94 APPLE. 



spised even in the dessert. The shape is peculiar ; 

 having four or five ribs running from the stalk to the 

 eye, which is nearly closed by them. 



The tree is a healthy, though not a robust grower ; 

 in general a good bearer, making a good standard of 

 the second class in the orchard, in every one of 

 which it deserves a place. 



In some lately published fruit catalogues, very 

 different accounts are given as to the keeping pro- 

 perties of this apple : but what is above stated may 

 be depended upon. Sometimes, indeed, a different 

 stock, soil, situation, or season, will very much alter 

 the keeping properties of fruit : but certainly not so 

 much as is represented in the catalogues alluded to. 

 There is another apple in the Canterbury Nursery 

 collection, called Laci/s New London Pippin, which 

 is highly spoken of : but of this the author knows 

 nothing from his own experience. 



111. Fall Pippin. — Is in season from November 

 to February, sometimes till the middle of March. 

 This is one of the largest apples in cultivation in this 

 country. The shape is irregular, rather elongated, 

 measuring from fourteen to sixteen inches in circum- 

 ference (but light for the size), and flat at the ends. 

 Colour light green, shaded with red ; skin smooth 

 and shining : the eye in a deep hollow. The stalk 

 short and weak for so large a fruit. The pulp is 

 crisp, and of a yellow tint ; the juice sweet, but in no 

 great quantity. The tree is of middling growth ; 

 making strong shoots, when young, like the Newtown 

 pippin, but not so vigorous. It may range in the 



