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, very large; roundish-ovate. Skin, smooth, deep lively green,
with a brownish tinge where exposed to the sun; strewed all over with
minute russety dots, which are large and redish next the sun. Eye,
open, with broad, flat, ovate segments, set in a deep and plaited
basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep,
round, and slightly russety cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, very tender,
delicate, and marrowy, juicy, brisk, and pleasantly flavored.
A culinary apple of the finest quality, and surpassed by none for the
purpose to which it is applicable; it is in use from October to January.
This is a valuable apple to the market gardener, and is now extensively
cultivated in the Kentish orchards, particularly about Faversham, and
Sittingbourne, for the supply of the London Markets. This is a very
different apple from the Gooseberry Pippin of Ronald’s Pyrus Malus
Brentfordensis.
154. GRANGE.--Knight.
IDENTIFICATION.--Pom. Heref. t. 7. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 295.
Lind. Guide, 106.
FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxii. f. 6.
Fruit, below medium size; roundish, regularly and handsomely shaped.
Skin, smooth, of a rich golden yellow, assuming a slight orange tinge
next the sun, and strewed with minute russety dots. Eye, large and
open, with broad, flat, and reflexed segments; and scarcely at all
depressed. Stalk, very short and fleshy, inserted in a wide and shallow
cavity, which is tinged with green color and slightly russety. Flesh,
yellow, firm, crisp, sugary, and briskly flavored.
A very excellent apple either for the dessert or for the manufacture of
cider; it is in use from October to January.
The specific gravity of its juice is 1079.
The tree is perfectly hardy and an excellent bearer.
This is one of the excellent productions of T. A. Knight, Esq. It was
raised in 1791, from the seed of the Orange Pippin, impregnated with
the pollen of the Golden Pippin, and introduced in 1802. The original
tree is at Wormsley Grange, in Herefordshire.
155. GRANGE’S PEARMAIN.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3.
SYNONYME.--Grange’s Pippin, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._
Fruit, large, three inches wide, and the same in height;
pearmain-shaped, as large, and very much the shape of the Royal
Pearmain. Skin, yellow, with a tinge of green, and studded with
embedded pearly specks, on some of which are minute russety points, on
the shaded side; but marked with broken stripes and spots of crimson,
interspersed with large russety dots on the side exposed to the sun.
Eye, partially closed with broad flat segments, set in a round, deep,
and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, stout, and rather fleshy,
inserted in a deep and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp,
tender, juicy, and sugary, with a brisk and pleasant flavor.
A fine large apple of first-rate quality as a culinary fruit, and also
very good for the dessert. It bakes beautifully, and has a fine and
pleasant acid; it is in use from November to February.
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