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Eye, closed, with long broad segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and oblique cavity, which is lined with 

 scales of rough russet. Flesh, greenish, tender, crisp, breaking, very 

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



A very superior old English apple, particularly for culinary purposes ; 

 it is in use from October to March. 



The tree is very healthy and vigorous, and attains the largest size. 

 It is also an excellent bearer. 



Pine Apple. See iMcombe's Pine-apple. 



Pine Apple Pippin. See Lucombe's Pine-apple. 



_ PINE APPLE P.USSET {Hardingham's Russet).— Fxxdt, medium 

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

 high; roundish-ovate, with broad obtuse angles on its sides. Skin, 

 pale greenish yeUow, almost covered with white specks on one part, 

 and rough thick yellow russet on the other, which extends rouad'the 

 stalk. Eye, small, with short connivent segments, placed in a sliaUow, 

 plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted half its length in an un- 

 even cavity. Flesh, very pale yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, sugary, 

 brisk, and richly aromatic. 



A very valuable dessert apple ; in use during September and October. 

 Mr. Lindley says the juice of this apple is more abundant than in any 

 he had ever met with. The oldest tree remembered in Norwich was 

 growing in 1730, in a garden belonging to a Mr. Hardingham. 



PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Fruit, small, roundish and somewhat 

 flattened, even and regular in its outline. Skin, entirely covered vrith 

 a smooth coat of fawn-coloured russet and marked with large light 

 grey specks. Eye, wide open, with long acuminate and recurved seg- 

 ments, like "those of Conrt of Wick, set in a deep, wide, and plaited 

 basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in the cavity. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, very tender and juicy, with a fine, sprightly, and distinct pine- 

 apple flavour. 



One of the best dessert apples ; in use during October and November. 



PINNER SEEDLING {CareVs Seedling).— Fiait, medium sized, 

 roundish-ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, greenish 

 yeUow, nearly covered with clear yellowish brown russet, so much so . 

 that only spots of the ground colour are visible ; it has also a varnished 

 reddish brown cheek next the sun, which is more or less visible accord- 

 ing to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tinged with 

 green, tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and briskly flavoured, 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from December to 

 April. 



This excellent apple was raised by James Carel, a nurseryman at Pinner, 

 Middlesex, in 1810. The tree first produced fruit in 1818, and was introduced to 

 the notice of the London Horticultural Society in 1820. 



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