54 CULTURE OF APPLE TREES. 



apple, quince apple, hall door, *transparent pippin, *go1(len 

 reinelte, golden royal, fBigg's nonsuch, fflat green, ifahe 

 beaufin, summer breeding, coeur pendu, fMinier's dumpling, 

 fPadley's pippin, |oval apple, fgreen pyramid. 



Descriptionof To give a complete history of each of the new apples 



the best. above mentioned is out of my power: they have all been 



raised by other gardeners, from whom we may rather expect 

 it : in the mean while, however, the following descriptions will 

 perhaps suffice to make those which appear to me the best; 

 more known. 



William's pip- William's pippin. Size, from 2 inches to 2f inches long. 



^'"' Colour, pale yellow, with a little red on the sunny side, and 



here and there a spot. Shape, somewhat conical, scarcely 

 longer than broad, deeply umbilicated at the stalk, which is 

 short, hollow at the top ; the leaflets of the calyx, though 

 black and dry, still remaining more perfect than in many. 

 Flesh, pale, yellow, soft, excellent to eat ripe from the tree, 

 baking and roasting well, till Christmas. 



Padlfsy's pip- Padley's pippin. Size, from 2 to 3 inches in length. 



P^"* Colour, rich yellow, generally very finely laced all over with 



a pale rough starry bark, if I may use the term. Shape, 

 oval, about the stalk fiat, or often a little prominent on one 

 side, not much depressed about the calyx, which is rporp ob- 

 literated thanrin many others, perhaps from this circumstance. 

 Flesh, firm and juicy, of a rich perfumed and poignant fla- 

 vour, in high perfection all December and January. I am 

 inclined to think this the very best of our new apples. 



Bigg's non- Bigg's nonsuch. Size, from 2 to 3 inches in length. 



^"^ * Colour, deep yellow, striped and variegated with red on the 



sunny side. Shape, and general appearance, somewhat like 

 the nonsuch, but broader at the base, moderately depressed 

 about the foot-stalk, very hollow at the top, where the leaves 

 of the calyx remain long and rolled back. Flesh, pale, yel- 

 low, soft, and excellent to eat ripe irom the tree ^ roasts and 

 bakes well till Christmas. 



Mlifler»s I^Iinier's dumpliqg. gizc, from 3 to 3 inches and a half in ^ 



Rumpling. breadth, but not so long. Colour, deep green, and very dark- 

 fed next to the sun; which, together with its spherical shape, 

 pioie contracted at the top, and swelled intc^ ^ |ew imperf(?g( 



