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
This is another of our old English apples. Worlidge calls it the
Aromatick, or Golden Russeting, “it hath no compear, it being of a
gold-color coat, under a russet hair, with some warts on it. It lives
over the winter, and is, without dispute, the most pleasant apple that
grows; having a most delicate aromatick hautgust, and melting in the
mouth.”
151. GOLDEN STREAK.--H.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two
inches and a quarter high; ovate. Skin, fine clear yellow, marked all
over with broken streaks of fine bright crimson. Eye, large and open,
considerably depressed. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a russety
basin. Flesh, yellow, brisk, and pleasantly flavored.
A Somersetshire cider apple.
152. GOLDEN WINTER PEARMAIN.--Diel.
IDENTIFICATION.--Diel Kernobst. x. 174.
SYNONYMES.--King of the Pippins, _Hort. Soc. Cat. ed._ 3, n. 383.
_Fors. Treat._ 110. _Lind. Guide_, 31. _Down. Fr. Amer._ 88. Hampshire
Yellow, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 431. Hampshire Yellow Golden Pippin,
_Rog. Fr. Cult._ 86. Jones’s Southampton Pippin, _acc. Rogers_.
FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 117. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxviii. f. 4.
Fruit, medium sized; abrupt pearmain-shaped, broadest at the base.
Skin, smooth, of a deep, rich, golden yellow, which is paler on the
shaded side than on that exposed to the sun, where it is of a deep
orange, marked with streaks and mottles of crimson, and strewed with
russety dots. Eye, large and open, with long, acuminate, and reflexed
segments; and placed in a round, even, and rather deep basin. Stalk,
three quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a rather shallow
cavity, which is lined with thin pale brown russet mixed with a tinge
of green. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, breaking, juicy, and sweet;
with a pleasant and somewhat aromatic flavor.
A beautiful and very handsome apple of first-rate quality, and suitable
either for the dessert or for culinary purposes; it is in use from the
end of October to January.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, a most abundant bearer, and
attains a considerable size. It is perfectly hardy, and will grow in
almost any situation.
This variety was first brought into notice by Mr. Kirke, a nurseryman,
at Brompton, under the name of _King of the Pippins_. I have, however,
thought it advisable to discontinue that name in connection with this
variety, because Diel previously possessed and described it under the
name of _Golden Winter Pearmain_, which is much more appropriate; and
the name of King of the Pippins belongs to another and very distinct
variety.--_See No. 199_.
153. GOOSEBERRY.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 293.
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