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tion, and continued to produce fruit till it lingered and died in 1835. 

 Since then, a young shoot has been produced about four inches below the 

 surface of the ground, which, with proper care, may become a tree, and 

 thereby preserve the original of this favorite old dessert apple. The gar- 

 dener at Ribston Hall, by whom this apple was raised, was the fatherrof 

 Lowe, who during the last century was the fruit tree nurseryman at 

 Hampton Wick. 



302. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN.— Forsyth. 



Identification.— rors. Treat. 124. Lind. Guide, 56. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 



711. Eog. Fr. Cult. 97. 

 PiGUEEs.— Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 42. Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxii. f. 3. Brook. Pom. 



Brit. pi. xcl. f. 1. 



Fruit, small ; roundish, narrowing towards the apex, where it is quite 



flat, and covered with thin russet. 

 Skin, greenish-yellow on the shad- 

 ed side ; but brownish-red where 

 exposed to the sun, and strewed 

 all over with minute russety dots. 

 Eye, prominent, not at all depress- 

 ed, and closed with broad flat seg- 

 ments. Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 stout, and inserted in a slight de- 

 pression. Flesh, greenish, tender, 

 crisp, sweet, and very juicy; with 

 a fine, brisk, poignant, and slightly 

 perfumed flavor, much resembling 

 that of the Golden Pippin and 

 Nonpareil. 



A very excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from 

 December to February. The firuit is produced in clusters of sometimes 

 eight and ten, at the ends of the branches. 



The tree is of small size and slender growth, and not a free bearer. 

 It is well adapted for dwarf and espalier training when grafted on the 

 doucin or paradise stock, in which case it also bears better than on the 

 crab stock. 



According to Mr. Lindley this variety was grown for many years in 

 the old kitchen garden at Kew ; and Rogers thinks it first originated 

 in the Turnham Green nursery, which was during a portion of the last 

 century, occupied by a person of the name of Robinson. 



303. ROSE DE CHINA.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 718. 



Fruit, medium sized, or rather below medium size; roundish and 

 flattened, almost oblate, regularly formed, and without angles. Skin, 

 smooth and delicate, pale greenish-yellow, with a few broken streaks of 

 pale red, intermixed with crimson, on the side exposed to the sun, and 

 strewed with minute dark colored dots. Eye, partially closed, set in a 



