.— Hort. 



Idkntificatxon. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 187. Lind. Guide, 42. Down. Fr. 

 Amer. 10.5. Eog. Fr. Cult. 87. 



Synonvmes.— Court of Wick Pippin, Fors. Treat. 98. Court de Wick, //ooA. Pom. 

 Lond. Rival Golden Pippin, ace. Ron. Pyr. Mai. Fry's Pippin, ace. Hort. Soc. 

 Cat. Golden Drop, I/nd. Wick's Pippin, Ibid. Wood's Huntingdon, Ibid. 

 Wood's Transparent, Ibid. Kingswick Pippin, Ibid. Pliillip's Reinette, Ibid. 



Figure.— Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 32. Pom. Mag. t. 32. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xii 

 f. 23. 



Fruit, below medium size; oblato-ovate, regular and handsome. Skin, 

 when fully ripe, of a fine clear yellow, with bright orange, which some- 

 times breaks out in a faint red next the sun, and covered all over 

 with russety freckles. Eye, large and open, with long, acuminate, and 

 reflexed segments, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short 

 and slender, inserted in a smooth and even cavity, which is lined with 

 thin russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, rich, and highly 

 flavored. 



One of the best and most valuable dessert apples, both as regards the 



hardiness of the tree, 

 and the rich and deli- 

 cious flavor of the fruit, 

 which is not inferior to 

 that of the Golden Pip- 

 pin. It is in use from 

 October to March. 



The tree attains the 

 middle size, is healthy, 

 hardy, and an abundant 

 bearer. There is scarce- 

 ly any description of soil 

 or exposure where it 

 does not succeed, nor 

 is it subject to the at- 

 tacks of blight and can- 

 ker. It grows well on 

 the paradise stock, producing fruit much larger than on the crab, but 

 not of so long duration. 



This variety is said to have originated at Court of Wick, in Somerset- 

 shire, and to have been raised from a pip of the Golden Pippin. It is 

 first mentioned by Forsyth, but I have not been able to discover any 

 facts relati\'e to its history. 



