This variety is extensively grown in Berkshire, particularly about Newbury and Reading, whence large quantities are sent to London for the supply of Covent Garden Market.
177. HOLLOW CROWNED PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 341. [Lind. Guide], 72.
- Synonyme.—Hollow-eyed Pippin, [Fors. Treat.] 107.
Fruit, medium sized; oblato-oblong, the same width at the apex as the base, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, pale green, becoming yellow at maturity, with a faint blush of red where it is exposed to the sun. Eye, large, and set in a wide and deep basin. Stalk, short, thick, and curved, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, firm, juicy, sugary, and briskly acid.
An excellent culinary apple; in use from November to February.
178. HOOD’S SEEDLING.—Ronalds.
- Identification and Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxiii. f. 5.
This appears to me to be identical with the Scarlet Pearmain. The fruit is exactly the same, and not distinguishable from it. The only difference I can detect is, that the young trees are more strong and vigorous than that variety; but the distinction is altogether so slight, that if not really identical, they are so similar as not to require separate descriptions.