By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 267 



series of wet and cold summers, has brought on disease and 

 decay, equally destructive, as the operation of time on the 

 older plants. 



Thus it appears, that though our orchards and gardens 

 may be said to possess sufficient varieties of the Apple for the 

 use of the kitchen, yet new sorts for the table may still be con- 

 sidered as wanted, and those of superior quality ought to be 

 eagerly sought after. 



The four new varieties which I shall now proceed to de- 

 scribe, as possessing very considerable merit, are all of the 

 class of Apples for the table. Mr. Hooker's excellent figures 

 of them, will probably convey a more perfect idea of their 

 appearance, than my descriptions. 



The first is the Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil It was raised 

 by John Williams, Esq. at Pitmaston, near Worcester, 

 to whose abilities, as a scientific Gardener, the printed and 

 written records of the Society, in its Transactions and 

 Correspondence, bear ample testimony. This tree is a seed- 

 ling from the Nonpareil, and has been in bearing the last four 

 years. The wood and colour of the bark have a strong resem- 

 blance to its parent, but the extremity of the leaf is not so 

 oharply pointed. Its blossoms appear to be hardy. The fruit 

 was exhibited and tasted at the Meetings of the Society on the 

 20th of October, and the 17th of November last. In gene- 

 ral appearance, this apple is not unlike Padley's Pippin. 

 It is flatly compressed, rather narrowest at the head ; near 

 three inches in its widest, and half an inch less in its shortest 

 diameter ; the eye rather open, inserted in a broad shallow 

 cavity, surrounded by slight irregular plaits ; the skin is of a 

 dull green, nearly covered with russet, a little mixed with 



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