occasionally called the Arbroath Pippin : but it is
more probable th a t it was raised there from seed,
as it is not to be found at the present day among*
the continental varieties; and it is not to be supposed
that a kind so much superior to the greater
part of the apples of France, Germany, and Holland,
would have been lost in the country where it was
first produced.
According to Nicol, this is also called the Original
Pippin, from the circumstance of its growing
freely by the branches when stuck into the ground.
W ood strong, stiff, erect, dull grayish purple,
downy when young, with a few whitish specks,
which increase considerably in number as the wood
becomes older.
Leaves nearly round, cordate at the base,
evenly serrated, collapsing, green, and downy beneath,
turning yellow in the autumn; petioles downy,
slightly tinged with purple ; stipules subulate.
F lowers middle-sized, slightly tinged with
pink.
F ruit roundish, depressed, without angles ; eye
rather prominent, with a few moderately sized
p la its; S talk short, thick, not deeply inserted;
Colour pale bright lemon when the fruit is fully
ripe, intermixed with a little bright green, and
sprinkled with numerous spots of the same. S kin
remarkably thick and tough. Flesh inclining to
yellow, hard, crisp, juicy, very rich, and highly
flavoured.
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