. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 88 APPLES. 49. KiKG OF THE Pippins. Thomp, Lind. Ron. Hampshire Yellow. An apple highly rated in England, whence it comes, but whi^/i scarcely proves first rate here. Fruit of medium size, of a conical or pearmain shape. Skin smooth, pale yellow, delicately streaked and washed with red next the sun. Stalk slender, an inch long. Calyx large, set in a deep even basin. Flesh white, very firm and of fair quality. The tree is an upright grower, and bears abundantly. October and November. 50. Kerry Pippin. Thomp. Lind. Ron. Edmonton's A
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 88 APPLES. 49. KiKG OF THE Pippins. Thomp, Lind. Ron. Hampshire Yellow. An apple highly rated in England, whence it comes, but whi^/i scarcely proves first rate here. Fruit of medium size, of a conical or pearmain shape. Skin smooth, pale yellow, delicately streaked and washed with red next the sun. Stalk slender, an inch long. Calyx large, set in a deep even basin. Flesh white, very firm and of fair quality. The tree is an upright grower, and bears abundantly. October and November. 50. Kerry Pippin. Thomp. Lind. Ron. Edmonton's Aromatic Pippin, ac Thomp. An Irish dessert apple, from the county of Kerry, as its name implies. Fruit middle size, oval, a little flattened at the eye. Skin pale yellow, mingled with a deeper yellow, with a glossy surface, and stained and streaked with red. Stalk of medium length, sometimes short, set in a narrow cavity, with a projection of the fruit on one side, and occasionally, a line or ridge, run- ning from the eye to the stalk. Calyx set in a plaited basin. Flesh yellow, tender, crisp, with a sugary flavour. Ripens in September and Fig. 33. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York, Wiley & Halsted
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