APPLES. 5- 



COCKLE PIPPIN, D. (Nutmeg Pippin}. Medium sized, 

 conical or ovate. Skin fine brownish yellow, russety at 

 the base. Stalk slender. Eye in a narrow and shallow 

 basin. Flesh yellow, rich, and perfumed. Excellent 

 flavour, and first-rate dessert fruit. January to April. 



COE'S G-OLDEN DROP, D. Small and conical. Skin 

 yellow, with a few crimson spots next the sun. Eye small 

 and open. Stalk long. Flesh firm, crisp, sugary, and 

 vinous. A first-rate dessert apple. November to May. 



Copmanthorpe Crab. See Dutch Mignonne. 



CORNISH GILLIFLOWEE, D. Bather large, oval, and 

 angular towards the eye. Skin deep yellowish green, 

 tinged with red, intermixed with streaks of deeper red next 

 the sun, russety. Stalk an inch long. Eye nearly closed, 

 set in an uneven basin. Flesh yelloAv," firm, rich, and 

 perfumed, like the Clove Gilliflower. Hather a shy bearer, 

 but one of " the best of apples." November to May. 



COURT OF WICK, D. (Fry s Pippin, Golden Drop, Knight- 

 wicJc Pippin, Phillips' Reinette, Wood's Huntingdon, 

 Weeks' Pippin, Yellow Pippin). Rather small, roundish, 

 ovate, and compressed at the ends. Skin greenish yellow, 

 orange and russety next the sun. Stalk short and slender. 

 Eye open and shallow. Flesh deep yellow, juicy, and 

 highly flavoured. An abundant bearer, and first-rate 

 fruit. October to March. 



COURT PENDU PLAT, D. (G-arnoris Pippin, Princesse 

 Nolle Zoete, Russian, Wollaton Pippin). Medium sized, 

 round, and compressed. Skin rich deep red, greenish 

 yellow in the shade. Stalk short and deeply inserted. 

 Eye large and open, set in a wide shallow basin. Flesh 

 yellow, rich, and briskly acid. An abundant bearer, and 

 excellent fruit. November to April. 



Cox's ORANGE PIPPIN, D. Medium sized, roundish- 

 ovate, and regular in its outline. Skin greenish yellow, 

 and streaked with red in the shade, but dark red where 

 exposed to the sun. Eye small and open. Stalk half an 

 inch long. Flesh yellowish, very tender, crisp, and juicy, 

 with a fine perfume. A first-rate dessert apple. October 

 to February. 



Cox's POMONA, K. Above the medium size, sometimes 

 large, ovate, and somewhat flattened and angular. Skin 

 yellow, and very much streaked with bright crimson. Eye 

 slightly open and deep. Stalk an inch long, deeply in- 



