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of Robinson, who succeeded him in the nursery. The 

 latter, however, propagated and sent it forth to the 

 world under his own name, and by which it is now 

 pretty generally known, although it is not mentioned 

 in the early catalogue of Grim wood, nor by Miller of 

 Bristol, nor by Masters of Canterbury ; but is 

 beautifully figured in Ronalds of Brentford's splendid 

 work, whose father probably knew both Scott and 

 Robinson, as well as the history of the apple. 



116. Old English Golden Pippin, — This is one of 

 our oldest and most esteemed orchard fruits. It may 

 he called with much propriety, The Glory of England. 

 The fruit is small, but varying a little in size, accord- 

 ing to the age or health of the tree. It is some- 

 what longer than round ; the eye small, and rather 

 prominent ; the stalk long and slender ; colour clear 

 yellow, changing to deep gold when perfectly mature. 

 The whole fruit is sprinkled over with minute and 

 vvarious sized white or russet dots. The pulp is firm, 

 yellowish, and crisp ; abounding with rich, sweet 

 juice, of an agreeable flavour peculiar to itself. The 

 tree, though not diminutive, is of a delicate habitj. 

 and rather fastidious as to the soil it is planted in. 



The golden pippin being one of our most useful 

 and esteemed hardy fruits, the author trusts he will 

 be forgiven for entering more at large into its history 

 and management, than he has thought necessary in 

 the preceding notices of other inferior kinds of 

 apples, especially as there has been for several years 

 past an idea prevalent, that this country was about 

 to lose this fine fruit for ever. In Mr. Knight's 



