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Ingestrie Eed. See Red Ingestrie. 

 Ingestrie Yellow. See Yellow Ingestrie. 

 Irish Codlin. See Mania Godlin. 



IRISH PEACH (Early Crofton). — Fruit, medium sized, two inches 

 and three quarters wide, by two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, 

 somewhat flattened, and shghtly angular. Skin, smooth, pale yellowish 

 green, tinged with dull reddish brown, and thickly dotted with green 

 dots on the shaded side, but fine lively red, mottled and speckled with 

 yellow spots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in a rather deep and knobbed basin, which is lined with thick 

 tomentum. Stalls, short, thick, and fleshy, inserted in a pretty deep 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish white, tender, and crisp, abounding in a rich, 

 brisk, vinous, and aromatic juice, which, at this season, is particularly 

 refreshing. 



An early dessert apple of the finest quality. It is ripe during the. 

 first week in August, and lasts all through that month. It is a most 

 beautiful, and certainly one of the most excellent summer apples, 

 possessing aU the rich flavour of some of the winter varieties, with the 

 abundant and refreshing juice of the summer fruits. Like most of the 

 summer apples it is in greatest perfection when eaten from the tree, 

 which is hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer. 



Irish Pitcher. See Manks Codlin. 



IRISH REINETTE.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three 

 quarters wide, by two inches and a half high ; oblong, somewhat five- 

 sided, with five ribs which extend from the base to the apex, where 

 they run into the eye, forming five prominent ridges. Skin, yellowish 

 green, strewed with minute russety dots on the shaded side, but dull 

 brownish red, almost entirely covered with large patches of dull leaden 

 coloured russet, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, placed in a ribbed and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in 

 a round, deep, and even cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, crisp, 

 and very juicy, with a brisk and poignant acid juice. 



A valuable culinary apple ; in use from November to February. 



This variety is much cultivated about Lancaster, and in the county of West- 

 moreland, where it is highly esteemed. 



Irish Russet. See Sam Young. 



Iron Apple. See Brabant Bellefleur. 



Ironstone. See Winter Greening. 



ISLE OF WIGHT PIPPIN (Isle of Wight Orange; Orange Pippin; 

 Pomme d' Orange; Engelse Oranje Appel). — Fruit, small, two inches 

 wide, by an inch and a half deep ; globular. Eye, slightly sunk, with 

 broad acute segments of the calyx. Stalk, very short. Skin, yellowish 

 golden grey, with a russety epidermis, highly coloured with orange and 

 red next the sun. Flesh, firm and juicy, with a rich and aromatic flavour. 



