PLATE XLVII. 
6. LUCOMBE’S PINE. 
[Syn : Pine Apple ; Pine Apple Pipping 
This excellent Apple was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince and Co., of 
Exeter, about the beginning of the present century (c. 1800). 
Description. —Fruit: rather below medium size; ovate or conical, slightly and obscurely 
ribbed about the eye. Skin : of an uniform clear pale yellow, but with an orange tint on the side 
next the sun ; the whole surface being thinly strewed with pale, brown, russety dots. Eye : small 
and^closed, with somewhat ovate segments, set in a narrow, shallow and plaited basin. Stalk : 
stout, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh : yellowish 
white, tender and delicate, juicy and sugary, with a rich aromatic flavour, resembling that of a 
pine-apple. 
A dessert Apple of first-rate quality, well worthy of general cultivation. It is in season from 
October to Christmas. 
The tree grows freely and makes an excellent bush, or espalier, 
