THE APPLE. ITS VAEIETIES. 



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199. KING OF THE PIPPINS.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized ; ovate or conical, regularly and handsomely 



shaped. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, with a blush of 

 red next the sun, and 

 marked with a little 

 rough brown russet. 

 Eye, large, and partially 

 open, with long and 

 broad segments, which 

 are connivent, but re- 

 flexed at the tips, set in 

 a shallow and undulat- 

 ing basin. Stalk, a 

 quarter of an inch long, 

 just extending beyond 

 the base. Flesh, white 

 with a yellowish tinge, 

 firm, crisp, very juicy 

 and sugary, with a rich 



vinous flavor. 



This is one of the richest flavored early dessert apples, and unequalled 



by any other variety of the same season ; it is ripe in the end of August, 



and beginning of September. 



This is the original, and true King of the Pippins, and a very different 



apple from that generally known by the same name. See Golden 



Winter Pearmain. I suspect this is the King Apple of Rea. 



200. KINGSTON BLACK.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and one and three quarters 

 high ; roundish. Skiu, pale yellow, striped with red on the shaded side ; 

 and very dark red, striped with dark purple, or almost black stripes, on 

 the side next the sun ; thickly strewed all over with light-grey russety 

 dots, and with a large patch of russet over the base. Eye, open, with 

 broad reflexed segments, and set in a deep basin. Stalk, very short, in- 

 serted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, white, stained with red under the 

 skin, on the side next the sun, tender, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavored. 



This is a beautiful little apple, extensively grown in Somersetshire, 

 where in the present day it is considered the most valuable cider apple. 

 It keeps till Christmas. 



201. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 414. 

 Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xiv. 

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



