. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 40 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 49. BROAD-EYED PIPPIN.—Fors. Identification.—Fors. Treat. 95. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 90. Fruit, large and oblate. Skin, greenish yellow in the shade, and slightly tinged with red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large and open, set in a wide and shallow basin. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, and juicy. An excellent culinary apple, of the first size and quality, in use from September to January, but said by Forsy
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 40 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 49. BROAD-EYED PIPPIN.—Fors. Identification.—Fors. Treat. 95. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 90. Fruit, large and oblate. Skin, greenish yellow in the shade, and slightly tinged with red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large and open, set in a wide and shallow basin. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, and juicy. An excellent culinary apple, of the first size and quality, in use from September to January, but said by Forsyth to keep till May. This is a very old English variety; it is mentioned by Ray, who makes it synonymous with Kirton or Holland Pippin. 50. BROOKES'S.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 91. Ron. Pyr. Mai. 45. Figure.—Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiii. f. 2. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in height; conical. Skin, yellow in the shade, but orange, thinly mottled with red next the sun, and considerably covered with thin, brown russet. Eye, open and pro- minent, with reflexed segments, and placed in a very shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a small, round, and shallow cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, not very juicy, but with a rich, sweet, and highly aromatic flavor. A dessert apple of the first quality, in use from September to February. The tree is a slender grower, and never attains a great size, but is a good bearer. 51. BROUGHTON.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 92. Fruit, small, conical, and regularly formed. Skin, pale greenish yel- low in the shade, but covered with fine, delicate, lively red, which is marked with a few streaks of deeper red on the side next the sun, and strewed with minute russety dots. Eye, small and closed, set in a shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, in- serted in a round, and shal- low cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, delicate, brisk, sugary,
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