APPLE. 



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second class in the orchard ; but is best adapted for 

 espalier training, in order that the fruit may be safe 

 from violent winds. 



This apple has been supposed to have been intro- 

 duced by Mr. Cobbett on his return from America ; 

 and though it is certain he brought and distributed 

 many plants and cuttings, it is equally certain that 

 it was both in France and in this country long before. 

 This variety, like most of the American apples in- 

 troduced into this country, requires a rich loamy soil, 

 on a dry bottom, to grow in, otherwise they are 

 Jiable to canker. Very large apples are sometimes 

 produced by accident in this country, owing to a 

 single fruit receiving an extraordinary share of the 

 vigour of the tree, or from some peculiar mode of 

 treatment ; but this may never again happen on the 

 same tree. An apple (the name is not given) was 

 once produced at WoUaton Hall, in Nottinghamshire^ 

 that weighed nineteen and a half ounces ! Another 

 was once grown in the neighbourhood of New York, 

 in the United States, that weighed above thirty-five 

 ounces ! ! But these instances are only sports of 

 nature, being more curious than useful. The last- 

 mentioned, however, is said to have kept sound 

 nearly five weeks after ripening. 



112. Newtown Pippin, — Is in season from Decem- 

 ber to April. This is one of the most famous of all 

 the American apples. The fruit is full the middle 

 size ; rather flat, irregularly shaped, though approach- 

 ing to round ; the eye is open, but sunk in a cavity i 

 the stalk short and deeply inserted. The colour is 



