PLATE LIV. 
i. WYKEN PIPPIN. 
[Syn : Warwickshire Pippin; Arley; Girkin PippinP 
This well known variety is said to have originated from seed, saved from an apple which 
Lord Craven had eaten on his travels from France to Holland, and which was planted at Wyken, 
about two miles from Coventry (c. 1700). According to Mr. Lindley, the original tree was in 
existence in 1827. It was then very old, and presented the appearance of an old trunk, with a 
strong sucker growing from its roots. 
Ronalds gives a figure of this apple, Plate xli., fig. 1. 
Description .—Fruit : below medium size, two and a half inches broad and two inches high ; 
oblate, even and handsomely shaped. Skin : smooth, pale, greenish yellow in the shade, but with 
a dull orange blush next the sun, and sprinkled all over with russety dots and patches of delicate 
russet, particularly at the base. Eye : large and open, set in a wide, shallow and plaited basin. 
Stalk : very short, imbedded in a shallow cavity. Flesh : yellow, tinged with green, tender, very 
juicy, sweet and richly flavoured. 
A valuable and delicious dessert apple of the first quality. It is in season from December 
to April. 
The tree is healthy, a good growler, and an excellent bearer. It is a very favourite variety 
in Warwickshire and the adjoining counties. 
