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HUGHES'S GOLDEN PIPPIN APPLE. 



Hughes's Golden Pippin. Hort. Cat. no. 385. 

 Hughes's New Golden Pippin. Forsyth's Treatise, p. 108. 

 Hooker's Pomona Londinensis, p. 26. 



Very different from the Old Golden Pippin, and 

 in many respects inferior to that variety, (as what is 

 not ?) this deserves to rank among the most useful 

 and beautiful table-fruits of England. It is remark- 

 able for the neatness of its appearance, its rich 

 golden hue, (in w^hich it surpasses its rival,) and for 

 the great productiveness and perfect health of the 

 trees. It bears most abundantly, grafted upon the 

 common English Paradise stock, which is the Dou- 

 cin stock of the French, and perfectly different, 

 both in appearance and in effect, from the real 

 Paradise of Holland and France. 



It does not ripen till December, and will keep 

 through the winter. 



Shoots vigorous, dark brown, and silvery, 

 sprinkled with small, irregular, whitish spots. 



Leaves middle-sized, ovate, tapering to the 

 point, sharply serrated. Petioles moderately 

 strong, about an inch in length. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, generally more than half the length of the 

 petiole. 



Flowers large, pale. Petals ovate. 



Fruit middle-sized, globular, slightly flattened 



