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in this country will attain the same perfection ; for, like most of the 

 best American apples, it does not succeed in this climate. Even with 

 the protection of a wall, and in the most favourable situation, it does 

 not possess that peculiarly rich aroma which characterises the imported 

 fruit. 



The tree is a slender and slow grower, and is always distinguished, 

 even, in its young state, by the roughness of its bark. It prefers a 

 strong, rich, and genial soil, and, according to Coxe, does not arrive at 

 maturity till twenty or twenty-five years old. 



This is an old American apple. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island, U.S., 

 and was introduced to this country about the middle of the last century. I find it 

 was cultivated in the Brompton Park Nursery so early as 1768, under the name of 

 " Newtown Pippin from New York." Forsyth remarks that it is said to have been 

 originally from Devonshire, but if it were so, there would still have been some 

 trace of it left in that county. It is extensively cultivated in New York, and all 

 the middle states, and particularly on the Hudson, where the finest American 

 orchards are. There are immense quantities produced, which are packed in barrels 

 and exported to Britain and other parts. The month of January is generally the 

 season they arrive in this country, and then they are the most attractive of all 

 dessert apples in Covent Garden Market ; the name serving, in many instances, as 

 a decoy for the sale of many other and inferior varieties. The Alfriston, in many 

 collections, is erroneously cultivated under the name of Newtown Pippin. 



NEWTOWN SPITZENBEBG (Matchless ; Burlington Spitsenberg ; 

 English Spitzenberg). Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a 

 quarter wide, and two inches and a quarter deep ; roundish, regularly 

 and handsomely formed, a little flattened, somewhat resembling a 

 Nonesuch. Skin, smooth, at first pale yellow tinged with green, but 

 changing to a beautiful clear yellow on the shaded side, but of a 

 beautiful clear red, streaked with crimson, on the side next the sun, 

 and strewed with numerous russety dots. Eye, open, set in a wide 

 and even basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, short and 

 stout, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, rich, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. Cells, wide open, obovate. 



An American dessert apple, very pretty and handsome ; of good 

 quality, but only second-rate ; it is in use from November to February. 



This originated at Newtown, on Long Island, U.S. It received the name of 

 Matchless from the late William Cobbett, who sold it under that name. 



New York Gloria Mundi. See Gloria Mundi. 



NEW YORK PIPPIN. Fruit, rather large, of an oblong figure, 

 somewhat pyramidal, rather irregular in its outline, and with five 

 angles on its sides, three of which are generally much shorter than 

 the other, forming a kind of lip at the crown ; from two inches and 

 a half to three inches deep, and the same in diameter at the base. 

 Eye, closed, rather deeply sunk in a very uneven, irregular basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted in a wide, 

 uneven cavity. Skin, dull greenish yellow, with a few green specks, 

 intermixed with a little thin grey russet, and tinged with brown on the 



