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at that period j but I cannot discover any trace of its origin. It may have been 

 introduced from the Continent by George London, who was for some years in the 

 gardens at Versailles under De Quintinye, and afterwards in partnership with 

 Henry Wise as proprietor of the Brompton Park nursery, as the name seems to 

 indicate more of French than English origin. 

 , Marguerite. See Margaret. 



MARMALADE PIPPIN {AUhorp Pippin; Welsh Pippin).— -Fruii, 

 medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and three 

 quarters high ; oblong, with a prominent rib on one side, and flattened 

 at the apex, where it terminates in several prominences. Skin, very 

 thick, hard, and membranous ; deep yellow with a brownish tinge next 

 the sun, and strewed with numerous imbedded pearly specks. Eye, 

 ^mall and open, with long acuminate and reflexed segments, set in a 

 deep and angular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a deep 

 and smooth cavity. Flesh, yeUowish white, firm and tender, sweet, 

 juicy, and pleasantly flavoured. 



A culinary apple, but only of second-rate quality ; it is in use from 

 October to January. 



The tree is hardy and an abundant bearer. 



This variety was introduced in 1818 — the year in which the original tree first 

 produced fruit — by a Mr. Stevens, of Stanton Grange in Derbyshire, by whom it 

 was raised from a seed of the Keswick Codling. The Marmalade Pippin of Diel, 

 which is described in the 22 vol. and which he says is an English apple, is not 

 the same as the above, for he describes it as "a true streaked apple, and ripe in 

 August." 



MAETIN NONPAREIL.— Fruit, below medium size ; ovate, and 

 angular on the sides. Skin, pale yellow, sprinkled with yeUowish brown 

 russet. Eye, large and open, set in an angular basin. Stalk, short 

 and thick. Flesh, yellow, firm, rich, juicy, and sugary. 



An excellent dessert apple, but equal to the old Nonpareil, con- 

 sequently can only be regarded as a second-rate variety ; it is in use 

 from December to March. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, hardy, and a good bearer. 



This apple was received from a nursery, as a crab stock, by the Rev. George 

 Williams of Martin-Hussingtree, near Worcester, and after producing fruit, was 

 communicated by him to the London Horticultural Society. 



MARTIN'S CUSTARD.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, ribbed 

 on the sides, and with ridges round the crown which extend into the 

 basin of the eye. Skin, greenish yellow, mottled with red on the 

 shaded side, and considerably streaked with dark crimson and with a 

 violet bloom on the side next the sun. Eye, small, quite closed, set 

 in a narrow puckered basin. Stalk, very short, sometimes a mere 

 fleshy knob, and sometimes woody, with a fleshy swelling on one side. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and briskly acid. 



An excellent culinary apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



This apple is much grown in the orchai-ds conterminous with Northamptonshire 

 and Leicestershire, and I am indebted for a knowledge of it to my friend the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley, of Sibbertoft, near Market Harborough. 



