82 APPLES. 



31. CATLINE. Coxe. Thomp. 



Gregson Apple. 



We have not been able to procure this variety ; which we be- 

 lieve is a native of Maryland, and we therefore insert here Mr. 

 Coxe's description. The Catline is an apple rather below the 

 middling size. It is a great bearer the form is flat, the stalk 

 short and thick, the skin smooth, and of a beautiful yellow, with 

 a clear and brilliant red towards the sun, with numerous streaks 

 and many dark spots scattered on the surface. The flesh is a 

 pale yellow, tender, rich, juicy and sweet ; as an eating apple 

 in October, November and December, it is particularly fine. 

 The tree is small, the form regular, and round in the head ; the 

 shoots straight and delicate ; the foliage of a lively green it is 

 very productive, and in six or seven years after transplanting, it 

 bears abundantly, when well cultivated. 



32. DUTCHESS OF OLBENBURGH. Thomp. Ron. 



A handsome Russian fruit of good quality. Fruit medium 

 size, regularly formed, roundish. Skin smooth, finely washed 

 and streaked with red on a golden or yellow ground. Calyx 

 pretty large and nearly closed, set in a wide even hollow. There 

 is a faint blue bloom on this fruit. The flesh is rich and juicy, 

 with an excellent flavour. Ripens early in September. 



33. DOWNTON PIPPIN. Thomp. Lind. 



Pippin 

 Downton Golden Pippin. Ken. 



A rather early variety of the English Golden Pippin, raised 

 by Mr. Knight of Downton Castle. It is a beautiful, small des- 

 sert fruit, and will please those who like the rich, sharp, acid 

 flavour of the Golden Pippin. 



Fruit a little larger than the Golden Pippin, about two and a 

 quarter inches in diameter, roundish, flat at the ends. Calyx 

 set in a wide, but very shallow basin. Stalk short, not deeply 

 inserted. Skin smooth, yellow, dotted with small obscure specks. 



Flesh yellowish, crisp, with a brisk, rich, tart flavour. The 

 tree grows more vigorously and bears more abundantly than its 

 parent, the old Golden Pippin. It is also considered a fine cider 

 apple. October and November. 



