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Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin a delicate straw colour, 

 with a very slight blush of red on the sunny side. Flesh yel- 

 low, crisp. Juice not abundant, but sweet and highly fla- 

 voured. 



A very excellent dessert apple, in perfection in October 

 and November. Raised by Richard Waring, Esq. in his 

 garden at Saint Mary's Cray, Kent, and exhibited at the 

 Horticultural Society, October 15, 1822. 



49. DOWELL'S PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 268. 

 Fruit, in size and form, somewhat resembling the Ribston 



Pippin ; but more pointed at the crown, and the eye sunk in 

 a more confined and a deeper cavity. Stalk short, deeply 

 inserted. Skin green, nearly covered with a clear thin rus- 

 set, slightly tinged with brownish red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh rather finer than that of the Ribston Pippin, but in co- 

 lour and flavour closely resembling it. 



An excellent dessert apple from October to Christmas. 

 Raised from a seed of the Ribston Pippin, in the garden of 

 Stephen Dowell, Esq. at Bray grove, in Berkshire, and exhi- 

 bited at the Horticultural Society, October 15, 1821. 



50. DOWNTON PIPPIN. Porn. Hereford, t. 9. Pom. 

 Mag. t. 113. 



Elton Pippin. Of Forsyth, p. 135., according to the 

 Pom. Mag. 



Elton Golden Pippin, } f T ./r , ~ .. 



Knight's Pippin, \ f different CoUecttom^cord- 



Kni|ht's Golden Pippin, J ln * the Pom - Ma ^ 



Fruit rather larger than a Golden Pippin, cylindrical, flat 

 at the ends. Eye large, open, level with the top. Stalk 

 short, not deeply inserted. Skin nearly smooth, yellow, 

 sprinkled with numerous indistinct specks. Flesh yellowish, 

 crisp, with a brisk, rich, sub-acid juice. 



Ripe in October and November, and will keep till Christ- 

 mas. Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of the Orange 

 Pippin, and the pollen of the Golden Pippin. 



The Downton Pippin is a most abundant bearer, extreme- 

 ly well adapted for the market, and an excellent apple for 

 cider. 



51. DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 284. 



Fruit pretty large, ot an angular shape, having five very 

 prominent ribs, with small intermediate ones extending from 

 the base to the crown. Eye very deeply sunk. Stalk but 

 little protruded beyond the base, which is as deep as the eye. 



