PLATE XXVII. 
[Syn : Orglon; Orgeline; Arbroath Pippin; Original Pippin; Mother Apple; Golden 
Apple ; Burr knot; Summer Oslin.~\ 
This is a very old Scotch Apple, supposed to have originated at Arbroath ; or to have been 
introduced from France by Monks of the Abbey, which formerly existed at that place. The latter 
opinion is in all probability, the correct one ; although this name, or any of the synonyms above 
given, are not now to be met with in any modern French lists. But in the “ Jardinier Francois ” 
which was published in 1651, an apple is mentioned under the name “ Orgeran ” which is so similar 
in pronunciation to “ Orgeline ,” that it is not unlikely it may be the same name with a change of 
orthography, especially as our ancestors were not over particular in preserving unaltered the names 
of foreign introductions. This apple has been well figured in the Pontological Magazine , PI. 5. 
Description. — Fruit : medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches high ; 
roundish oblate, evenly and regularly formed. Skin : thick and membranous, of a fine pale yellow 
colour, and thickly strewed with brown dots ; very frequently cracked, forming large and deep 
sinuosities on the fruit. Eye : scarcely at all depressed. Stalk : short and thick, inserted in a very 
shallow cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy, rich and sugary, with a highly aromatic 
flavour, which is peculiar to this apple. 
A dessert apple of the highest excellence ; ripe by the end of August, and continues through 
.September, but does not last long. “This is an excellent apple,” says Nichol, “as to flavour, it 
is out-done by none but the Nonpareil; over which it has this advantage, that it will ripen in a 
worse climate and a worse aspect.” Lindley says of it “ This delicious variety is the best, except 
the Kerry Pippin , of all the early Summer Apples.” 
The tree grows freely, but is subject to canker as it grows old ; it has an upright habit, and 
bears freely. The branches are generally covered with a number of knobs, or burrs, which when 
planted in the ground take root: readily and produce a fresh plant. 
