232 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Twin Cluster Pippin. See Cluster Golden Pippin. 



TWINING'S PIPPIN. Fruit, small, roundish, and somewhat 

 oblate. Skin, greenish yellow, with a considerable coating of thin 

 brown russet. Eye, open. Stalk, short. Flesh, tender, juicy, firm, 

 crisp, and richly flavoured. 



A late dessert apple of excellent quality ; in use during March and 

 April. 



TYLER'S KERNEL. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, 

 and three inches high ; conical, prominently angular. Skin, brilliant 

 red, streaked with darker red, but on the shaded side it is paler and less 

 striped, and with a greenish tinge. Eye, half open, with flat convergent 

 segments, which are divergent at the tips, set in a deep, irregular, 

 angular basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical or cup-shaped. Stalk, 

 very short, or half an inch long, deeply inserted in a round and russety 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and juicy, with a pleasant acidity. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile, open, or abaxile. 



A handsome large cooking apple ; in use from October till January. 

 It was exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society, October, 1888, 

 and received a first-class certificate. 



UELLNER'S GOLD REINETTE. Fruit, below medium size, 

 two inches and a quarter broad, and two inches and an eighth high ; 

 round or Reinette-shaped. Skin, of a fine clear lemon-yellow, sprinkled 

 with a little russet on the shaded side, but entirely covered on the side 

 next the sun with beautiful vermilion, which is strewed with cinnamon- 

 coloured russet. Eye, open, with short segments, set in a rather wide, 

 round, even, and moderately deep basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 deep conical. Stalk, slender, half an inch long, inserted in a deep 

 cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, very 

 juicy, rich, and sugary, and with a fine aromatic flavour. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile. 



A most delicious dessert apple of the very first quality ; " small, but 

 handsome and rich." It is in use from January till May. 



The tree is a free and excellent grower, and a great bearer. 



UPRIGHT FRENCH. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and two inches 

 high ; roundish oval or short conical. Skin, yellow on the shaded 

 side, occasionally covered with a network of russet ; on the side next 

 the sun it is pale dull red, mottled with brighter red, and also marked 

 with russet. Eye, very small, set quite on the surface. Segments, 

 erect, connivent. Stamens, marginal ; tube, narrow, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, stout, deeply inserted. Flesh, with a greenish tinge, and a bitter- 

 sweet flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, quite closed. 



A Herefordshire cider apple. 



VALE MASCAL PEARMAIN. Fruit, below medium size, two 

 inches broad, by two inches high ; round or ovate, regularly and hand- 



