62 THE PRUIT MANUAL. 



Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, 

 set in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, sweet, and 

 briskly flavoured. Cells, ovate ; axile. 



A dessert apple of the first quality ; in use from December to 

 April. 



This is one of the seedlings raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, President of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of London. 



DOWNTON PIPPIN. Fruit, small, somewhat cylindrical, and 

 flattened at the ends, bearing a resemblance to the Golden Pippin. 

 Skin, smooth, of a fine lemon yellow colour, and with a slight tinge of 

 red next the sun, marked with a few traces of delicate russet, and 

 strewed with numerous pale brown dots. Eye, large, and quite open, 

 with long, flat, pointed segments, set in a wide, flat, and shallow 

 basin. Stamens, marginal or median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, slender, half an inch long, and inserted in a shallow cavity, 

 which is lined with a delicate russet. Flesh, yellowish white, delicate, 

 firm, crisp, and juicy, with a rich, brisk, vinous, and somewhat aro- 

 matic flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality, resembling the Golden Pippin 

 both in size, shape, and colour, as well as flavour. It is in use from 

 November to January. 



The tree is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, a most abundant 

 bearer, and attains about the middle size. It may be grown as an 

 open dwarf, and is well suited for espaliers. The fruit is also valuable 

 for the cider it produces, the specific gravity of the juice being 1080. 



This excellent variety was raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton 

 Castle, from the seed of the Isle of Wight Orange Pippin, impregnated with the 

 pollen of the Golden Pippin, and the original tree is still in existence at Wormsley 

 Grange, Herefordshire. My friend the Rev. C. II. Bulmer, Rector of Credenhill, 

 near Hereford, informs me that mice have a great fondness for this apple, and will 

 eat it with avidity. 



DRAP D'OR (Bay Apple; Early Summer Pippin]. Fruit, rather 

 large ; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, where it is ribbed. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, of a fine pale yellow colour intermixed with a 

 greenish tinge, which is disposed in faint stripes, extending from the 

 base to the apex on the shaded side, but of a clearer and deeper yellow 

 on the side next the sun, the whole marked with patches of delicate,, 

 dark brown russet, and strewed with numerous russety dots ; some- 

 times there is a faint tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 small and closed, with acuminate segments, which are covered with 

 white tomentum, and set in a wide, deep, irregular, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, very short, and somewhat fleshy, inserted in a wide, rather 

 shallow, and smooth cavity. Flesh, yellowish, white, tender, crisp, 

 and juicy, with a brisk, vinous, and sugary flavour. 



A pretty good apple of second-rate quality, more suitable for culinary 

 purposes than the dessert. It is in use from October to Christmas. 



The tree is a healthy and free grower, attaining about the middle 



