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Notices of new or remarkable 



Mr. John Slade, gardener to the Earl of Egremont, at 

 Petworth, sent specimens of a very handsome large Apple 

 called by him the Bossom Apple, which was not previously 

 known to the Society. In shape it is obtusely pyramidal ; 

 the eye is placed in a shallow cavity surrounded by several 

 rather indistinct folds, the stalk is about an inch long, deeply 

 inserted ; skin pale greenish yellow, very much russetted, and 

 in some specimens with bright red on the side exposed to 

 the sun. The flesh is of a dull white, inclining to yellow, fine 

 in texture, crisp, with a rich sugared juice. It bakes of a 

 fine colour, melts perfectly, and keeping well, is a useful 

 Apple. The tree grows to a large size, with wide spreading 

 branches, and bears abundantly. 



William Baker, Esq. sent from his garden at Bayford- 

 bury, in Hertfordshire, specimens of a small excellent Dessert 

 Apple, of thesizeand characterof theGolden Pippin, but rather 

 flatter. The skin is partly a golden yellow, and partly brown, 

 shaded into each other, the best ripened specimens being 

 studded with small, smooth excrescences. The tree from 

 which Mr. Baker obtained his grafts is a very old one, in 

 an orchard at Hertingfordbury, the adjoining parish to Bay- 

 ford. Mr. Baker had met with this Apple in the London 

 market, under the name of the Bayford Pippin, before he 

 was aware of its existence in his own neighbourhood, nor 

 is he certain that the name was derived from Bayford, in 

 Hertfordshire ; the circumstance, however, of several old 

 trees of the variety being found in that and the adjoin- 

 ing parishes, leaves little doubt of its having originated 

 there. It has been named by the Society the Bayfordbury 

 Pippin. 



