286 Account and Description of Ord's Apple. 



and two of the healthiest seedlings of this second generation 

 were planted out to remain, in the kitchen garden, which are 

 now about twenty years old. One of these trees began to bear 

 fruit very soon, which is not unlike that of its parent in 

 shape, with a thin skin ; and being a very good Apple, 

 grafts of it have been distributed about the Metropolis, with 

 the name of Simpsons Pippin. The other seedling of the 

 second generation, was several years longer in bearing fruit, 

 and when it did, the Apples were quite of a different shape, 

 being long, with a thick skin and poor flavour, and so 

 numerous as to be all very small. Of late years however, 

 they have gradually improved so much in flavour, as to be- 

 come a remarkably spirited juicy Apple, attaining a good 

 size, which has probably been promoted by thinning them, 

 though a full crop has always been left upon the tree ; and 

 they are now greatly esteemed by all who taste them. 



The older Branches spread horizontally or nearly so ; those 

 of one and two years old are of a dark purplish brown colour, 

 sprinkled with whitish spots not observable in the other 

 seedling. Buds broad-oval, especially the blossom-buds ; and 

 the scales of the latter do not fall off till after the petals have 

 dropt, which with some other characters mentioned below, 

 may perhaps account for its bearing so abundantly. Old 

 Leaves of a darker green than in many varieties. Young 

 Leaves pubescent, especially underneath, more obtusely 

 serrated than in the other seedling. Stipules very narrow. 

 Peduncles hardly an inch long, very woolly when in flower, and 

 thus, no doubt, protected from the frost. Young Fruit ( Ger- 

 men of Linnceus) obovate, very woolly. Calyx very woolly; 

 its leaflets horizontally recurved during the blossoming season 



