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THE KERRY P IP P IN APPLE.
-Kerry Pippin. Robertson in the Trans. Hort. Soc. vol. iii.
p. 452. Hort. Soc. Cat, no. 515.
An excellent Autumn fruit, of Irish origin, but
now commonly seen in the London markets. It is
scarcely rivalled, in its season, for high flavour, richness,
and beauty.
It is hardy, a great bearer, ripens in September,
and keeps till October.
Mr. Robertson, of Kilkenny, describes the tree
as broom-headed; the young shoots erect, of a
greenish-brown, full of spurs, downy at the extremities.
But Mr, Thompson does not find the
“ young shoots full of spurs,” this being chiefly a
character of varieties of the Codlin tribe.
Young W ood moderately strong, spreading, or
somewhat erect, chestnut-coloured when bare, but
mostly covered with a silvery epidermis, and towards
the extremities with a dull-gray pubescence; the
whole thinly sprinkled with whitish spots.
Leaves middle-sized, ovate, acuminate, doubly,
but not deeply nor sharply serrated. P etioles
rather slender, about an inch in length, very woolly.
F lowers middle-sized. P etals roundish-ovate,
cordate at the base, and imbricated.
F ruit handsome, middle-sized, oval, flattened
at the ey e, round which are small regular plaits.