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nivent segments, and set in a narrow plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; 

 tube, conical or funnel-shaped. Stalk, short, inserted in a rather deep 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, juicy, sugary, brisk, and 

 slightly perfumed. Cells, roundish obovate ; abaxile. 



A first-rate culinary apple. It may be used for tarts as soon as the 

 fruit are the size of a walnut, and continues in use up to the beginning 

 of October. 



It was raised by T. A. Knight, and named after Springrove, the seat of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, near Hounslow, Middlesex. 



SQUIRE'S PIPPIN. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 a half wide, and two inches high ; roundish and flattened, irregular in 

 its outline, having sometimes very prominent, unequal, and obtuse 

 angles on the sides, which terminate in undulations round the eye. 

 Skin, of a fine clear grass-green colour, covered with dull brownish red 

 where exposed to the sun, thinly strewed all over with minute dots. 

 Eye, quite open, like that of Blenheim Pippin, placed in a saucer-like 

 basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a round, narrow, and deep cavity, which is lined 

 with rough scaly russet. Flesh, yellowish white, firm and crisp, with 

 a brisk, somewhat sugary flavour, and when kept till spring becomes 

 rich and balsamic. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A good culinary apple, and useful also for the dessert ; it is in use 

 from Christmas till April or May. 



Raised on the property of Mrs. Squires, of Wigtoft, near Sleaford, and has much 

 the appearance of a small Blenheim Pippin. 



Stagg's Nonpareil. See Early Nonpareil. 



ST. ALBAN'S PIPPIN. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and two and a quarter high ; roundish, depressed, 

 and inclining to oblate, even and handsome in its outline, smooth and 

 Reinette-shaped. Skin, almost entirely covered with red, and broken 

 streaks of darker red ; on the shaded side it is yellow, tinged with green. 

 Eye, closed, with flat convergent segments, set in a wide, shallow, and 

 saucer-like basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very 

 slender, deeply inserted. Flesh, tender and fine-grained, yellowish, 

 juicy, and with a pleasant flavour. Cells, very small, round ; axile, slit. 



A very fine dessert apple ; ripe in the end of October. 



This is grown about Brenchley, in Kent, and was brought to my notice by my 

 friend Mr. Harrison Weir, the artist. 



ST. EDMUND'S PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches and a half 

 wide, and two inches high ; roundish, even and symmetrical in its out- 

 line, narrowing slightly towards the eye. Skin, entirely covered with 

 pale greenish brown russet, with here and there small patches of 

 greenish yellow ; on the side next the sun it has a pale thin brownish 

 red tinge, with a few streaks of dark crimson. Eye, small and closed, 

 with flat convergent segments, set in a pretty deep, narrow, and plaited 



