56 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, and sugary, partaking of the 

 flavor of the Ribston Pippin. 



A valuable and highly esteemed dessert apple of the first quality ; it 

 comes into use in November, and will continue tUl March. 



The tree, though not a strong or vigorous grower, is hardy and healthy, 

 attains the middle size, and is an abundant bearer. It succeeds well 

 grafled on the paradise stock, and grown as an espalier or an open dwarf. 

 Its shoots are slender and drooping. 



This excellent variety was discovered by John Braddick, Esq., grow- 

 ing in a hedge near his residence at Claygate, a hamlet in the parish of 

 Thames Ditton, in Surry, and by him widely and freely distributed. 



70. CLARA PIPPIN.— Thomp. 



Identification. — Thomp. in Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 300. 



Fruit, small ; roundish-ovate. Skin, thick and membranous, orange 

 in the shade, and brownish red next the sun. Eye, small and closed, 

 placed almost even with the surface, or set in a slight depression. Stalk, 

 half an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, orange, firm, 

 rich, brisk, and sugary. 



A very valuable dessert apple of the first quality, remarkable for the 

 deep orange color of its flesh. It is in use about December and will 

 keep till May. It was raised by F. J. Graham, Esq., of Cranford, and 

 first noticed in the Gardeners Chronicle, April, 1848. 



71. CLUSTER GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Hort. 



iDENTiFiCATioN.^Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 282. Diel Kernobst. xi. 103. 

 Synonymes. — Cluster Pippin, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Twin Cluster Pippin, Ibid. 



Thickset, Ibid. Cluster Apple, UiW^fferaoist. xi. 103. Englische Biischelrei- 



nette. Ibid. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches high ; 

 round, and slightly flattened at the apex. Skin, smooth, yellowish green 

 at first, but changing to yellow on the shaded side ; with an orange tinge 

 next the sun, marked all over with veins and reticulations of pale, brown- 

 ish grey russet, with large patches round the stalk and the eye. Eye, 

 large and open, placed in a very shallow depression. Stalk, short, in- 

 serted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and tender, 

 with a brisk, sugary, and perfumed flavor. 



A very good dessert apple, but not of first-rate quality ; in use fi:om 

 November to March. The fruit is produced in clusters, and it not un- 

 frequently happens that two are found joined together. 



The tree is hardy, a small grower, and a good bearer. 



72. COBHAM.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 148. Lind. Guide, 13. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and over two inches 

 and three quarters high ; roundish and angular. Skin, lemon yellow 

 tinged with green ; but with a few patches and pencilings of red next 



