curved serrate. Origin, reputed Stunner Pippin x 



Ribston. Introduced by King's Acre Nursery, in 



1899. Quite one of the best late dessert sorts. It 

 is'said by some to be a variety some 100 years old . 



King George III. : see Borsdorfer. 



KING HARRY. Dessert, October to November, 

 medium, 2 \ by 2 j, oval, conical, flattened sides. Colour, 

 pale yellow, with russet dots and patches. Flesh, 

 firm, yellow, good flavour. Eye, open in a shallow 

 basin. Stem, medium, in a shallow russet cavity. 

 Growth, moderate, upright ; fertile. Leaf, pale, 

 nearly flat, sharply serrate, long oval. Origin, received 

 by the Royal Horticultural Society from R. Manning, 

 Esq., of London, who had it from the neighbourhood 

 of Woodstock, Blenheim. A distinct fruit of good 

 quality. 



KING OF THE PIPPINS. Her. Pom., 14. F., 

 Reinette d Oree ; G., Winter Gold Parmane. (Shrop- 

 shire Pippin.) Dessert, October to December, 

 medium, round, oblong, Colour, golden yellow, shaded 

 reddish-brown. Flesh, creamy-yellow, firm, juicy with 

 a distinct slightly bitter flavour. Eye, open, in a 

 shallow even basin. Stem, moderately long in an 

 even russet cavity. Growth, moderate, upright. Leaf, 

 rather small, slightly upfolded, finely serrate. Origin, 

 this apple is generally attributed to England, but the 

 history of this variety and the Reine des Reinettes of 

 France, is a tangle which I have not yet been able to 

 unravel. The name of King of the Pippins was given 

 by Kirke early in the nineteenth century. This is 

 the Golden Winter Pearmain of Hogg, the original 

 King being an earlier fruit. It cannot be the King 

 apple of Rea, as Hogg suggests as this ripens at the end 

 of June. 



KING OF TOMKINS COUNTY. New York, 346. 

 (King, Winter King.) Dessert, till April, large, 3 \ by 3 J, 

 oval, conical, irregular. Colour, golden-yellow with 



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