36 APPLES. 



This very much resembles the Striped Beaufin in shape and 

 colour, but is materially different. It is not quite so large, 

 a little more flat, has a closed eye, a much firmer flesh, a 

 more abundant juice, and a much higher flavour. 



90. GOGAR PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 370. 



Fruit rather small, round, and somewhat flat, about two 

 inches and a quarter broad, and one inch and three quarters 

 deep. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, placed in a 

 round shallow basin. Stalk short, slender, inserted in a fun- 

 nel-shaped cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin 

 rather thick and tough, of a pale green, changing to a bright 

 yellow ; on the sunny side, of a beautiful bright and lively 

 red. Flesh yellowish white, pretty firm. Juice sub-acid, 

 combined with a little sugar, but without any particular per- 

 fume. 



A culinary apple, from November till May. A very hand- 

 some Scotch apple, from Gogar, near Edinburgh. 



91. GOLDEN HARVEY. Pom. Heref. t. 22. Pom. Mag. 

 t. 39. 



Brandy Apple. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 95. 



Fruit small, quite round, generally about five inches in 

 circumference, and free from angles or irregularities of sur- 

 face. Eye small, open ; the segments of the calyx narrow, 

 very short and diverging, placed in a flat, very shallow, slight- 

 ly-crumpled basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender, not pro- 

 truding beyond the base. Skin dull russet, with a bright 

 yellow ground, often breaking through the russet in patches, 

 and marbled on the sunny side with a lively shaded red. 

 Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, very rich, juicy, spicy, and high 

 flavoured. 



A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripening in 

 December, and keeping till May or June. 



The tree is not a large grower, but very hardy ; a great 

 and constant bearer, and no garden, capable of containing 

 ten trees, ought to be without one of it. 



92. GOLDEN NOBLE. Hort. Trans.. "Vol. iv. p. 524. 

 Fruit of a pretty large size, round, becoming a little pointed 



towards the crown. Eye small, not deeply sunk, surround- 

 ed by several small plaits. Stalk quite short, and thickened 

 like that of the Kerry Pippin. Skin perfectly smooth, of a 

 clear bright yellow, without any blush of red ; but having a 

 few small reddish spots, and generally two or three small 

 patches of russet. Flesh yellow, tender, with a pleasant 

 sub-acid juice. 



