212 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



Coventry. According to Mr. Lindley, the original tree, then very old, 

 was in existence in 1827, and presented the appearance of an old 

 trunk, with a strong sucker growing from its roots. 



398. YELLOW ELLIOT.— Knight. 



Identification. — Pom. Herof. t 17. Lind. Guide, 113. 



Synontmes.— Eleot, Worl. Vin. 163. Eliot, Philips Cid. Tellow Eyelet, Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 15. ?. 



Fruit, of a good size, rather more flat than long, having a few obtuse 

 angles terminating in the crown. Eye, small, with short diverging 

 segment of the calyx. Stalk, short. Skin, pale yellow, slightly shaded 

 with orange on the sunny side. 



Specific gravity of the juice, 1076. 



The cider of this apple in a new state, is harsh and astringent, but 

 grows soft and mellow with age, and was much esteemed by the writers 

 of the seventeeth century. 



399. YELLOW INGESTRIE.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hon. Trans, vol. 1, p. 227. Hort. Soe. Cat. ed 3, n. 359. 

 Lind. Guide, 26. Diel Kernobst. iii. B. 43. Rog. Er. Cult. 81. 



FiGUKE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. i. f. 4. 



Fruit, small, an inch and three quarters wide, and an inch and five- 

 eights high ; of a handsome cylindrical shape, flattened at both ends. 

 Skin, smooth, of a fine clear yellow, tinged with a deeper yellow on the 

 side next the sun, and marked with small pinky spots. Eye, small, and 

 partially closed, set almost even with the surface ; but sometimes in 

 a wide, and shallow basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to three quarters 

 long, set in a rather shallow, and smooth cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 crisp, and delicate, with a profusion of brisk, and highly flavored vinous 

 juice. 



A beautiful and delightful little dessert apple, of first-rate quality, 

 bearing a considerable resemblance to the Golden Pippin ; it is in use 

 during September and October. 



The tree is large, spreading, and an excellent bearer. 



This and the Red Ingestrie, were raised by T. A. Knight, Esq. 



400. YELLOW NEWTOWN PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, u. 595. 



SvNONYME. — Large Yellow Newtown Pippin, Coxe View. 142. 



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

 quarters high ; roundish, irregular in its outline, and prominently 

 angled on the sides. Skin, of an uniform deep straw-color, which is 

 rather deeper and richer on the side next the sun, than on the other; 

 and thinly covered with delicate reticulations of fine grey russet, inter- 

 spersed with several iarge dark spots. Eye, large and closed, with long 

 linear segments, set in a wide and irregular basin, from which issue 



