Fruit, medium sized; roundish, and angular on the sides. A good deal resembling the Hawthornden. Skin, pale yellow, marked with dull red next the sun, and streaked and dotted with deeper red. Stalk, slender. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, brisk, and well-flavored. An excellent culinary apple, in use from October to February. It is said to be of finer flavor than the Hawthornden, and to be even a good dessert apple. The tree is hardy, a strong, vigorous, and upright grower, and an abundant bearer. It is well suited for all northern and exposed situations. This is one of the varieties raised by Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart., of Coul, Rosshire. 84. COURT OF WICK.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 187. Lind. Guide, 42. Down. Fr. Amer. 105. Rog. Fr. Cult. 87. SYNONYMES.--Court of Wick Pippin, _Fors. Treat._ 98. Court de Wick, _Hook. Pom. Lond._ Rival Golden Pippin, _acc. Ron. Pyr. Mal._ Fry’s Pippin, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Golden Drop, _Ibid._ Wick’s Pippin, _Ibid._ Wood’s Huntingdon, _Ibid._ Wood’s Transparent, _Ibid._ Kingswick Pippin, _Ibid._ Phillip’s Reinette, _Ibid._ FIGURE.--Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 32. Pom. Mag. t. 32. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xii f. 23. [Illustration] Fruit, below medium size; oblato-ovate, regular and handsome. Skin, when fully ripe, of a fine clear yellow, with bright orange, which sometimes breaks out in a faint red next the sun, and covered all over with russety freckles. Eye, large and open, with long, acuminate, and reflexed segments, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a smooth and even cavity, which is lined with thin russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, rich, and highly flavored. One of the best and most valuable dessert apples, both as regards the hardiness of the tree, and the rich and delicious flavor of the fruit, which is not inferior to that of the Golden Pippin. It is in use from October to March. The tree attains the middle size, is healthy, hardy, and an abundant bearer. There is scarcely any description of soil or exposure where it does not succeed, nor is it subject to the attacks of blight and canker. It grows well on the paradise stock, producing fruit much larger than on the crab, but not of so long duration. This variety is said to have originated at Court of Wick, in Somersetshire, and to have been raised from a pip of the Golden Pippin. It is first mentioned by Forsyth, but I have not been able to discover any facts relative to its history. 85. COURT-PENDU PLAT.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 185. Down. Fr. Amer. 105. Gard. Chron. 1846, 100.