NORFOLK STONE PIPPIN. (White Pippin, 

 White Stone Pippin.) Dessert, or culinary, till June ; 

 medium, 2\ by 2, flat, angular, irregular. Colour, 

 pale yellow, more or less covered with cinnamon russet. 

 Flesh, very firm, pale yellow, sub-acid, aromatic and 

 very distinct in flavour. Eye, open, in a shallow basin. 

 Stem, slender in a medium, deep cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous ; very fertile. Origin, an old variety first 

 described by Lindley in his " Guide to the Fruit 

 Garden." A good old sort still grown in Norfolk. 



NORMAN'S PIPPIN. Dessert, January to March, 

 medium, 2f by 2, round, regular. Colour, pale greenish- 

 yellow with russet markings and occasional faint flush. 

 Flesh, firm but soft, yellowish, of rich flavour. Eye, 

 open in a shallow even basin. Stem, very long and thin, 

 in a rather narrow, deep cavity. Growth, compact ; 

 fertile. Leaf, upfolded. Origin, unrecorded ; gener- 

 ally considered to be a monastic importation. An 

 excellent variety deserving of wider cultivation. The 

 very long stem and remarkable dots on fruit render 

 it easily distinguishable. 



Normanton Wonder : see Wellington. 



NORTHERN GREENING. Her. Pom., 43. F., 

 Verte du Nord ; G., Gruener Englischer Pepping. 

 (John Apple, Walmer Court.) Culinary, till April, 

 medium, 2\ by 2j, oval, conical, regular. Colour, 

 pea green to pale yellow with red stripes and faint 

 brown flush. Flesh, tender, greenish, acid. Eye, 

 closed in a deep rather ribbed basin. Stem, fairly 

 long, in a deepish cavity, often with a swelling at one 

 side. Growth, vigorous, upright ; very fertile. Leaf, 

 long, dark green, boldly curved serrate, upheld and 

 upfolded. Origin, probably English. Known in the 

 seventeenth century. Still one of the best late cooking 

 apples. 



NORTHERN SPY. Fl. and Pom., 1862, 8. G., 

 Spaeher des Nordens. (Spy.) Dessert, till March, 

 medium, 2j by 2j, round conical, almost regular. 



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