IPO THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



New London Pippin. See London Pippin. 

 New Nonpareil. See Early Nonpareil. 



NEW ROCK PIPPIN.— Fruit, of medium size; round. Skin, 

 dull green on the shaded side, and brownish red where exposed to 

 the sun, entirely covered with brown russet. Eye, deeply set in a 

 round basin. Stalk, short. Flesh, yellow, firm, sweet, rich, and 

 perfumed with the flavour of anise. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from January to May. 



This variety was raised by Mr. William Pleasance, a nurseryman at Barnwell, 

 near Cambridge, and was communicated by him to the London Horticultural 

 Society in 1821. It belongs to the Nonpareil family, and is valuable as a late 

 winter apple. 



NEWTOWN PIPPIN {Large Yellow Newton Pippin; American 

 Newtown Pippin ; Green Newtown Pippin ; Petersburgh Pippin ; Green 

 Winter Pippin). — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, broadest at the 

 base, with broad obscure ribs extending to the apex, which give it an 

 irregularity in its outline. Skin, at first dull green, but changing as it 

 ripens to a fine ohve green, or greenish yellow, with a reddish brown 

 tinge next the sun, and dotted all over with small grey russety dots. 

 Eye, small and closed, set in a small and rather shallow basin. Stalk, 

 half an inch long, slender, and inserted all its length in a deep round 

 cavity lined with delicate russet, which extends over a portion of the 

 base. Flesh, yellowish white tinged with green, firm, crisp, very juicy, 

 with a rich and highly aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple, which, when in perfection, is not to be surpassed. 

 It is in use from December to AprU. This description being taken 

 from an imported specimen, it must not be expected that fruit grown 

 in this country will attain the same perfection ; for like most of the 

 best American apples, it does not succeed in this climate. Even with 

 the protection of a wall, and in the most favourable situation, it does 

 not possess that peculiarly rich aroma which characterises the imported 

 fruit. 



The tree is a slender and slow grower, and is always distinguished, 

 even in its young state, by the roughness of its bark. It prefers a 

 strong, rich, and genial soil, and, according to Coxe, does not arrive at 

 maturity till twenty or twenty-five years old. 



This is an old American apple. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island, U.S., 

 and was introduced to this country about the middle of the last century. I find it 

 was cultivated in the Brompton Park Nursery so early as 1768, under the name of 

 " Newtown Pippin from New York." Forsyth remarks that it is said to have been 

 originally from Devonshire, but if it were so, there would still have been some 

 trace of it left in that county. It is extensively cultivated in New York, and all 

 the middle states, and particularly on the Hudson, where the finest American 

 orchards are. There are immense quantities produced, which are packed in barrels 

 and exported to Britain and other parts. The month of January is generally the 

 season they arrive in this country, and then they are the most attractive of all 

 dessert apples in our markets ; the name serving, in many instances, as a decoy for 

 the sale of many other and inferior varieties. The Alfriston, in many collections, 

 is erroneously cultivated under the name of Newtown Pippin. 



