164 THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



Kinds of Fruits described. 



I shall give a short description of the kinds here 

 enumerated, taking them as they stand in the lists. 



APPLES. 



1. Golden Pippin. This apple is universally 

 known, and generally esteemed the king of pippins. 

 It is a good keeper, when fully ripened, and amongst 

 the best of our table-fruits. It is small, rather long 

 than round, and very beautiful. The tree grows 

 freely in good, lightish soil ; but in stiff, or wet 

 land, it languishes *. 



2. Oslin Pippin ; by some, Original Pippin ; by 

 others, Arbroath Pippin. This is an excellent apple. 

 As to flavour, it is outdone by none but the nonpareil, 

 over which it has this advantage, that it will ripen 

 both in a worse climate, and a worse aspect. It is 

 larger than the golden pippin, and more round ; 

 earlier, but not so good a keeper. The tree grows 

 freely, even in tolerably good soil, and is a good 



* By Mr Knight's Treatise on the apple and pear, we learn, 

 that this kind in particular, and several others are going fast to 

 decay in the Herefordshire orchards, and that durable trees can- 

 not be procured from old ones by grafting ; with many other 

 curious facts concerning the apple and the pear. We have 

 an apple in Scotland, called the Balgon Pippin, which inherits 

 every virtue and property of the golden pippin, grows larger, 

 and the tree is more healthy and luxuriant. It has probably 

 been brought from England, when the trees he mentions were 

 in, their middle age. 



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