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yellow, with an orange tinge next the sun, and strewed with large russet 

 dots. Eye, open, with erect convergent segments, set in a rather deep 

 and ribbed basin, which is sometimes higher on one side than the other. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, very short, deeply inserted in 

 a wide, deep, and roughly russet cavity, from which lines of russet 

 extend over the base. Flesh, yellowish, tender, with an agreeable sub- 

 acid flavour. Cells, roundish or roundish elliptical ; abaxile. 

 A Gloucestershire cider apple. 



PINE APPLE RUSSET (Hanliwilmm's Huwt). Fruit, medium 

 sized, two inches and three-quarters wide, and two inches and a halt' 

 high ; roundish ovate, with broad obtuse angles on its sides. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow, almost covered with white specks on one part, 

 and rough thick yellow russet on the other, which extends round the 

 stalk. Eye, small, with short connivent segments, placed in a shallow, 

 plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, 

 an inch long, inserted half its length in an uneven cavity. Flesh, 

 pale yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet, brisk, and richly aromatic. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile, open. 



A very valuable dessert apple ; in use during September and 

 October. Mr. Lindley says the juice of this apple is more abundant 

 than in any he had ever met with. The oldest tree remembered in 

 Norwich was growing in 1780, in a garden belonging to a Mr. Hard- 

 ingham. 



PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an 

 inch and three-quarters high ; roundish and somewhat flattened, with 

 blunt ribs which make it rather uneven and irregular in its outline. 

 Skin, entirely covered with a smooth coat of brown russet and marked 

 with large light grey specks. Eye, small and open, with long and re- 

 curved segments, set in a deep, narrow, and plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch to three- 

 quarters long, deeply inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, very tender and juicy, with a fine, sprightly, and distinct pine- 

 apple flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



One of the best dessert apples ; in use during October and November. 



I have been unable to trace the origin of this fine apple. The earliest record of 

 it is at the Chiswick Garden of the Royal Horticultural Society, where it is stated 

 to have been sent by Messrs. Dickson Son, of Hassendean Burn, near Hawick, 

 N.B. 



PINNER SEEDLING (CareVs Seedling). Fruit, medium sized, 

 roundish ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish brown russet, so much so 

 that only spots of the ground colour are visible ; it has also a varnished 

 reddish brown cheek next the sun, which is more or less visible accord- 

 ing to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tinged with 

 green, tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and briskly flavoured. 



