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49. BROAD-EYED PIPPIN.— Fors. 



Identification. — Fors. Treat. 9.5. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 90. 



Fruit, large and oblate. Skin, greenish, yellow in the shade, and 

 slightly tinged with red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large 

 and open, set in a wide and shallow basin. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, 

 crisp, brisk, and juicy. 



An excellent culinary apple, of the first size and quality, in use from 

 September to January, but said by Forsyth to keep till May. 



This is a very old English variety ; it is mentioned by Ray, who 

 makes it synonymous with Kirton or Holland Pippin. 



50. BROOKES'S.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. .3, u. 91. Ron. Pyr. Mai. 45. 

 riGCRE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiii. f. 2. 



Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in height ; conical. Skin, 

 yellow in the shade, but orange, thinly^ mottled with red next the sun, 

 and considerably covered with thin, brown russet. Eye, open and pro- 

 minent, with reflexed segments, and placed in a very shallow basin. 

 Stalk, shorty inserted in a small, round, and shallow cavity, which is 

 lined with rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, not very juicy, but with 

 a rich, sweet, and highly aromatic flavor. 



A dessert apple of the first quality, in use from S,eptember to February. 

 The tree is a slender grower, and never attains a great size, but is a 

 good bearer. 



51. BROUGHTON.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 92. 



Fruit, small, conical, and regularly formed. Skin, pale greenish yel- 

 low in the shade, but covered 

 with fine, delicate, lively red, 

 which is marked with a few 

 streaks of deeper red on the 

 side next the sun, and strewed 

 with minute russety dots. 

 Eye, small and closed, set 

 in a shallow, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, in- 

 serted in a round, and shal- 

 low cavity. Flesh, greenish 

 yellow, tender, delicate, brisk, 

 sugary, and richly flavored. 

 A valuable dessert apple of 

 first-rate quality, in use from 

 October to December. 



52. BROWN RENTING.— Hort. 

 Fruit, above medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and 



