THE DOWNTON P IP P IN .
Downton. Pomona Herefordiensis, t. 9. Hort- Trans, vol t .
pp. 35, 145, 228; vol. ii. p. 186; vol. Hi. p. 319.
Elton Pippin. Forsyth, p. 135.
Knight’s Golden P ip p in ., -j
Elton Golden Pippin o f different Collections.
Knight’s P ip p in ................
Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of a Herefordshire
variety, called the Orange Pippm, and
the pollen of the Golden Pippin. It is a most useful
kind, extremely well adapted for the market;
also an excellent cider Apple; “ and the hydrometer,
as well as the palate, indicates that its ex pressed
juice holds in solution a large quantity of
saccharine matter,” as we learn from the Transactions
of the Horticultural Society.
A great bearer: in some seasons the fruit appears
in such abundance as to exhaust the trees, in
which case the form of the Apples in the succeeding
season becomes rounder and more pointed than
usual.
Ripe in October and November, and will keep
well till January.
Young W ood light chestnut on the sunny side,
olive green where shaded.
L eaves middle-sized, oblong-obovate, somewhat
acuminate, serrated. P etioles of middle length,
very downy. S tipu les broad.
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