By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 35 



circumstances under which the seeds and fruit ripened, from 

 which they sprang. 



I obtained, by the same mode of culture, many new va- 

 rieties, which are the offspring of the Siberian Crab and the 

 richest of our apples, with the intention of affording fruits ' 

 for the press, which might ripen well in cold and ex- 

 posed situations. The plants, thus produced, seem perfectly 

 well calculated, in every respect, to answer the object of 

 the experiment, and possess an extraordinary hardiness and 

 luxuriance of growth. The annual shoots of some of them, 

 from newly grafted trees in my nursery, the soil of which is 

 by no means rich, exceeded six feet and a half in height, in 

 the last season ; and their- blossoms seem capable of bearing 

 extremely unfavourable weather without injury. In all the 

 preceding experiments some of the new varieties inherited 

 the character of the male, and others of the female, parent 

 in the greatest degree ; and of some varieties of fruit (par- 

 ticularly the Golden Pippin) I obtained a better copy, by 

 introducing the farina into the blossom of another apple, 

 than by sowing their own seeds ; I sent a new variety (the 

 Downton Pippin) which was thus obtained from the farina of 

 the Golden Pippin, to the Horticultural Society, last year ; 

 but those specimens afforded but a very unfavourable sample 

 of it ; for the season, and the situation in which the fruit 

 ripened, were very cold, and almost every leaf of the trees 

 had been eaten off by insects. In a favourable season and 

 situation it will, I believe, be found little, if at all, inferior, 

 to the Golden Pippin, when first taken from the tree ; but it 

 is a good deal earlier, and probably cannot be preserved so 

 long. 



