108 APPLES. 



appear to have been known in the seventeenth century, 

 nor can its origin now be satisfactorily ascertained. 



This pretty little fruit is not the Loan's Pearmain of 

 the nurseries about London. 



205. OLD QUINING. Pom. Heref. t. 19- 



Fruit oblong, having obtuse but prominent angles, 

 extending from the base to the crown, where they cor- 

 respond to the number of the divisions of the calyx. 

 Eye small, with erect segments, Stalk half an inch 

 long, slender. Skin dull, dingy yellow, very much 

 shaded with red, and of a very high dark colour on the 

 sunny side. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1073. 



Hay, who wrote in the sixteenth century, mentions 

 the Queening Apple, and it has also been called Queen- 

 ing by other writers ; but there seems to be no authority 

 for this orthography. It appears more probably to have 

 originated from Coin (often called Quoin), from its 

 angular sides. The fruit is very good for table when 

 first gathered from the tree. As a cider apple it was 

 formerly held in esteem ; but more modern kinds seem, 

 at the present day, to have usurped its place. 



206. ORANGE PIPPIN. Pom. Heref. t. 8. 

 Marygold. Hort. Soc. Cat. 593. 



Isle of Wight Orange. Ib. 484. 



Isle of Wight Pippin. Ibid. 



Fruit middle-sized, globular. Eye but little sunk, 

 with broad, acute segments of the calyx. Stalk vefy 

 short. Skin a yellowish golden grey, with a russetty 

 epidermis, highly coloured with orange and red on the 

 sunny side. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1074. 



This very beautiful apple is cultivated in Hereford- 

 shire, both as a dessert and cider apple. Its yellow 

 pulp communicates a fine golden tinge to the juice 



