APPLE. 



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colour dull yellow, marbled with red next the sun. 

 The flesh is breaking, not very juicy, but of a rich 

 flavour and fit for the dessert. The tree is hardy, 

 and grows to a second class amplitude. 



96. Fearns Pippin. — Is in use from the end of 

 November to February. The fruit is middle sized, 

 longish and fiat at the ends, stalk short and thick ; 

 eye large and deep ; colour, a fine deep red on the 

 exposed side, and green on the other. The pulp is 

 firm, juicy, and of such a pleasing flavour as to he 

 sometimes used in the dessert. They are also a good 

 apple for drying. The tree is very healthy, and 

 almost bids defiance to the American insect. It has 

 also another good property, viz, the strength and 

 shortness of the stalk enables the fruit to remain fast 

 on the branches, when many others are thrown to 

 the ground by the winds. The original tree of this 

 variety first seen by the author, belonged to a person 

 of the name of Bagley at Fulham. 



97. Kirke's Golden Pippin, -^Ki^q m December, 

 and keeps for two months afterwards. The fruit are 

 small and produced in clusters, resembling those of 

 the golden pippin ; the eye large and stalk short. 

 The pulp is firm, yellowish, and abounding with rich 

 juice, and is one of the best of its season for the 

 dessert. It is said that ^Ir. Kirke raised this apple 

 from a seed of the old golden pippin, to which it is 

 nearly allied, and is a better bearer if planted in a 

 tine dry, loamy soil. 



Hughes' Golden Pippin. — Yh for use from 



