138 APPLES. 



The 'growth of the tree is very peculiar, with hanging 

 limbs resembling suckers. 



NO. 64. GOLDEN PIPPIN. 



This apple possesses the highest reputation in En- 

 gland, as a fine winter, table, and cider fruit : the size 

 is very small, the form rather flat, the skin rough, the 

 colour a deep rich yellow, mixed with russet the 

 flesh yellow, rich, and sprightly : the tree is small, 

 the branches short, the growth delicate; and by Mr. 

 Knight in his treatise on orchards, is said to succeed 

 best on sandy soils. There appears to be some just- 

 ness in a remark of 1 nglish writers, that the climate of 

 England is peculiarly favourable to this apple in 

 this country it does not rank very high in the scale of 

 good apples ; this may proceed from climate in some 

 degree, but it is, I apprehend, more to be ascribed to 

 the long duration of the variety, which, in its native 

 soil, is supposed to have diminished the excellence of 

 its flavour and the vigour of its growth. 



NO. 60. QUINCE APPLE. 



The tree is of large and vigorous growth the size 

 of the apple is large 5 the shape flat 5 the skin, whea. 



