PLATE XLVII. 
5. ORD’S APPLE. 
[Syn : Simpsons Pippin.~\ 
This excellent variety originated in 1797 at Purser’s Cross, near Fulham, Middlesex. It 
was raised in the garden of John Ord, Esq., by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Anne Simpson, from a seed 
of a Newtown Pippin imported in 1777, and grown from its fruit in 1797. It has been well figured 
in the “ Transactions of the London Horticultural Societyl' Vol. II., PI. xix., and the full details of 
its production are given there. 
Description. —Fruit : medium sized, conical or oblong, very irregular in its outline, caused 
by prominent and unequal ribs on the sides, which extend to and terminate in ridges round the eye. 
Skin : smooth and shining, deep grassy green, strewed with imbedded grey specks, and dotted with 
brown russety dots on the shaded side, but washed with thin brownish red, and this is marked with 
spots, or patches, of darker and livelier red, and strewed with star-like freckles of russet on the side 
exposed to the sun. Eye : small and closed, placed in a deep and angular basin, which is lined 
with linear marks of rough russet. Stalk : about half an inch long, somewhat obliquely inserted by 
the side of a fleshy swelling, which is more or less prominent. Flesh : greenish white, tender, 
crisp and brittle, abounding in a profusion of rich, brisk, sugary and vinous juice, with a finely 
perfumed and refreshing flavour. 
An Apple of first-rate quality and deserving of a wider cultivation. It keeps well, and is in 
season from January to May. 
The tree is hardy, of horizontal spreading growth, but not large, and it bears well. 
