224 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



A large, handsome, and very fine dessert apple, sent to me from 

 Cornwall by Mr. J. Vivian, of Hayle. 



GOLDEN PIPPIN (Summer Pippin; White Summer 

 Pippin}. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad 

 at the base, and two inches and a quarter high ; ovate, flattened at the 

 ends. Skin, smooth and shining, pale yellow on the shaded side, but 

 tinged with orange and brownish red on the side next the sun, and 

 strewed over with minute russety dots. Eye, open, with divergent 

 segments, set in a wide, shallow, and slightly plaited basin. Stamens, 

 basal ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, thick, a quarter of an inch 

 long, completely imbedded in a moderately deep cavity, which is lined 

 with russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, very juicy, with a rich, vinous, 

 and sugary flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, closed. 



This is one of the most delicious summer apples, and ought to form 

 one of every collection, however small ; it is ripe in the end of August, 

 and keeps about a fortnight. 



The tree is a small grower, and attains about the third size. It is 

 an early and abundant bearer, and succeeds well when grafted on the 

 doucin or paradise stock. When grown on the pomme paradis of the 

 French, it forms a beautiful little tree, which can be successfully culti- 

 vated in pots. 



Summer Oslin. See Oslin. 



SUMMER PEARMAIN (Autumn Pearmain). Fruit, medium 

 sized, two inches and three-quarters wide at the base, and the same 

 high ; conical, or abrupt Pearmain-shaped, round at the base, and 

 tapering towards the apex. Skin, yellow, streaked all over with large 

 patches and broken streaks of red, mixed with silvery russet, strewed 

 with numerous russety dots, and covered with large patches of rough 

 russet on the base. Eye, closed, half open, with long erect segments, 

 placed in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, obliquely inserted under 

 a fleshy protuberance on one side of it, which is a permanent and 

 distinguishing character of this apple. Flesh, deep yellow, firm, crisp, 

 juicy, richly and highly perfumed. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



An excellent apple, long cultivated, and generally regarded as one of 

 the popular varieties of this country ; it is suitable either for culinary 

 purposes or the dessert, and is in use during September and October. 

 The tree is a good grower, and healthy, of an upright habit of growth, 

 and forms a fine standard tree of the largest size ; it succeeds well 

 grafted on the paradise stock, when it forms handsome espaliers and 

 open dwarfs. 



This is what in many nurseries is cultivated as the Royal Pearmain, but erro- 

 neously. It is one of the oldest English varieties, being mentioned by Parkinson 

 in 1629. It is the Autumn Pearmain of the Horticultural Society's Catalogue. 



Summer Pippin. See Madeleine. 



