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THE DOWNTON PIPPIN. 



Downton. Pomotia Herefordiensis,t.9. Hort. Trans, vol. i. 



pp. 35, 145, 228; vol. ii. p. 186; vol. Hi. p. 319. 

 Elton Pippin. Forsyth, p. 135. 

 Knight's Golden Pippin., "i 



Elton Golden Pippin ^ of different Collections. 



Knight's Pippin J 



Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of a Here- 

 fordshire variety, called the Orange Pippin, and 

 the pollen of the Golden Pippin. It is a most use- 

 ful kind, extremely well adapted for the market ; 

 also an excellent cider Apple; " and the hydro- 

 meter, as well as the palate, indicates that its ex- 

 pressed juice holds in solution a large quantity of 

 saccharine matter," as we learn from the Transac- 

 tions of the Horticultural Society. 



A great bearer : in some seasons the fruit ap- 

 pears in such abundance as to exhaust the trees, in 

 which case the form of the Apples in the succeeding 

 season becomes rounder and more pointed than 

 usual. 



Ripe in October and November, and will keep 

 well till January. 



Young Wood light chestnut on the sunny side, 

 olive green where shaded. 



Leaves middle-sized, oblong-obovate, somewhat 

 acuminate, serrated. Petioles of middle length, 

 very downy. Stipules broad. 



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