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say, " doth abound in apples of most sorts. But I 

 have seen in the pastures and hedge-rows about the 

 grounds of a worshipful gentleman dwelling two miles 

 from Hereford, called Mr. Roger Bodnome, so many 

 trees of all sorts, that the servants for the most part 

 drink no other drink but that which is made of the 

 apples. The quantity is such that the parson hath 

 for tithe many hogsheads of syder. The hogs are 

 fed with the fallings, which are so many that they 

 will not taste of any but the best.'^ Though the va- 

 rieties were so numerous, Gerard gives drawings of 

 but six, which we may presume were the most in 

 favour, and were the Pome-water, Baker' s-ditch. King 

 Apple, Queening or Queen Apple, Sumimer Pearmain, 

 and Winter Pearmain. Heresbach, who wrote a little 

 earlier (1570), says the " cheefe in price' ^ were the 

 Pippin, the Romet, the Pome-royal, and the Marli- 

 gold. 



Sir T. Haumer, writing about the year 1660, says 

 the principle apples were Summer Pepin, Holland 

 Pepin, Russet Pepin, Kentish Pepin, the best sup- 

 posed in England, Russeting, GilUflower, Muscadine 

 Queen, John Apple, King Apple, Golden Reinette, 

 the Royal, Hollow-crowned, and Common Pearmains, 

 Old Wife, Nonesuch, Figg Apple ; all these are sold 

 at 8d. the tree, except the Figg Apple, which is 5s." 

 {Gard. Chron, 1843, 84 L) 



We have already noticed the Golden Pippin and its 



