This is the Holland Pippin of Langley and Miller, but not of Ray or Ralph Austen, who make it synonymous with the Kirton Pippin, which Ray describes as being small and oblate, and the same as is called Broad-eye in Sussex. The Holland Pippin is a native of the Holland district of Lincolnshire, hence its name. 176. HOLLOW CORE.--H. [Illustration] Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and three inches high; conical, irregular in its outline, ribbed, and distinctly four-sided; at about four-fifths of its length towards the crown it is very much contracted and swells out again towards the eye, altogether very much resembling a codlin in shape. Skin, smooth and shining, pale grass green on the shaded side, and covered with a cloud of pale red next the sun, thinly strewed with dots, which are red on the exposed, and dark green on the shaded side. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow, contracted, and plaited basin, which is surrounded with several small knobs. Stalk, green and downy, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow, close, and deep basin, which is quite smooth. Flesh, white, very tender and delicate, with a brisk, mild, and pleasant flavor. Core, very large, with open cells. An excellent culinary apple, with a fine perfume; ripe in September. This variety is extensively grown in Berkshire, particularly about Newbury and Reading, whence large quantities are sent to London for the supply of Covent Garden Market. 177. HOLLOW CROWNED PIPPIN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 341. Lind. Guide, 72. SYNONYME.--Hollow-eyed Pippin, _Fors. Treat._ 107. Fruit, medium sized; oblato-oblong, the same width at the apex as the base, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, pale green, becoming yellow at maturity, with a faint blush of red where it is exposed to the sun. Eye, large, and set in a wide and deep basin. Stalk, short, thick, and curved, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, firm, juicy, sugary, and briskly acid. An excellent culinary apple; in use from November to February. 178. HOOD’S SEEDLING.--Ronalds. IDENTIFICATION AND FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxiii. f. 5. This appears to me to be identical with the Scarlet Pearmain. The fruit is exactly the same, and not distinguishable from it. The only difference I can detect is, that the young trees are more strong and vigorous than that variety; but the distinction is altogether so slight, that if not really identical, they are so similar as not to require separate descriptions. 179. HORMEAD PEARMAIN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 545. SYNONYMES.--Arundel Pearmain, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 744. Hormead Pippin _Ibid._ 462.