sown at Ribston ; that five of the pips grew, two of 

 them proving Crabs, and the other three Apples, 

 which were all planted out at Ribston. Two of the 

 Apple-trees are now growing, and produce fruit ; 

 one of them the celebrated Ribston Pippin." * * 



It is also mentioned, in the conclusion of a 

 letter from the Hon. William Herbert to Doctor 

 Noehden, that the former understood it was the 

 opinion of some persons in the neighbourhood, that 

 the Old Ribston Pippin was not a seedling, but a 

 grafted tree. He concludes, " I send you herewith 

 grafts of the Old Ribston Pippin, and also from the 

 sister tree ; and I also send what will enable you to 

 ascertain whether the Old Ribston Pippin is a seed- 

 ling or not, a slice of the old root, with suckers 

 adhering to it, which have some young fibres hang- 

 ing from them ; and with common attention they 

 will certainly grow." The grafts alluded to came 

 to hand at the same time with Mr. Herbert's letter, 

 and among them were also some suckers from the 

 root. The latter we planted in the Chiswick Gar- 

 den, and have determined the question, whether the 

 Ribston Pippin was originally a seedling, or a grafted 

 plant. 



That the tree from whence the above-mentioned 

 suckers were taken was the original, is now fully 

 proved, as it is growing in the Garden of the 

 Society, and produces fruit in no respect different 

 from that of other grafted trees of the Ribston 

 Pippin. 



Although the Ribston Pippin is now widely 

 cultivated, yet it does not appear that it had been 



