British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great BritainHogg, Robert
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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain
Hogg, Robert
Apples
Fruit, small, an inch and three quarters wide, and an inch and
five-eights high; of a handsome cylindrical shape, flattened at both
ends. Skin, smooth, of a fine clear yellow, tinged with a deeper yellow
on the side next the sun, and marked with small pinky spots. Eye,
small, and partially closed, set almost even with the surface; but
sometimes in a wide, and shallow basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to
three quarters long, set in a rather shallow, and smooth cavity. Flesh,
yellow, firm, crisp, and delicate, with a profusion of brisk, and
highly flavored vinous juice.
A beautiful and delightful little dessert apple, of first-rate quality,
bearing a considerable resemblance to the Golden Pippin; it is in use
during September and October.
The tree is large, spreading, and an excellent bearer.
This and the Red Ingestrie, were raised by T. A. Knight, Esq.
400. YELLOW NEWTOWN PIPPIN.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 595.
SYNONYME.--Large Yellow Newtown Pippin, _Coxe View_. 142.
Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and three
quarters high; roundish, irregular in its outline, and prominently
angled on the sides. Skin, of an uniform deep straw-color, which is
rather deeper and richer on the side next the sun, than on the other;
and thinly covered with delicate reticulations of fine grey russet,
interspersed with several large dark spots. Eye, large and closed, with
long linear segments, set in a wide and irregular basin, from which
issue several deep russety furrows. Stalk, short, deeply inserted in
an uneven and angular cavity, which is partially lined with russet.
Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, and slightly sub-acid, but with an
agreeable flavor.
A first-rate dessert apple; in use from December to March, and ripens
better in this climate than the Newtown Pippin.
401. YORKSHIRE GREENING.--Fors.
IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 131. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 889.
Lind. Guide, 60. Rog. Fr. Cult. 60.
SYNONYMES.--Coates’s, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 165. Seek-no-farther,
_Ibid._ 1032. Yorkshire Goose Sauce, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3.
FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xi. f. 2.
Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and a
half high; oblate and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, very dark
green; but where exposed to the sun, tinged with dull red, which is
striped with broken stripes of deeper red, very much speckled all over
with rather bold grey russet specks, and over the base with traces
of greyish brown russet. Eye, closed, set in a shallow, irregular,
and plaited basin. Stalk, short, stout, and fleshy, covered with
grey tomentum, inserted in a wide and rather shallow cavity. Flesh,
greenish-white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a brisk, but pleasant
acidity.
A first-rate culinary apple; in use from October to January.
ADDITIONAL VARIETIES OF APPLES.
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