APPLES. 251 



Wygers. See Golden Heinette. 



WYKEN PIPPIN ( Wancickxhire Pippin ; Arleij ; Girkin Pippin). 

 Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half broad, and two inches 

 high; oblate, even and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, pale 

 Lrnviiish yellow in the shade, but with a dull orange blush next the 

 sun, and sprinkled all over with russc-ty dots and patches of delicate 

 russt't, particularly on the base. Eye, large and open, set in a wide, 

 shallow, and plaitod basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, 

 very short, imbedded in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, tinged with 

 groen, tender, very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; 

 axile, closed. 



A valuable and delicious dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use 

 from December to April. The tree is a healthy and good grower, and 

 an excellent bearer. 



This variety is said to have originated from seed saved from an apple which 

 Lord Craven had eaten while on his travels from France to Holland, and which was 

 planted at Wykcn, about t.vo miles from Coventry. According to Mr. Lindley, 

 the original tree, then very old, was in existence in 1827, and presented the appear- 

 ance of an old trunk, with a strong sucker growing from its roots. 



Wyker Pippin. See Golden Eeinette. 



YELLOW ELIOT. Fruit, of a good size, rather more flat than 

 long, having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown. Eye, small, 

 with short diverging segment of the calyx. Stalk, short. Skin, pale 

 yellow, slightly shaded with orange on the sunny side. 



Specific gravity of the juice, 1076. 



The cider of this apple in a new state is harsh and astringent, but 

 grows soft and mellow with age, and was much esteemed by the writers 

 of the seventeenth century. 



Yellow Harvest. See Early Harvest. 



YELLOW IXGESTRIE. Fruit, small, an inch and three-quarters 

 wide, and an inch and five-eighths high ; of a handsome cylindrical 

 shape, flattened at both ends. Skin, smooth, of a fine clear yellow, 

 tinged with a deeper yellow on the side next the sun, and marked with 

 small pinky spots. Eye, small, and partially closed, set almost even 

 with the surface, but sometimes in a wide and shallow basin. Stamens, 

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

 quarters long, set in a rather shallow and smooth cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, firm, crisp, and delicate, with a profusion of brisk and highly 

 flavoured vinous juice. Cells, closed, ovate ; axile. 



A beautiful and delightful little dessert apple of first-rate quality, 

 bearing a considerable resemblance to the Golden Pippin ; it is in use 

 during September and October. 



The tree is large, spreading, and an excellent bearer. 



This, and the Red Ingestrie, were raised by T. A. Knight, Esq. See Red 

 Jngestrie. 



