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origin, and is one of the very best of their 

 apples. Downing, a high American authority, 

 thus speaks of this excellent apple in his very 

 interesting work on " The Fruits and Fruit Trees 

 of America," p. 118: " The Newtown pippin 

 stands at the head of all apples, and is, when in 

 perfection, acknowledged to be unrivalled in all 

 the qualities which constitute a high -flavoured 

 dessert apple, to which it combines the quality 

 of long keeping without the least shrivelling, 

 retaining its high flavour to the last. It is very 

 largely raised in New York and New Jersey for 

 exportation, and commands the highest price in 

 Co vent Garden market, London. This variety 

 is a native of Newtown, Long Island, and it 

 requires a pretty strong, deep, warm soil to 

 attain its full perfection. The tree is of rather 

 slender and slow growth, and even while young 

 is always remarkable for its rough bark." It is 

 too delicate to be grown as an open standard in 

 Britain, but is richly worth the protection of a 

 wall, more especially in Scotland. Fine speci- 

 mens have been so produced in the Dalkeith 

 gardens. Synonyms — Green Newtown pippin, 

 American Newtown pippin, Peter sburgh pippin, 

 Large Newtown pippin, Green winter pippin, 

 Hunt's Newtovm pippin. 



Newtown pippin, yellow. — Colour yellow ; form 

 roundish ; size large ; quality first-rate. In use 

 during December till April. A much hardier 

 tree than the last, and ripens in inferior situa- 

 tions. Downing, already quoted, speaks highly 

 of this American apple. He says that it " strongly 

 resembles the foregoing, and it is difficult to say 

 which is the superior fruit. The yellow is 

 handsomer, and has a higher perfume than the 

 green, and its flesh is rather firmer, and equally 

 high flavoured ; while the green is more juicy, 

 crisp, and tender. When fully ripe, it is yellow, 

 with a rather lively red cheek and a smooth 

 skin ; few or none of the spots on the green va- 

 riety, but with the same russet marks at the 

 stalk. It is also more highly fragrant before 

 and after it is cut than the green. Both the 

 Newtown pippins grow alike, and they are both 

 excellent bearers. This variety is rather hardier, 

 and succeeds best in the eastern States. We 

 have kept the fruit until the 4th of July." Both 

 these varieties are much better worth growing 

 on south walls than many of our peaches and 

 plums, and on heated walls would ripen equally 

 well as on standards in America. 



New rock pippin. — Colour green; form round; 

 size medium; quality first-rate. In use from 

 December till June. A valuable dessert apple 

 on account of its long keeping. 



Nonpareil apples present a formidable list in 

 most catalogues. In that of the Catalogue of 

 the fruits cultivated in the gardens of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of London, no fewer than 30 

 varieties, exclusive of synonyms, are enume- 

 rated. The following may be taken as the best. 



Nonpareil, old. — Colour greenish yellow; form 

 roundish ; size under medium ; quality first-rate. 

 In use from December till June. In the south 

 of England this tree, in favourable situations, 

 bears well as a standard, while in most other 

 parts, the north of England and Scotland in 

 particular, it does not succeed without the pro- 



tection of a wall. The whole section possess a 

 peculiar and excellent flavour, and are all good 

 keepers. The synonyms, exclusive of foreign 

 ones, are — Hunt's nonpareil, English nonpareil, 

 Loveden's pippin. 



Nonpareil, Braddick's. — Colour green; form 

 roundish; size under medium ; quality first-rate ; 

 one of our very best winter dessert apples. In 

 use from December to the end of April. An 

 abundant bearer, but requires a wall. Synonym, 

 Ditton nonpareil. 



Nonpareil, early. — Colour greenish yellow; 

 form oblate; size under medium; quality first- 

 rate. In use from September till January. Its 

 synonyms are — New nonpareil, Stagg's non- 

 pareil, Hick's fancy, Summer nonpareil, Lacys 

 nonpareil. 



Nonpareil, Stubton. — Colour greenish yellow; 

 form roundish ; size under medium; quality first- 

 rate. In use from December till April. Flesh 

 peculiarly rich and sugary. 



Nonpareil, Downton. — Colour greenish russet; 

 form roundish; size under medium; quality first- 

 rate. In use from November till April. 



Nonpareil, golden. — Colour yellowish russet; 

 form round; size under medium; quality first- 

 rate. In use from November till March. This 

 is one of the handsomest of the section. 



Nonpareil, Pitmaston. — Colour pale green and 

 russet; form roundish; size under medium; 

 quality first-rate. In use from November till 

 February. Synonyms — Pitmaston russet non- 

 pareil, St John's nonpareil. 



Nonpareil, Pitmaston. — " One of the greatest 

 bearers," says Mr Errington, " with which we 

 are acquainted. This we call everybody's apple; 

 no cottage garden should be without a couple. 

 We have a tree which we have never known 

 fail of a good crop for eighteen years ; this can 

 be said of few apples." 



Nonpareil, Ross. — Colour slightly russety, 

 tinged with red on the side next the sun; form 

 roundish, tapering a little towards the eye; size 

 medium. In use from November to February. 

 Quality one of the very best of its section. Tree 

 hardy, succeeding in most soils in a healthy 

 state, and withal a great bearer. Certainly the 

 best Irish apple in cultivation. 



Nonpareil, scarlet. — Colour red; form round- 

 ish; size under medium; quality first-rate. In use 

 from December till March. Tree hardy com- 

 pared with the rest of the section, found wild 

 in the garden of a public-house at Esher, Surrey. 

 This, however, with all the section, requires the 

 protection of a wall, to which they are well en- 

 titled, as forming one of the most valuable tribe 

 of the apple kind. Much as we esteem the non- 

 pareils in Britain, in America they are less 

 thought of. Mr Downing describes only three, 

 and observes of the old nonpareil that it "is a 

 favourite apple in England, but it is little 

 esteemed in this country." 



Nonsuch park apple. — Colour yellow; form 

 roundish; size under medium; quality excellent. 

 In use from November till March. Somewhat 

 resembling the golden pippin. 



Ord's apple. — Colour deep grassy green, 

 freckled with grey specks and brown russety 

 dots on the shaded side; brownish red, with 



