26 DESCRIPTIONS 
S. KILHAM HILL (Manning.) 
Fruit above the medium size, ribbed, tapering to the crown. Stem long, slender, set in d 
deep depression. Calyx depression narrow. Color pale yellow, splashed with red 
slightly in the shade, deep in tire sun. Taste and flavor bright and agreeable, but be¬ 
comes mealy bj r keeping - . 
Tree a good bearer, and ripens its fruit in September. A native of Essex, Massachusetts, 
and raised by Daniel Kilham.- 
9. KING OF PIPPINS (Load. Hort Soc. Cat. No. 519)'. 
Hampshire Yellow, Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 421, according to the Hort. Mag. and Hoy. 
Fruit above the medium size, broadest at the base. Calyx depression rather deep, only 
slightly plaited. Stem long, slender, projecting beyond the funnel-shaped depression. 
Color yellow, tinged red and si l eaked faintly on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, firm, 
sweet, juicy and high flavored. 
In use from November to December. Tree a good bearer. 
10. RED INGESTRIE. 
Red Ingcstrie, Lond. Hort. Transactions, Vol. i, p. 227. 
Fruit of the medium size, circular. Calyx small. Stem short, slender. Color bright yel¬ 
low, deeply tinged with red on the sunny side, and marked with indistinct white spots. 
Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy and rich. 
An English apple, and ripe in October; was one of Mr. Knight’s seedlings, raised from 
the seeds of the Orange Pippin. 
11. DUKE OF BEAUFORT’S PIPPIN (Lond. Hort. Cat). 
Fruit above the medium size, pentangular; five strong ribs alternating with five obscure 
ones. Calyx deep. Stem protrudes beyond the base, deep. Color green, striped on 
the sunny side with clear, pale red, between the ribs only. Flesh pale greenish white, 
crisp and tender, juicy, subacid, pleasant. Fruit adapted to the kitchen, and keeps 
till Christinas. 
12. SUMMER PEARMAIN ( Lindley ). Plate 27, Fig. 1. 
Autumn Pearmnin, Thompson. Royal Pearmain, English gardens. Pearmain d’Ete, Knoop. 
Fruit medium size, circular. Stem short. Calyx set in a wide shallow depression, which 
is plaited. Color brownish yellow, striped with deep red on the sunny side, and dotted. 
Flesh yellowish, crisp, firm and rather dry, but its flavor is high and agreeable; taste 
sub acid. 
