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pearmain shaped ; size medium. In use from 

 October to January. Quality first-rate, and 

 withal a beautiful fruit. Tree healthy, hardy, 

 and will grow in almost any situation, and is 

 very productive. It appears that some confu- 

 sion has existed between this excellent apple 

 and the no less excellent variety now, according 

 to Mr Hogg, to be known as King of the 'pippins. It 

 appears that the late Mr Joseph Kirk, of Bromp- 

 ton, a most respectable pomologist, brought out 

 this apple under the latter name, whereas Diel 

 had previously possessed and described it under 

 the name of the golden winter pearmain. Act- 

 ing on the recognised principle of priority of 

 description and of naming, Mr Hogg has very 

 properly withdrawn the name of King of the 

 pippins, and substituted Diel's name of golden 

 winter pearmain ; the name of King of the pip- 

 pins belonging, according to him, to another 

 and very different apple. Synonyms — King of 

 the pippins, Hampshire yellow, Hampshire yellow 

 golden pippin, Jones's Southampton pippin. 



Ingestrie's yellow. — Colour yellow ; form oval ; 

 size under medium ; quality fair. In use during 

 the latter end of August till October. We 

 notice it as a great bearer, and excellent substi- 

 tute for some of the golden pippins, in situa- 

 tions where they may not succeed. It ripens 

 to full perfection in September as a dwarf 

 standard in the Dalkeith gardens, and we find 

 it a valuable dessert fruit. Both this and the 

 red Ingestrie are cross-bred seedlings raised by 

 Mr Thos. A. Knight from the golden pippin. 



Irish peach apple. — Colour pale yellowish 

 green, tinged with reddish brown, thickly marked 

 with green dots on the side most shaded, but 

 on the other side of a fine red, speckled with 

 yellow spots ; form roundish, slightly flattened 

 and somewhat ribbed ; size medium. In use in 

 the vicinity of London by the first week in 

 August. One of the very best, as it is one of 

 the very earliest apples. Tree hardy and an 

 abundant bearer. Synonym — Early Crofton. 



Juneating, white. — Colour pale yellow ; form 

 roundish ; size small ; quality good ; ripens in 

 July, and valued as an excellent early fruit, 

 particularly when grown against a wall, in which 

 case it ripens in the end of June. The syno- 

 nyms are many, and can only be, for the most 

 part, regarded as corruptions of either Ginetting, 

 or Juniting, by both of which it has been known 

 for ages. Mr Hogg has, however, altered the 

 orthography in his " British Pomology " to 

 Joanneting, and has adduced reasons which, to 

 us at least, are very satisfactory. Tree slender 

 grower, but healthy, and a most extraordinary 

 bearer. One of the very best to be worked 

 on the paradise stock for pot culture. So ex- 

 cellent do we consider this little early apple, 

 that to those who are building orchard-houses 

 we would recommend them not to omit having 

 a tree or two of this in them. 



Kerry pippin. — Colour red and yellow ; form 

 oval ; size medium ; quality first-rate. In use 

 during September and October. Tree slender 

 in growth, but a very abundant bearer. Syno- 

 nym — Edmonton's aromatic pippin. 



King of the pippins (Hogg's). — Colour greenish 

 yellow, with a blush of red next the sun, slightly 



marked with light-brown russet ; form oval, or 

 conical ; size medium. In use in the end of 

 August to beginning of September. The very 

 circumstance of its early ripening proves this to 

 be a very different fruit from the golden winter 

 pearmain, so often called King of the pippins. 

 Quality one of the richest-flavoured early dessert 

 apples. 



Large yellow bough. — Colour pale greenish 

 yellow ; form oblong-oval ; size above medium. 

 In use in the beginning of August (in Britain). 

 Quality as a dessert fruit first-rate. Tree vigor- 

 ous, and an excellent bearer. Synonyms — Large 

 early yellow bough, Sweet bough, Early bough, 

 Bough, Sweet harvest. Of American origin. 



Leyden pippin. — Colour pale green and red ; 

 form roundish ; size medium; quality first-rate. 

 In use during August and September. Tree 

 moderately hardy, a very great bearer, somewhat 

 resembling the white Astrakan. 



Lord Nelson, Kirk's. — Colour red ; form round- 

 ish ; size large ; quality good. In use from 

 November till March. Tree not robust, a good 

 bearer, and very showy fruit. 



Lucombe , s pine- apple. — Colour uniform clear 

 pale yellow, with a slight orange tinge on the 

 side next the sun, the whole surface covered 

 with pale-brown russet dots; form between 

 ovate and conical, slightly ribbed near the apex; 

 size rather below medium. In use from Octo- 

 ber till January. Quality first-rate. Tree hardy, 

 and an excellent bearer. Originated in the highly 

 respectable nursery establishment of Lucombe, 

 Pince, & Co. of Exeter. Synonym— Pine-apple 

 pippin. 



Maclean's favourite. — Colour yellow; form 

 roundish ; size medium ; quality excellent. In 

 use from October till March. Tree hardy ; mo- 

 derate bearer. According to Mr Thomson, of 

 the London Horticultural Society, a fruit " of 

 the highest excellence." 



Margil. — Colour yellow and red; form ovate ; 

 size under medium ; quality first-rate. In use 

 from October till March. Tree a slender grower, 

 but very hardy, and an abundant bearer. In 

 flavour this apple somewhat resembles the Kib- 

 ston pippin, which is no slight recommendation. 

 Synonyms— Munch' s pippin, Never fail. 



Morris's Court of Wick. — Colour pale green 

 where shaded, with light red next the sun ; form 

 roundish oblate; size small, resembling its parent, 

 the old Court of Wick. In use from October 

 to February. As a dessert fruit excelling in 

 quality even its much-prized parent. Tree 

 slender in growth, hardy, and a good bearer. 



Morris's russet. — Colour brownish russet 

 where shaded, but where exposed to the sun in 

 good seasons becoming bright red on one side ; 

 size below medium. In use from October to 

 February. Quality of the highest degree of 

 excellence as a dessert apple. Both these ex- 

 cellent apples originated with a Mr Morris, a 

 market-gardener, near Brentford. Of their 

 merits as regards a Scotch climate we have no 

 information as yet, our trees of them not having 

 yet fruited. 



Newtown pippin. — Colour greenish yellow; 

 form roundish ; size medium ; quality first-rate. 

 In use from December till May. Of American 



