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THE APPLE. 
the Eibston Pippin. An excellent dessert apple, continuing in season 
till the end of May. 
Spring Bibston Pippin. —One of the finest late apples, keeping good 
till June. 
Bull’s Golden Beinette. —Eesembling the Blenheim Pippin, but more 
highly coloured, and therefore a most handsome dessert apple of the 
highest flavour. December and January. 
Golden Winter Pea/rmain. —Medium size, rich yellow ground colour, 
streaked with red next the sun, yellowish coloured flesh, juicy, aromatic, 
and sweet. October to January. 
L Worcester Pearmain. —New, brilliant scarlet, flesh tender, juicy, and 
sweet; one of the handsomest and most useful, either for dessert or 
kitchen use. Said to bear as freely as Lord Sufiield. In season from 
August to Christmas. 
Gooseberry Pippin. —Small, pale yellow, changing into orange when 
exposed to the light, very sweet, with a peculiarly rich vinous flavour; 
one of the richest apples in cultivation. November to February. 
PachJiorse. —^Eather small, yellowish in colour, the flesh being of the 
same colour as the outside; jnicy, rich, and sweet. November to March. 
Scarlet Crofton. —Yellow and red, medium size, crisp, juicy, and sweet. 
October to December. 
King George, or Borsdoffer. —A highly popular German apple of high 
quality; a sure cropper, the tree being at once hardy and a late flowerer. 
November to January. 
i/' Clay gate Pearmain.. —A first-rate dessert apple. In season from 
November to March. Found wild in a hedge in Surrey. 
Court of Wich. —This is a fine apple, somewhat resembling the Golden 
Pippin in quality and appearance. October to March. 
There is another and superior variety of this apple, called Morris’s 
Court of Wick, which has much more colour than the original, and is 
likewise superior in quality. 
Summer Golden Pippin. —An early variety of a well-known favourite, 
ripening in- August. 
/ Woi^msley Pippin. —Large pale green, of excellent quality, either for 
dessert or kitchen use ; one of the finest apples in cultivation. Septem¬ 
ber to October. 
Winter Quoining (or Queening). —A very bright coloured, almost red 
apple, flesh greenish yellow, a colour almost always associated with high 
flavour. In season from November to May. One of the most useful late 
apples, either for dessert or culinary purposes. 
