162 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



NORTHERN SWEET. Fruit, large, over three inches wide, and 

 two inches and a half high ; roundish and depressed, prominently 

 ribbed, and the ribs extending to the apex, where they form ridges 

 round the eye. Skin, smooth, clear lemon yellow, with a red cheek 

 next the sun. Eye, small and open, with short, erect segments, set in 

 a deep and angular basin. Stamens, marginal; tube, deep, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, long, and obliquely inserted in a wide and rather 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, white, very tender, juicy, sweet, and with very 

 little flavour. Cells, open ; obovate. 



An American dessert apple, with very vapid flavour ; in use during 

 October and November. 



North wick Pippin. See Blenheim Pippin. 



NOTTINGHAM PIPPIN. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three-quarters broad, and two inches and a half high ; ovate. Skin, 

 smooth, pale yellow at first, but changing by keeping to lemon yellow, 

 without any trace of red, but with slight markings of russet. Eye, 

 closed, with long green segments, set in a wide and rather deeply 

 plaited basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep, 

 funnel-shaped, and russety cavity. Flesh, white, fine, and tender, 

 juicy, sugary, and vinous. 



A second-rate dessert apple ; in use from November till February. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer. 



Nutmeg Pippin. See Cockle's Pippin. 



OAKEN PIN. Fruit, large, three inches wide, and two inches and 

 three-quarters high ; roundish ovate, bluntly angular, puckered at the 

 apex, where it is narrow. Skin, dark mahogany colour, except on the 

 parts that are shaded, and there it is yellowish, streaked with dark red, 

 strewed all over with large russet freckles, and russety over the base. 

 Eye, closed, with erect connivent segments, set in a narrow, puckered 

 basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Flesh, yellowish, 

 tinged with red in places under the skin, tender, soft, juicy, and 

 remarkably sweet, with a distinct aroma. Cells, wide open, obovate. 



A useful apple, which keeps well till Christmas. It sells well in the 

 Devonshire markets, and is mostly used for cooking, as it is not a rich 

 cider apple. The tree is a good bearer. 



The Oaken Pin is a very old apple, but I do not think this the Oaken Pin of 

 Evelyn and the other early writers. 



OAKLEY GROVE PIPPIN. Fruit, large, three inches wide, and 

 two inches and three-quarters high ; roundish or roundish ovate, even 

 and somewhat ribbed, particularly round the crown. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, of an uniform lemon yellow, with a tinge of orange next the 

 sun, the surface being strewed with dark specks. Eye, half open, with 

 erect convergent segments, reflexed at the tips, set in a deep and 

 ribbed basin. Stamens, marginal; tube, funnel-shaped, deep and 



