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THE KERRY PIPPIN APPLE. 



Kerry Pippin. Robertson in the Trans. Hort. Soc. vol. in. 

 p. 452. Hort. Soc. Cat. no. 515. 



An excellent Autumn fruit, of Irish origin, but 

 now commonly seen in the London markets. It is 

 scarcely rivalled, in its season, for high flavour, rich- 

 ness, and beauty. 



It is hardy, a great bearer, ripens in September, 

 and keeps till October. 



Mr. Robertson, of Kilkenny, describes the tree 

 as broom- headed ; the young shoots erect, of a 

 greenish-brown, full of spurs, downy at the extre- 

 mities. But Mr. Thompson does not find the 

 ** young shoots full of spurs," this being chiefly a 

 character of varieties of the Codlin tribe. 



Young Wood moderately strong, spreading, or 

 somewhat erect, chestnut-coloured when bare, but 

 mostly covered with a silvery epidermis, and towards 

 the extremities with a dull-gray pubescence ; the 

 whole thinly sprinkled with whitish spots. 



Leaves middle-sized, ovate, acuminate, doubly, 

 but not deeply nor sharply serrated. Petioles 

 rather slender, about an inch in length, very woolly. 



Flqwers middle-sized. Petals roundish-ovate, 

 cordate at the base, and imbricated. 



Fruit handsome, middle-sized, oval, flattened 

 at the eye, round which are small regular plaits. 



