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it requires more than ordinary care to keep it free 

 from the American blight, which its dwarfish habit 

 invites to attack it. 



88. True Lemon Pippin, — \s ripe in October and 

 continues through November. It receives its name 

 from its bright yellow colour. The fruit is round 

 and small, somewhat flattened at the ends : the skin 

 smooth and shining ; the eye small and hollow ; the 

 flesh crisp, and the juice agreeable. The branches 

 of the tree are slenderly flexible though healthy. Is 

 a standard of the third class in the orchard, and is' 

 easily trained as an espalier, in which, or in any other 

 form, it bears well. 



89. Red and Yellovj Ingestrie Pippins, — Are in 

 reason from the middle of October to the end of 

 November. These two apples were a twin produc- 

 tion, raised from seeds of the same fruit, and it is 

 said from the same cell of the orange pippin, impreg- 

 nated with the pollen of the old golden pippin, by 

 T. A. Knight Esq. This is a fine instance of the 

 value and efficacy of cross impregnation ; and had 

 the ingenious gentleman achieved no other triumph 

 of his skill and patient industry, this one would have 

 been enough to have handed down his name with 

 honour to the latest posterity. The fruit of both 

 are very much alike in shape, size, and qualities : 

 the only difference is in colour, as expressed in their 

 names. The shape and size resembles their male 

 progenitor ; the flesh is firm, of a yellowish cast, 

 indicating high flavour of the juices with which both 

 abound. 



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