Plate VII. 
gathered to his fathers. He lived in a narrow cottage garden in Old Woodstock, a plain, practical, 
labouring man ; and in the midst of his bees and flowers around him, and in his “ glorious pride ” 
in the midst of his little garden, he realised Virgil’s dream of the old Corycian : “ et regum equabat 
opes animis The provincial name for the apple is still “ Kempster s Pippin ,” a lasting monumental 
tribute and inscription to him who first planted the Kernel from whence it sprung.’’ 
Description. —Fruit, large, being generally three inches wide, and two and a half high; 
globular and somewhat flattened, broader at the base than the apex, regularly and handsomely shaped. 
Skin, yellow, with a tinge of dull red next the sun, and streaked with deeper red. Eye, large and 
open, with short stunted segments, placed in a round, broad, and rather deep basin. Tube funnel 
shaped : stamens medium. Stalk, short and stout, rather deeply inserted, and scarcely extending 
beyond the base. Flesh, yellow, crisp, juicy, sweet and pleasantly acid. Cells of the core, open or 
closed : cell-walls roundish obovate. 
A very valuable and highly esteemed apple, either for dessert or culinary purposes, but strictly 
speaking more suitable for the kitchen than the parlour, except for its very handsome appearance in 
size, and shape, and colour. It is in season from November to February. 
The Blenheim Orange has a strong and vigorous habit of growth and forms a large and very 
beautiful standard. This is the best and most profitable form of its growth, and when it becomes 
fullgrown it usually bears regular and abundant crops; it is however apt even then, to bear well only 
on alternate years. As a dwarf or an espalier it does not bear so regularly, or so well. 
The plate represents not only the fruit when fit to gather from the tree, with the leaves and 
blossom, but also shews the rich ripe tints it assumes when it takes the place of honour on the 
Christmas dinner table. 
