116 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



Irish Russet. See Sam Young. 

 Iron Apple. See Brabant Bellefleur. 



IRON PIN. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and two 

 inches and three-quarters high ; conical, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, quite smooth, shining, bright grass-green, with a brownish tinge 

 next the sun, and thinly strewed with minute russet dots. Eye, closed, 

 set on the apex of the fruit, surrounded with several plaits. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, slender, half an inch long, inserted 

 in a very shallow cavity. Flesh, white, greenish under the skin, tender, 

 and agreeably flavoured. Cells, elliptical ; abaxile. 



A cooking apple, which keeps in good condition to January and Feb- 

 ruary. It appears to be a Dorsetshire apple, and was sent me by Mr. 

 C. T. Hall, Osmington Lodge, Weymouth. 



Ironstone. See Winter Greening. 



ISLE OF WIGHT PIPPIN (Me of Wight Orange ; Orange Pippin ; 

 Pomme d' Orange; Englese Oranje Appel). Fruit, small, two inches 

 wide, by an inch and a half deep ; globular or roundish oblate. Eye, 

 closed, with broad acute segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, inserted in 

 a shallow cavity. Skin, yellowish grey, sprinkled with russet, highly 

 coloured with orange and red next the sun. Flesh, firm and juicy, with 

 a rich and aromatic flavour. Cells, closed, oblate. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality, and also valuable as a cider 

 fruit ; it is in use from September to January. 



The specific gravity of its juice is 1074. 



The tree does not attain a large size, but is hardy, healthy, and an 

 excellent bearer. It succeeds well when grafted on the paradise stock, 

 and grown as an open dwarf, or an espalier. 



This is a very old variety, and is, no doubt, the "Orange Apple" of Ray and 

 Worlidge. According to Mr. Knight, it is hy some supposed to have been intro- 

 duced from Normandy to the Isle of Wight, where it was first planted in the 

 garden at Wrexall Cottage, near the Undercliff, where it was growing in 1817. 

 There are several other varieties of apples known by the name of " Orange " and 

 " Orange Pippin," but they are all very inferior to this. 



ISLE WORTH CRAB (Brentford Crab). Fruit, medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, by the same in height ; conical. Skin, 

 smooth, of a pale yellow colour, with a deeper tinge where exposed to 

 the sun, and covered with small reddish brown dots. Eye, small and 

 open, with reflexed segments, set in a round and narrow basin. Stamens, 

 marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, slender, inserted in a deep, 

 round and even cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, sweet, juicy, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. Cells, roundish ; axile, open. 



A pretty good culinary apple of second-rate quality ; in use during 

 October ; but scarcely worth cultivation. 



This was raised at the Isleworth nursery of Messrs. Ronalds, of Brentford. 



