THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 



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roundish and flattened, with ribs on the sides. Skin, greenish-yellow, 

 with a slight tinge of pale brown where exposed to the sun, and strewed 

 with large green dots. Eye, small and closed, set in a round, narrow, and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, very short, embedded in a wide and deep cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish- white, firm, tender, juicy, sugary, and briskly acid. 



A valuable apple, of first-rate quality for culinary purposes ; it is in 

 use from November to March. 



The tree is a strong grower, vigorous, healthy, and a good bearer. 



This is the Holland Pippin of Langley and Miller, but not of Ray or 

 Ralph Austen, who make it synonymous with the Kirton Pippin, which 

 Ray describes as being small and oblate, and the same as is called Broad- 

 eye in Sussex. The Holland Pippin is a native of the Holland district 

 of Lincolnshire, hence its name. 



176. HOLLOW CORE.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and three inches 



high ; conical, irregu- 

 lar in its outline, rib- 

 bed, and distinctly 

 four -sided ; at about 

 four-fifths of its length 

 towards the crown it 

 is very much con- 

 tracted and swells 

 out again towards 

 the eye, altogether 

 very much resem- 

 bling a codlin in 

 shape. Skin, smooth 

 and shining, pale 

 grass green on the 

 shad ed side, and 

 covered with a cloud 

 of pale red next the 

 sun, thinly strewed 

 with dots, which are 

 red on the exposed, 

 and dark green on 

 the shaded side. Eye, 

 small and closed, set 

 in a narrow, contracted, and plaited basin, which is surrounded with 

 several small knobs. Stalk, green and downy, half-an-inch long, inserted 

 in a narrow, close, and deep basin, which is quite smooth. Flesh, white, 

 very tender and delicate, with a brisk, mild, and pleasant flavor. Core, 

 very large, with open cells. 



An excellent culinary apple, with a fine perfume ; ripe in September. 

 This variety is extensively grown in Berkshire, particularly about New- 

 bury and Reading, whence large quantities are sent to London for the 

 supply of Covent Garden Market. 



