- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] iv. 218. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 288.
Fruit, larger than the old Golden Pippin, and little, if at all, inferior to it in flavor. Skin, yellowish, considerably marked with russet. Flesh, yellow, and more tender than the old Golden Pippin.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; raised in the garden of Sir John Thoroton, Bart., at Screveton, in Nottinghamshire, about the year 1808. It is in use from December to April.
324. SEEK-NO-FARTHER.—Ronalds.
- Identification & Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 45, pl. xxiii. f. 3.
Fruit, medium sized; conical, or pearmain-shaped. Skin, yellowish-green, streaked with broken patches of crimson, on the shaded side; and strewed with grey russety dots; but covered with light red, which is marked with crimson streaks, and covered with patches of fine delicate russet, and numerous large, square, and stelloid russety specks like scales, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, with broad, flat, segments, the edges of which fit neatly to each other, set in a rather deep and plaited basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, stout, and inserted in a deep, round, and regular cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, crisp, juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous, charged with a pleasant aromatic flavor.
An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality. It is in use from November to January.
This is the true old Seek-no-farther.