. 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. THE APPLE. ITS VAEIETIES. 123 199. KING OF THE PIPPINS.—H. Fruit, medium sized; ovate or conical, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, greenish yellow, with a blush of red next the sun, and marked with a little rough brown russet. Eye, large, and partially open, with long and broad segments, which are connivent, but re- flexed at the tips, set in a shallow and undulat- ing basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, just extending beyond the
. 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. THE APPLE. ITS VAEIETIES. 123 199. KING OF THE PIPPINS.—H. Fruit, medium sized; ovate or conical, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, greenish yellow, with a blush of red next the sun, and marked with a little rough brown russet. Eye, large, and partially open, with long and broad segments, which are connivent, but re- flexed at the tips, set in a shallow and undulat- ing basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, just extending beyond the base. Flesh, white with a yellowish tinge, firm, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a rich vinous flavor. This is one of the richest flavored early dessert apples, and unequalled by any other variety of the same season ; it is ripe in the end of August, and beginning of September. This is the original, and true King of the Pippins, and a very different apple from that generally known by the same name. See Golden Winter Pearmain. I suspect this is the King Apple of 200. KINGSTON BLACK.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and one and three quarters high ; roundish. Skiu, pale yellow, striped with red on the shaded side ; and very dark red, striped with dark purple, or almost black stripes, on the side next the sun ; thickly strewed all over with light-grey russety dots, and with a large patch of russet over the base. Eye, open, with broad reflexed segments, and set in a deep basin. Stalk, very short, in- serted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, white, stained with red under the skin, on the side next the sun, tender, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavored. This is a beautiful little apple, extensively grown in Somersetshire, where in the present day it is considered the most valuable cider apple. It keeps till Christmas. 201. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 414. Figure.—Ron. Pyr.
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