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PADLEY'S PIPPIN. 



Padley's Pippin, ilort. Trans, vol. Hi. p. 69. Fruit Cat. 



no. 720. 



This excellent rich dessert Apple was obtained 

 by the late Mr. Padley, of the Royal Gardens, 

 at Hampton Court. It is noticed in the first 

 volume of the Horticultural Transactions, as having 

 been exhibited in 1806, and was then reckoned 

 one of the very best of our new Apples in point 

 of flavour, a character which it still maintains. 

 The trees are good bearers, and the fruit is in per- 

 fection during the months of December and January. 

 It is, however, one of those sorts which are apt 

 to shrivel, and therefore requires to be kept closely 

 stored up from the air. 



Shoots rather slender, upright, chestnut red, 

 partially covered with a grayish epidermis and 

 pubescence. Leaves small, ovate, acuminate, a 

 little folded, unequally and acutely serrated. Pe- 

 tioles slender, like those of the Nonpareil. Sti- 

 pules small. 



Flowers small. Petals ovate, not imbricated, 

 nearly flat. 



Fruit of medium size for a dessert Apple, 

 roundish. Eye shallow, nearly close. Stalk 

 slender, generally about an inch in length, but 



