PLATE XXV. 
succeeds well as an open standard ; but in the North and in Scotland it requires the protection of a 
wall to bring it to perfection. Nicol calls it “ a universal apple for three kingdoms : it will thrive at 
John O’Groat’s, while it deserves a place at Exeter or Cork.” It may be added, too, that it carries 
everywhere its delicious flavour. 
The last remnant of the original Ribston Pippin Tree, Ribston Hall, Knaresborough. 
