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BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



were always blasted the next year, or cankered ; whicli makes me think 

 that the ancients had some particular way of raising them, that we have lost 

 the knowledge of." Although this was written a hundred and fifty years 

 ago, we have the Kentish Pippin still, which though not so much culti- 

 vated, or so well known now as then, is nevertheless where it does exist 

 as vigorous and healthy as ever it was. 



149. GOLDEN REINETTE.— Hort. 



Idkwtification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. G61. Lind. Guide, .50. Down. Fr. 

 Amer. 129. Rog. Fr. Cult. 101. 



Stnonymes. — Aurore, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. I, 26. Dundee, Ibid. 289. Megginch 

 Favorite, Ibid. 600. Princcsse Noble, Ibid.Sl^. Eeinette d'Aix, Ibid. 860. Rci- 

 nette Gielcn, Ibid, 888. Yellow German Reinette, ace. Hurt. Soc. Cat. ed. 3 . 

 Elizabeth, Ibid. Englisc Pijipin, Ibid. Wygers, Ibid. Court -pendu dorce, Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 206. Kirke's Golden Reinette, Roy. Fr. Cult. 102. Golden 

 Renet. Raii Hist. ii. 1448. Golden Rennet, Latig. Pom. 134, t. Ixxvi. f. 6. 

 Fors. Treat. 103. Pomme Madame, Knoop Pom. 65, t. xi. Wyker Pipping, 

 Ibid. 132. 



Figures. — Pom. Mag. t. 69. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xii. f. 6. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, and a little flattened. Skin, a fine deep 



yellow, which to- 

 wards the sun is 

 tinged with red, 

 streaked with 

 deeper and live- 

 lier red, and dot- 

 ted all over with 

 russetydots. Eye, 

 large and open, 

 with short dry 

 segments, and set 

 in a wide and 

 even basin. Stalk, 

 half-an-inch long, 

 deeply inserted in 

 a round and even 

 cavity. Flesh, yel- 

 low, crisp, brisk, 

 juicy, rich, and 

 sugary. 

 A fine old dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from Novem- 

 ber to April. 



The tree is healthy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer. It requires a 

 light and warm soil, and is well adapted for dwarf training when worked 

 on the paradise stock. Large quantities of this fruit are grown in the 

 counties round London for the supply of the different markets, where 

 they always command a high price. 



This variety has been long known in this country and esteemed as one 

 of the finest apples. Worlidge, in 1676, says, " It is to be preferred in 

 our plantations for all occasions." Ellis, in his " Modern Husband- 



