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GOLDEN RUSSET. — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three 

 quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; ovate. Skin, thick, 

 covered with dingy yellow russet, which is rough and thick on the 

 shaded side and round the base, and sometimes with a little bright 

 red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a promi- 

 nently plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in an uneven cavity, 

 and not protruding beyond the base. Flesh, pale yellow, firm, crisp, 

 sugary, and aromatic ; but not abounding in juice. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from Decem- 

 ber to March. 



The tree is healthy and an excellent bearer, but requires a warm 

 situation to bring the fruit to perfection. 



This ia another of our old English apples. Worlidge calls it the Aromatic, or 

 Golden Russeting : " It hath no compear, it being of a gold-colour coat, under a 

 russet hair, with some warts on it. It lies over the winter, and is, without dispute, 

 the most pleasant apple that grows, having a most delicate aromatic hantgnst, 

 and melting in the mouth." 



Golden Vining. See Hubbard's Pearmain, 



GOLDEN WINTER PEARMAIN (King of the Pippins; Hamp- 

 shire Yellow ; Jones's Southampton Pippin). — Fruit, medium sized ; 

 abrupt pearmain-shaped, broadest at the base. Skin, smooth, of a 

 deep, rich, golden yellow, which is paler on the shaded side than 

 on that exposed to the sun, where it is of a deep orange, marked 

 with streaks and mottles of crimson, and strewed with russety dots, 

 Eye, large and open, with long, acuminate, and reflexed segments, 

 and placed in a round, even, and rather deep basin. Stalk, three 

 quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a rather shallow cavity, 

 which is lined with thin pale brown russet mixed with a tinge of green. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, firm, breaking, juicy, and sweet, with a plea- 

 sant and somewhat aromatic flavour. 



A beautiful and very handsome apple of first-rate quality, and suit- 

 able either for the dessert or for culinary purposes ; it is in use from 

 the end of October to January. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, a most abundant bearer, and 

 attains a considerable size. It is perfectly hardy, and will grow in 

 almost any situation. 



GOODYEAR PIPPIN.— Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 a half wide, and about the same in height ; somewhat conical, irregu- 

 larly ribbed both at the eye and the stalk. Skin, smooth, of a deep 

 lemon-yellow colour mixed with shaded patches of lively green on the 

 shaded side, and with an orange cheek marked with broken stripes of 

 crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, rather large and open, with 

 short, ragged, and imperfect segments, set in a moderately deep and 

 plaited depression. Stalk, very short, inserted in a rather deep irre- 

 gular cavity. Flesh, white, tender, and juicy, rather too sweet. 



A summer apple, ripe in the begmning of September ; not good 

 enough for the dessert, and not sufficiently acid for culinary purposes. 



