E niS valuable dessert Apple was first made 
known in the fifth volume of the Transactions 
of the Horticultural Society ; and takes its 
name from the place of its origin, having been 
raised in 1803, by Mrs Malcolm, the lady of 
Neil Malcolm, Esq., of Lamb Abbey, Kent. 
The Newtown Pippin is stated to be its parent, to wliich, how- 
ever, it bears no resemblance. It produced fniit at so early an 
age as six years, and subsequently proved a regular bearer. This 
accords with Mr. Enington's assertion, to whom we are indebted 
for the specimen from which our drawing was made. He says, 
‘ It is one of the gi’eatest beai'ers in the kingdom ; we have trees 
which have never missed a full crop for eighteen years.’ Now, 
it must be confessed, that either this variety of Apple, or Mr. 
