Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, by two inches and a quarter high; roundish, somewhat flattened, and slightly angular. Skin, smooth, pale yellowish-green, tinged with dull redish-brown, and thickly dotted with green dots on the shaded side; but fine lively red, mottled and speckled with yellow spots on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a rather deep, and knobbed basin, which is lined with thick tomentum. Stalk, short, thick, and fleshy, inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, tender, and crisp, abounding in a rich, brisk, vinous, and aromatic juice, which, at this season, is particularly refreshing.
An early dessert apple of the finest quality. It is ripe during the first week in August, and lasts all through that month. It is a most beautiful, and certainly one of the most excellent summer apples, possessing all the rich flavor of some of the winter varieties, with the abundant and refreshing juice of the summer fruits. Like most of the summer apples it is in greatest perfection when eaten from the tree, which is hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer.
188. IRISH REINETTE.—H.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, by two inches and a half high; oblong, somewhat five-sided, with five ribs which extend from the base to the apex, where they run into the eye, forming five prominent ridges. Skin, yellowish-green, strewed with minute russety dots on the shaded side; but dull brownish-red, almost entirely covered with large patches of dull leaden colored russet, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, placed in a ribbed and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a round, deep, and even cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a brisk, and poignant acid juice.
A valuable culinary apple; in use from November to February.
This variety is much cultivated about Lancaster, and in the county of Westmoreland, where it is highly esteemed.
189. ISLE OF WIGHT PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 360. [Lind. Guide], 108. Rog. Fr. Cult, 82. [Fors. Treat.] 109.
- Synonymes.—Isle of Wight Orange, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 484. Orange Pippin, [Pom. Heref.] t. 8. Pomme d’Orange, [Knoop Pom.] 47, t. viii. Engelse Oranje Appel, Ibid. 171.
- Figures.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxxii. f. 4. [Pom. Heref.] t. 8.
Fruit, small, two inches wide, by an inch and a half deep; globular. Eye, slightly sunk, with broad acute segments of the calyx. Stalk, very short. Skin, yellowish-golden grey, with a russety epidermis, highly colored with orange and red next the sun. Flesh, firm and juicy, with a rich and aromatic flavor.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality, and also valuable as a cider fruit; it is in use from September to January.