roundish, dark, flat, sharply curved serrate. Origin, 

 said to have been raised in Sittingbourne, by a Mr. 

 Pope, about 1790. Introduced to notice about 1828. 

 It is now little grown, and hardly equal to Blenheim 

 Orange, as stated by Dr. Hogg. 



COCKLE'S PIPPIN. Ronalds, 23. G., Hahnen 

 Peppin. (Nutmeg Pippin (error), Pilot Russet.) 

 Dessert, December to March, smallish, 2\ by 2|, round, 

 conical, regular. Colour, greenish-yellow, with thin 

 cinnamon russet, which increases towards the base. 

 Flesh, crisp, yellow, moderate flavour. Eye, closed 

 in a shallow ribbed basin. Stem, stout and fleshy in 

 a shallow cavity. Growth, moderate, upright, the long 

 willowy shoots being very distinct ; fertile. Leaf, 

 long, rather pale, flat undulating, very markedly 

 doubly curved serrate. Origin, raised by a person 

 named Cockle, in Sussex, probably about 1800. Of 

 excellent flavour in warm seasons. Keeps well. 

 Distinct from Nutmeg Pippin, with which it is often 

 confused. 



COCKINGTON CALVILLE. Dessert, January to 

 April, medium, 2j by 2j, round, conical. Colour, 

 pale yellow, almost covered with deep crimson flush. 

 Flesh, very firm, yellowish, sub-acid. Growth, moder- 

 ate ; fertility moderate. Leaf, large, long, very sharply 

 curved serrate, pea green, upfolded. Origin, uncertain. 

 Grown at Cockington, near Torquay. Of the Calville 

 Rouge type. Of no particular merit. 



COLLOGET PIPPIN. (Lawry's Cornish Giant.) 

 Culinary, October to November, very large, 3i by 3 

 (often much larger), flat, conical, very irregular, Colour, 

 yellowish-green with red flush, and bold broken stripes. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, acid, flavourless. Eye, a little open 

 in a rather deep and much ribbed basin. Stem, 

 short in a rather wide cavity. Growth, extra vigorous, 

 prolific. Leaf, undulating, flat, down hanging. Origin, 

 an old Cornish variety named after the place of its 

 origin. Of no particular merit. 



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