PLATE LII. 
5. GREAVES’ PIPPIN. 
The origin of this excellent apple is not given in any of the leading pomological works, so 
who Mr. Greaves was, where he lived, and when he raised this apple, are facts lost to history, 
Description .—Fruit : above medium size, roundish and depressed, very uneven and angular, 
terminating at the crown in prominent ridges. Skin : grass green, becoming yellowish green as it 
ripens, with a tinge of brownish red where exposed to the sun, intermixed with some broken streaks 
of crimson ; the surface is considerably covered with large masses of smooth ashy grey russet and 
sprinkled with large russet dots. Eye : closed with erect connivent segments, set in a deep and 
angular basin. Stalk : short and slender, inserted in a deep russet-lined cavity. Flesh : greenish, 
firm, juicy and agreeably flavoured. 
A good culinary apple which, if well grown, will keep till apples come again. 
The tree is very hardy and grows strongly. It bears freely either as a dwarf or standard. 
