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and two inches high ; oblate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, 

 uniform deep lemon yellow, strewed with a few russet dots. Eye, open, 

 with spreading reflexed segments, set in a rather deep, round, and even 

 basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, slender. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, but not with much flavour. 

 Cells, obovate; axile, open. 



An early autumn apple, of little value either for the dessert or 

 culinary use. 



FAIR MAID OF TAUNTON. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; ovato-oblate, and rather 

 irregularly formed. Skin, smooth and shining, thick and membranous, of 

 a pale straw colour, and with a faint tinge of red on the side exposed to 

 the sun; thickly strewed all over with small russety dots. Eye, somewhat 

 closed, with broad, flat segments, which are reflexed at the tips, and 

 set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, 

 very short, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with rough brown 

 russet. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, very juicy, sweet, and, though 

 not richly, yet pleasantly flavoured. Cells, obovate; axile, slit. 



A dessert apple, but not of the first quality ; in use from November 

 to February. 



FAIRY. Fruit produced in clusters of from three to five, much in 

 the same way as clusters of cherries ; small, rather flattened at both 

 ends, very even and regular in the outline. Skin, smooth and shining, 

 covered with bright lively crimson, shaded with streaks of a deeper 

 tinge, and on the unexposed side it is lemon yellow. Eye, closed, set 

 prominently, almost level with the surface, and surrounded with plaits. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, sometimes less than a quarter 

 of an inch long, and frequently straight, slender, and as much as an 

 inch or more inserted in a small shallow cavity, which is russety. 

 Flesh of a fine deep yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a rich, brisk 

 flavour, and fine delicate aroma when eaten with the skin on. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile. 



A pretty little apple, which comes into use in December and lasts 

 till April. 



Raised by Mr. Jennings in his nursery at Shipston-on-Stour, from seed of the 

 Scarlet Siberian Crab or Cherry Apple. The seed was sown with no intention of 

 raising new varieties of fruit, but for stocks on which to graft the ordinary varieties 

 of apples. One of these showing signs of fruit, Mr. Jennings grafted it upon a 

 i'ree apple stock, and the result was this variety. 



FALL PIPPIN (Cobbett's Fall Pippin}. Fruit, large, three inches 

 and a quarter wide, and two inches and three-quarters high; roundish, 

 generally a little flattened, pretty regular, sometimes with obscure ribs 

 at the eye. Skin, smooth, yellowish green, becoming a fine yellow, with 

 often a tinge of brownish blush on one side, and with a few scattered 

 dots. Eye, open, not very large, rather deeply sunk in a narrow round 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, extending considerably 



