194. KENTISH FILL-BASKET.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 377. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 114.
- Synonymes.—Lady de Grey’s, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1. 532. Kentish Pippin, of same.
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. ix. f. 1.
Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a quarter high; roundish, irregular, and slightly ribbed. Skin, smooth, yellowish-green in the shade, and pale yellow with a redish-brown blush, which is streaked with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, large, set in a wide and irregular basin. Flesh, tender and juicy, with a brisk and pleasant flavor.
This is an excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, in use from November to January.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attaining a large size, and is an abundant bearer.
This is not the Kentish Fill-basket of Miller and Forsyth, nor yet of Rogers; the variety described under this name by these writers being evidently the Kentish Codlin.
195. KENTISH PIPPIN.—Ray.
- Identification.—[Raii. Hist.] ii. 1448. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 378. [Lind. Guide], 73. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 92.
- Synonymes.—Red Kentish Pippin, [Diel Kernobst.] viii. 121. Rother Kentischer Pepping, Ibid. Vaun’s Pippin, acc. [Riv. Cat.]
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two inches and a half high; conical and slightly angular. Skin, pale yellow, with brownish-red next the sun, studded with specks, which are greenish on the shaded side, but yellowish next the sun. Eye, small, and partially open, set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short and fleshy, almost imbedded in a deep and wide cavity, which is smooth or rarely marked with russet. Flesh, yellowish-white, delicate, very juicy, with a sweet, and briskly acid flavor.