occasionally called the Arbroath Pippin : but it is 

 ■ more probable that it was raised there from seed, 

 as it is not to be found at the present day among 

 the continental varieties ; and it is not to be sup- 

 posed that a kind so much superior to the greater 

 part of the apples of France, Germany, and Holland, 

 would have been lost in the country where it was 

 first produced. 



According to Nicol, this is also called the Ori- 

 ginal Pippin, from the circumstance of its growing 

 freely by the branches when stuck into the ground. 



Wood strong, stiff, erect, dull grayish purple, 

 downy when young, with a few whitish specks, 

 which increase considerably in number as the wood 

 becomes older. 



Leaves nearly round, cordate at the base, 

 evenly serrated, collapsing, green, and downy be- 

 neath, turning yellow in the autumn ; petioles downy, 

 slightly tinged with purple ; stipules subulate. 



Flowers middle-sized, slightly tinged with 

 pink. 



Fruit roundish, depressed, without angles ; eye 

 rather prominent, with a few moderately sized 

 plaits; Stalk short, thick, not deeply inserted; 

 Colour pale bright lemon when the fruit is fully 

 ripe, intermixed with a little bright green, and 

 sprinkled v^^ith numerous spots of the same. Skin 

 remarkably thick and tough. Flesh inclining to 

 yellow, hard, crisp, juicy, very rich, and highly 

 flavoured. 



