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APPLE. 



This has its name from a village of Somersetshircv 

 ^vhere it was first found, it having* been raised from 

 a pip of the old golden pippin. The fruit is near the 

 middle size, a little ovalar, and flat at the ends ; eye 

 and stalk not so deeply sunk as are those parts of 

 the Downton pippin. The colour is yellow, with a 

 slight tinge of red next the sun. The flesh is crisp, 

 and filled with fine high-flavoured juice. It makes a 

 healthy tree, not subject to blight, nor over-nice in 

 respect of soil, and is altogether a very eligible 

 orchard tree of the second class. For garden pur- 

 poses it is equally suitable ; and, if worked on the 

 paradise stock, the fruit are larger, but they do not 

 keep so long — an effect universally observed of fruit 

 produced on this stock. 



104. Bringeivood Pippin, — Keeps good from De- 

 cember to the end of February, This is another 

 dessert apple raised by Mr. Knight, produced from 

 a seed of the golden Harvey, impregnated by the 

 pollen of the old golden pippin. The fruit are small, 

 nearly round ; stalk short and slender ; eye small, 

 like that of the female parent. The colour is first a 

 light, and afterwards a deep yellow. The pulp is 

 crisp, not very juicy, but of an agreeable somewhat 

 aromatic flavour. The tree is generally healthy, 

 though of rather weakly growth, and hence liable to 

 the attack of the American insect. It belongs to 

 the third class of orchard trees. It is but a middling 

 bearer ; but even a few fruit is a desirable addition 

 to the dessert. 



105. Rihstone Pippin»--ThAs apple is also called 



