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Fruit, very large, three and a half inches wide, and three inches high ; 

 roundish, irregular, and slightly ribbed, with ridges at the eve. Skin, 

 smooth, yellowish green in the shade, and pule yellow, with a reddish 

 brown blush, which is streaked with broken stripes of deeper red, on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, large, closed, set in a wide and irregular 

 basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. Flrsh, tender and juicy, 

 with a brisk and pleasant flavour. Cells, wide open, obovate ; alnixilr. 



This is an excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality ; in use from 

 November to January. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attaining a large size, and 

 is an abundant bearer. 



This is not the Kentish Fill-basket of Miller and Forsyth, nor yet of Ro-rr- ; 

 the variety described under this name by these writers being evidently the Kentish 

 Codlin. 



KENTISH PIPPIN (Colow'l Van<jli<inx; l!,:l Kentish rijtpin : 

 Vauns rift/nn). Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters 

 broad, and two inches and a half high ; conical and slightly angular. 

 Skin, pale yellow, with brownish red next the sun, studded with 

 specks, which are greenish on the shaded side, but yellowish next the 

 sun. Eye, small, and partially open, set in a wide, shallow, and 

 plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, very short 

 and fleshy, almost imbedded in a deep and wide cavity, which is 

 smooth or rarely marked with russet. Flesh, yellowish white, delicate, 

 very juicy, with a sweet and briskly acid flavour. Cells, ovate ; axile, 

 slit. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to 

 January. 



The tree attains a pretty good size, is hardy, vigorous, and a good 

 bearer. 



A very old and favourite apple, first mentioned by Ray, and enumerated in the 

 list of Leonard Meaner as one of the varieties then cultivated in the London 

 nurseries in 1670. Mortimer made gn-at lamentation on the supposed degeneration 

 of the Kentish Pippin, which I have quoted in treating of the Golden Pippin. 



KERRY PIPPIN (Edmonton; Aromatic Pippin). Fruit, below 

 medium size, two inches wide, and nearly two inches and a quarter 

 high ; oval, sometimes roundish oval. Skin, smooth and shining, 

 greenish yellow at first, but changing as it ripens to a fine clear pale 

 yellow colour, tinged and streaked with red, on the side next the sun ; 

 but sometimes, when fully exposed, one-half of the surface is covered 

 with bright shining crimson, streaked with deeper crimson ; it is 

 marked on the shaded side with some traces of delicate russet. Eye, 

 small and closed, with broad, erect, convergent or connivent segments, 

 set in a shallow basin, which is generally surrounded with five prominent 

 plaits. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, slender, trree- 

 quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted in a small cavity, by the 

 side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, and 



