PLATE XLVII. 
2. FEARN’S PIPPIN. 
[Syn : Ferris Pippin; Clifton Nonsuch .] 
This Apple is without history, and is not to be found in the old lists. It is generally 
cultivated near London, where it is highly esteemed. It dates probably from the end of the last 
century. It is figured by Lindley, PI. 67 ; in the “ Transactions of the London Horticultural 
Society,” Vol. I. ; in Hooker’s u Pomona Londinensis ,” PI. 43 ; and in Ronalds, PI. xii., fig. 2. 
Description .—Fruit : medium size, roundish and flattened above and below. Skin : pale 
greenish yellow, streaked with dull red on the shaded side, and bright dark crimson, strewed with 
grey dots and small patches of russet on the side next the sun, and extending almost over the whole 
surface. Eye : large, partially open, with broad, connivent segments, which are reflexed at the 
tips, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk : a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide 
and shallow cavity. Flesh : yellowish wdiite, firm, crisp, sugary, briskly and pleasantly flavoured. 
An excellent Apple for dessert or culinary purposes. It has something of the flavour of the 
old Golden Reinettc , and rivals Court Pendu Plat in appearance, in its season of maturity and in 
flavour ; if it is less rich, the tree is more hardy. It is in season from November to February. 
The tree is very hardy and a great bearer. It is grown extensively by the market gardeners 
for the supply of Covent Garden market, London. 
