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TH E FEA RN ’S P IP P IN A P PL E .
Fearn’s Pippin. Hort. Trans, vol. i .p . 67 ; ib. vol.ii. p. 103.
Hooker’s Pomona Londinensis, t. 43. Forsyth’s Treatise,
ed. 7, p. 102. Coxe’s Fruit Trees, p. 160, f . 100. Hort.
Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 325.
This excellent variety is well known in the
neighbourhood of London, but has not been much
dispersed about the country. I t is a great bearer,
remarkably handsome, keeps well till February, or,
with care, till March, and has considerable merit
in point of flavour. As an orchard fruit it is invaluable,
being less subject to be blown from the
trees by high winds than most Apples.
I t differs from the Courtpendu, in having the
deep red of its skin speckled with numerous yellowish
dots, in being more hardy, and in its flavour
being less rich. I t also acquires a more intensely
red colour.
In America, whither it has been introduced, we
learn from Coxe th a t it is an admired table-fruit.”
Tree v e r y h a r d y , r o u n d - h e a d e d . W o o d d a rk ,
s e t w i t h n um e r o u s sm a l l w h i t i s h s p o t s .
L eaves ovate - oblong, tapering to th e point,
flat, or a little convex ; P etioles rather more than
an inch in length, slender.
F ruit middle-sized, round, and flattened. Eye
large, shallow, with scarcely any appearance of