33. BIRMINGHAM PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Lind. Guide], 38. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 59.
- Synonymes.—Grumas’s Pippin, [Fors. Treat.] 105. Brummage Pippin, and Grummage Pippin, Acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Stone Pippin of the Nursery Catalogues.
Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and an inch and three quarters high; round, and slightly flattened. Skin, pale dingy yellow, mottled and veined with very thin grey russet, and russety round the base. Eye, small, quite open, frequently without any segments, and placed in a very slight depression. Stalk, short, scarcely at all depressed. Flesh, greenish, very firm, crisp, and juicy, briskly and pleasantly flavored.
A very good dessert apple; in use from January to June.
It is remarkable for the firmness and density of its flesh, and Mr. Lindley says, its specific gravity is greater than that of any other apple with which he was acquainted.
The tree is of diminutive size, with short but very stout shoots. It is a good bearer.
This variety is supposed to be a native of Warwickshire. It is what is generally known in the nurseries, under the name of Stone Pippin, but the Gogar Pippin is also known by that name.
34. BLAND’S JUBILEE.—H.
- Synonymes.—Jubilee Pippin, [Hort. Trans.] vol. v., 400. Bland’s Jubilee Rose Pip, Nursery Catalogues.