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russet. Flesh, white, with a slight tinge of green, delicate, tender, 

 and juicy, with a brisk and pleasant flavour. Cells, ovate ; abaxile. 



A beautiful and showy apple for culinary purposes ; it is in use from 

 October to Christmas. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, but not a very abundant 

 bearer. It succeeds well on the paradise stock. 



I have not been able to trace the history of this handsome apple beyond the 

 close of last century. It is not mentioned in the copious list of Miller & Sweet, of 

 Bristol, in 1790, nor in any of the nursery workings of the Brompton Park 

 Nursery, lists of which are in my possession as far back as 1750. The first record 

 of it I find is in the Forsyth MSS,, where, under the name of Kirk's Scarlet 

 Admirable, he seems to have received it in 1799, and again in 1801, from Ronalds, 

 of Brentford, as Hallingbury, but in his Tieatise on Fruit Trees it is called 

 Hollingbury. 



HOLLAND PIPPIN. Fruit, large, three inches wide, and two 

 inches and a half high ; roundish and flattened, with ribs on the sides. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, with a slight tinge of pale brown where exposed 

 to the sun, and strewed with large green dots. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in a round, narrow, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded 

 in a wide and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and briskly acid. 



A valuable apple, of first-rate quality for culinary purposes ; it is in 

 use from November to March. The tree is a strong grower, vigorous, 

 healthy, and a good bearer. 



This is the Holland Pippin of Langley and Miller, but not of Ray or Ralph 

 Austen, who make it synonymous with the Kirton Pippin, which Ray describes 

 as being small and oblate, and the same as is called Broad-Eye in Sussex, The 

 Holland Pippin is a native of the Holland district of Lincolnshire, hence its 

 name. 



HOLLOW CORE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 wide, and three inches high ; conical, irregular in its outline, ribbed, 

 and distinctly four-sided ; at about four-fifths of its length towards the 

 crown it is very much contracted and swells out again towards the eye, 

 altogether very much resembling a Codlin in shape. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, pale grass-green on the shaded side, and covered with a cloud 

 of pale red next the sun, thinly strewed with dots, which are red on 

 the exposed, and dark green on the shaded side. Eye, small and 

 closed, set in a narrow, contracted, and plaited basin, which is sur- 

 rounded with several small knobs. Stalk, green and downy, half an 

 inch long, inserted in a narrow, close, and deep basin, which is quite 

 smooth. Flesh, white, very tender and delicate, with a brisk, mild, 

 and pleasant flavour. Core, very large, with open cells. 



An excellent culinary apple, with a fine perfume ; ripe in September. 



It is extensively grown in Berkshire, particularly about Newbury and Reading, 

 whence large quantities are sent to London for the supply of Covent Garden 

 Market, 



HOLLOW-CROWNED PIPPIN (Hollow-eyed Pippin). Fruit, 



