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pretty even in its outline. Skin, considerably covered with red, striped 

 with broken streaks of crimson on the side next the sun, but rich 

 yellow, tinged with green, where shaded ; it has some patches and 

 traces of russet over the surface. Eye, wide open, with short, diver- 

 gent segments, set in a wide, shallow, plaited basin. Stamens, 

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

 narrow cavity, which is often quite closed by prominent swellings, so 

 tbat the base of the fruit is quite or nearly flat. Flesh, firm, crisp, and 

 briskly acid, but not so much so as in Dumelow's Seedling. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile, and slit open. 



A fine culinary apple ; much grown in the Kentish orchards, 

 especially about Maidstone. 



OKANGE PIPPIN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide, and two inches and an eighth high ; round, inclining to oblate, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, yellow, with a few broken stripes 

 of pale crimson on the side exposed to the sun, and sparingly strewed 

 with small russet dots. Eye, closed, with broad, flat, convergent 

 segments, set in a narrow and shallow basin, which is slightly plaited. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, slender, about half 

 an inch or a little more in length, inserted in a round, moderately deep 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, very juicy, and with an agreeable 

 but not high flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A second-rate dessert apple ; in use during November and December. 



Orange Pippin. See Isle of Wight Pippin. 



ORD'S APPLE (Simpson's Pippin). Fruit, medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, and the same in height ; conical or 

 oblong, very irregular in its outline, caused by prominent and unequal 

 ribs on the sides, which extend to and terminate in ridges round the 

 eye. Skin, smooth and shining, deep grassy green, strewed with 

 imbedded grey specks, and dotted with brown russety dots on the 

 shaded side, but washed with thin brownish red, which is marked with 

 spots or patches of darker and livelier red, and strewed with star-like 

 freckles of russet, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, placed in a rather deep and angular basin, which is lined with 

 linear marks of rough russet. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. 

 Stalk, about half an inch long, somewhat obliquely inserted by the side 

 of a fleshy swelling, which is more or less prominent. Flesh, greenish 

 white, tender, crisp, and brittle, abounding in a profusion of rich, brisk, 

 sugary, and vinous juice, with a finely perfumed and refreshing flavour. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile. 



An excellent apple, of first-rate quality, and well deserving of more 

 general cultivation ; it is in use from January to May, and keeps well. 



This excellent variety originated at Purser's Cross, near Fulham, Middlesex. It 

 was raised in the garden of John Ord, Esq., Master in Chancery, by his sister-in- 

 law, Mrs. Anne Simpson, from seed of a Newtown Pippin imported in 1777. 



