The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . Pippin- Apple.—This is considered as much a windfall to our trans-atlantic friends as the Seckel Pear was to us—going farahead of any thing they have had before,and threatening to render dumb thosewho pertinaciously cliaunt the praisesof the Ribston Pippin, which to anAmerican taste, has ever been sugges-tive of the story of Paddys LeatherBreeches. It resembles in form and appearancethe Old English Nonpariel. It has arnssety yellow skin, shaded and mottledon the sunny side with a beautiful scar-let-rose. A friend has kindly ha
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . Pippin- Apple.—This is considered as much a windfall to our trans-atlantic friends as the Seckel Pear was to us—going farahead of any thing they have had before,and threatening to render dumb thosewho pertinaciously cliaunt the praisesof the Ribston Pippin, which to anAmerican taste, has ever been sugges-tive of the story of Paddys LeatherBreeches. It resembles in form and appearancethe Old English Nonpariel. It has arnssety yellow skin, shaded and mottledon the sunny side with a beautiful scar-let-rose. A friend has kindly handed to us acolored drawing, made by Andrews, fromwhich we have had the annexed cut en-graved.
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