. The apple and its varieties: being a history and description of the varieties of apples cultivated in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain. Apples. 98 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. were always blasted the next year, or cankered; which makes me think that the ancients had some particular way of raising them, that we have lost the knowledge ; Although this was written a hundred and fifty years ago, we have the Kentish Pippin still, which though not so much culti- vated, or so well known now as then, is nevertheless where it does exist as vigorous and healthy as ever it was. 149. GOLDEN R
. The apple and its varieties: being a history and description of the varieties of apples cultivated in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain. Apples. 98 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. were always blasted the next year, or cankered; which makes me think that the ancients had some particular way of raising them, that we have lost the knowledge ; Although this was written a hundred and fifty years ago, we have the Kentish Pippin still, which though not so much culti- vated, or so well known now as then, is nevertheless where it does exist as vigorous and healthy as ever it was. 149. GOLDEN REINETTE.âHort. âHort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 661. Lind. Guide, 50. Down. Fr. Amer. 129. Eog. Fr. Cult. 101. Synonymes.âAurore, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 26. Dundee, Ibid. 289. Megginch Farorite, Hid. 600. Princesse Noble, Ibid. 814. Eeinette d'Aix, Ibid. 860. Eei- nette Gielen, Ibid. 888. Yellow German Reinette, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat ed. 3. Elizabeth, Ibid. Englise Pippin, Ibid. Wygers, Ibid. Court-pendu doree, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 206. Kirke's Golden Reinette, Rog. Fr. Cult. 102. Golden Renet. Saii Hist. ii. 1448. Golden Rennet, Lang. Pom. 134, t. Ixxvi. f. 6. Fors. Treat. 103. Pomme Madame, Knoop Pom. 65, t. xi. Wyker Pipping. Ibid. 132. FiQUKES.âPom. Mag. t. 69. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xii. f. 6. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, and a little flattened. Skin, a fine deep yellow, which to- wards the sun is tinged with red, streaked with deeper and live- lier red, and dot- ted all over with russetydots. Eye, large and open, with short dry segments, and set in a wide and even basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, deeply inserted in a round and even cavity. Flesh, yel- low, crisp, brisk, juicy, rich, and A fine old dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in usffrom Novem- ber to April. The tree is healthy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer. It requires a hght and warm soil and is well adapted for dwarf training when worked on the paradise stock Large quantities of this fru
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