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S. KILHAM HILL {Manning.) 



Fruil above Che medium size, ribbed, tapering to the crown. Stem long, slender, set in A 

 deep depression. Calyx depression narrow. Color pale yellow, splashed with red 

 slightly iu the shade, deep in tlie sun. Taste and flavor bright and agreeable, but be^ 

 comes nienly by keeping. 

 Tree a good bearer, and ripens its friiii in September. A native of Essex, Massachusettsy 



BDd raised by Daniel Kilham. 



9. KING OF PIPPINS {Lend, Ilort Soc. Cat. No. 519). . 

 Hampshire Yellow, Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 431, according to the Hort. Mag. and Hot. 

 Fruit above the medium size, broadest at the base. Calyx depression rather deep, onl})' 

 slightly plaited. Stem long, slender, projecting beyond the fimiiel-shaped depression. 

 Color yellow, tinged red and streaked faintly on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, tirni^ 

 sweet, juicy and high flavored. 

 In use fiom November to December. Tree a good bearer. 



10. RED INGESTRIE. 



Red tngetlrie, Lond. Hort. Transactions, Vol. i, p. 221. 



Fruit of the medium size, circular. Calyx smalL Stem short, slender. Color bright yel- 

 low, deeply tinged with red on the sunny side, and marked with indistinct white spots. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy and rich. 

 An English apple, and ripe in October; was one of Mr. Knight's seedlings, raised from 



the seeds of the Orange Pippin. 



11. DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN (Lend. Hort. Cat). 

 Fruit above the medium size, pentangular ; five strong ribs alternating with five obscure 

 ones. Calyx deep. Stem protrudes beyond the base, deep- Color green, striped on 

 the sunny side with clear, pale red, between the ribs only. Flesh pale greenish white, 

 crisp and tender, juicy, subacid, pleasant. Fruit adapted to the kitchen, and keep» 

 till Christinas. 



12^ SUMMER PEARMAIN (Lhtdley). Plate 27, Fig. 1. 

 .lutumn Pearmain, Tromp«on. Royal Pearmain, English gardens. Pearmain {TEte, Knoop. 

 Fruit medium size, circular. Stem short. Calyx set in a wide shallow depression, which 

 is plaited. Color brownish yellow, striped with deep red on the sunny side, and dotted. 

 Flesh yellowish, crisp, firm and rather dry, but its flavor is high and agreeable ; taste 

 •ubacid. 



