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l^HE OECHAED AKD FETJIT GAEDEIf. 



are Elton Pippin, Elton Golden Pippin, Knight's Pippin, 

 and Knight's Golden Pippin. 



The King of the Pippins has fruit above the middle 

 size, rather oblong, a little \Yide at the base, even and 

 regular in shape, without angles, smooth in skin, pale 

 orange, tinged with red on the sunny side, and generally 

 a little streaked with the same. The eye is large, and set 

 deep in an even, very little plaited basin ; and the stalk 

 is long, slender, and half sunk in a funnel-shaped cavity. 

 The flesh is yellow-white, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, and 

 full-flavoured. It is a handsome apple, nice for eating 

 in November and December, and the tree is hardy and 

 a good bearer. It is also called the Hampshire Yellow. 



Tlie Scarlet Pearmain, or Bell's Scarlet, is a middle- 

 sized apple, with the conical form of the Pearmains, 

 bright crimson on the sunny side, and a mixture of red 

 aad yellow on the other. The flesh is white, crisp, 

 juicy, sweet, and with a rich, pleasant flavour. The eye 

 is middle - sized, deep, surrounded by small plaits, 

 crowned by a green calyx ; and the stalk is rather long, 

 slender, and set in deep. It is a handsome dessert apple 

 from September to December. 



The Summer Pearmain is another nice apple, of 

 medium size, oblong, tapering gradually from the base 

 to the crown, bright gold colour, sprinkled all over with 

 small brown specks, and bright orange and scarlet on 

 the sunny side. The flesh is pale yellow, firm and 

 crisp, with a fine aromatic flavour, but not very juicy. 

 The eye is small, with a calyx nearly closed in a wide, 

 shallow, rather plaited basin ; and the stalk is short and 

 obliquely inserted in a knob upon the fruit. It is a 

 capital and nice-looking eating apple, ripening in 

 October and keeping until Christmas. It has uiany 

 names, among others theEoyal Pearmain, Old Pearmain, 

 and Pearmain d'Ete. In some seasons it ripens as early 

 as September. The tree is an excellent bearer, and pro- 

 duces many fruit- spurs, on which account it is good for 

 espaliers, for which it should be grafted on the Doucin 

 stock- The branches have a slender, pretty growth. 



