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195. KENTISH PIPPIN.— Ray. 



Identification. — Raii. Hist. ii. 1448. Hort. Soc. Cat. od. 3, u. 378. Lind. Guide, 

 73. Bog. Fr. Cult. 92. 



Synonymes. — Red Kentish Pippin, Diet Kernobst. viii. 121. Eother Kentischer 

 Pepping, Ibid. Vaun's Pippin, ace. Riv. Cat. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two 

 inches and a half high ; conical and slightly angular. Skin, pale yellow, 

 with brownish-red next the sun, studded with specks, which are greenish 

 on the shaded side, but yellowish next the sim. Eye, small, and partially 

 open, set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short and fleshy, 

 almost imbedded in a deep and wide cavity, which is smooth or rarely 

 marked with russet. Flesh, yellowish-white, delicate, very juicy, with a 

 sweet, and briskly acid flavor. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to January. 



The tree attains a pretty good size, is hardy, vigorous, and a good 

 bearer. 



This is a very old and favorite apple, first mentioned by Kay, and 

 enumerated in the list of Leonard Meager, as one of the varieties then 

 cultivated in the London nurseries, in 1670. Mortimer made a sad 

 lamentation on the fancied degeneration of the Kentish Pippin, which I 

 have quoted in treating of the Golden Pippin. 



196. KERRY PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iii. p. 454. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 380. 



Lind. Guide, 19. Down. Er. Amer. 88. Rog. Fr. Cu)t. 79. 

 Syhonyme. — Edmonton's Aromatic Pippin, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 Figures.— Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 20. Pom. Mag. t. 107. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. iv. f. 3. 



Fruit, below medium size ; oval, sometimes roundish-oval. Skin, 



smooth and shining, greenish- 

 yellow at first, but changing 

 as it ripens to a fine clear pale _ 

 yellow color, tinged and streak- 

 ed with red, on the side next 

 the sun ; but sometimes when 

 fully exposed, one half of the 

 surface is covered with bright 

 shining crimson, streaked with 

 deeper crimson ; it is marked 

 on the shaded side with some 

 traces of delicate russet. Eye, 

 small and closed, with broad, 

 erect, and acuminate seg- 

 ments, set in a shallow basin, 

 which is generally surrounded 

 with five prominent plaits. 

 ^ Stalk, slender, three quarters 



of an Inch long, obliquely inserted in a small cavity, by the side of a fleshy 



