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oth and rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, 

 and sugary. partaking of the flavour of the Ribston Pippin. Cells, 

 obovate or elliptical ; axile. 



A valuable and highly esteemed de-sert apple of the first quality ; it 

 comes into use in November, and will continue till March. 



The tree, though not a strong or vigorous grower, is hardy and 

 healthy, attains the middle si/e, and is an abundant bearer. It suc- 

 ceeds well grafted on the paradise stock, and grown as an espalier or 

 an open dwarf. Its shoots are slender and drooping. 



This excellent variety was discovered by John Hni'Mu-k, EI., crowing in a 

 hedge m-ar his residence at Clayirati-, a hamlei in the parish of Thames Din 

 Surrey. See Braddick's Nonpar fil. 



Clifton Nonesuch. See Fearns /'/>/>//?. 

 ClissokVs Seedling. See /,'"/</ 



CLUSTER GOLDEN PIPPIN (C/i/^r / '//>/>/ .- 

 riffiin ; Y'/</V/,-.sv?). Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wi !<, 

 and two inches high ; round, and slightly flattened at the top, 

 frequently two united, forming one fruit with two distinct eyes. Skin, 

 smooth, greenish yellow, with a tinge of orange on the exposed side 

 when ripe, and covered with markings and network of thin grey russet, 

 with large patches round the stalk and the eye. Eye, large and open, 

 nearly level with the surface. Stamens, median ; tube, short, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, short. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, brisk, and sweet. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A good second-rate apple, remarkable more for its peculiarity of 

 being occasionally produced in united pairs than for its excellence. It 

 is in use from November till March. 



Cluster Pippin. See Cluster 



CLYDE TRANSPARENT. Fruit, rather below medium size; 

 roundish and irregularly angular in its outline. Skin, with a clear 

 bright red which completely covers the side next the sun, mixed here 

 and there with a short broken streak of darker crimson ; on the shaded 

 side it is clear straw yellow. Eye, closed, inserted in a shallow and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, very short, included in a deep smooth funnel- 

 shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, sweet, and juicy. 



Coates's. See Yorkshire Greenimj. 

 Coeur de Pigeon. See Pigeon. 

 Cobbett's Fall Pippin. See Fall /'/>/>//?. 



COBHAM (r<>)>Ss). Fruit, large; ovate, handsomely and regularly 

 formed. Skin, clear yellow, tinged with greenish patches, and strewed 

 with dark dots ; on the side next the sun it is marked with a few faint 

 streaks of crimson. Eye, large and open, like that of the Blenheim 

 Pippin, and set in a wide and plaited basin. Stalk, short, deeply 



