67 



THE FEARN'S PIPPIN APPLE. 



Fearn's Pippin. Hort. Trans, vol. i. p. 67 ; ib, vol. ii. p. 103. 

 Hooker^ s Pomona Londinensis, t. 43. Forsyth's Treatise, 

 ed. l,p. 102. Coxes Fruit Trees, p. 160,/. 100. Hort. 

 Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 325. 



This excellent variety is well known in the 

 neighbourhood of London, but has not been much 

 dispersed about the country. It is a great bearer, 

 remarkably handsome, keeps well till February, or, 

 with care, till March, and has considerable merit 

 in point of flavour. As an orchard fruit it is in- 

 valuable, being less subject to be blown from the 

 trees by high winds than most Apples. 



It differs from the Courtpendu, in having the 

 deep red of its skin speckled with numerous yel- 

 lowish dots, in being more hardy, and in its flavour 

 being less rich. It also acquires a more intensely 

 red colour. 



In America, whither it has been introduced, we 

 learn from Coxe that it is " an admired table-fruit." 



Tree very hardy, round-headed. Wood dark, 

 set with numerous small whitish spots. 



Leaves ovate - oblong, tapering to the point, 

 flat, or a little convex ; Petioles rather more than 

 an inch in length, slender. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, and flattened. Eye 

 large, shallow, with scarcely any appearance of 



