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TH E OSLIN A P PL E .
Oslin Apple. Hort. Soc. Fruit Catalogue, p . 134.
Oslin Pippin. NicoVs Fruit and Kitchen Gardener, ed. 4.
p . 255. Gardener's Calendar, ed. 4. p . 164.
Original Pippin, o f some.
Oslin Pippin or Arbroath Pippin. Forsyth’s Treatise, ed. 7.
p . 119.
Orgeline or Orgiline. Forsyth’s Treatise on Fruit Trees,
ed. 5. p . 119.
This delicious variety is the best, except the
Kerry Pippin, of all the early autumn apples. I t
ripens about the middle of August, and is remarkable
for its hardiness, beauty, and rich high-flavoured
flesh, which is strongly perfumed with the aroma
of anise : it possesses also the valuable property of
keeping much better than most of the fruits th a t
ripen about the same time. I t is a great bearer ;
and if suffered to hang upon the tree until fully
ripe, and eaten immediately after being gathered, is
scarcely equalled by any apple of any season : in
short, it is indispensable to every fruit-garden, however
small.
There is a tradition th a t it was originally brought
to Scotland, from France, by the monks of the.
Abbey of Arbroath in Angusshire, whence it is
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