46. BRINGEWOOD PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 88. [Lind. Guide], 40. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 88.
Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, and an inch and three quarters high; almost round, a good deal like a flattened Golden Pippin. Skin, of a fine rich yellow color, covered with greyish dots, russety round the eye, and marked with a few russety dots on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, with reflexed segments, and placed in a shallow basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a moderately deep cavity, which is lined with greenish grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and sugary, with a rich and perfumed flavor.
An excellent, though not a first-rate dessert apple, in use from January to March. Its only fault is the flesh being too dry.
The tree is hardy, but a weak and slender grower, and never attains a great size. It succeeds well on the paradise stock.
This is one of the varieties raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton Castle, Herefordshire, and which he obtained by impregnating the Golden Pippin, with the pollen of the Golden Harvey.
47. BRISTOL PEARMAIN.—H.
Fruit, small, about two inches and a quarter wide, and the same in height; oblong, slightly angular on the side, and ridged round the eye. Skin, dull yellowish green, with a few pale stripes of crimson, and considerably covered with patches and dots of thin grey russet on the shaded side; but marked with thin dull red, striped with deeper and brighter red, on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with numerous dark russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with erect, acute segments, set in a deep, round, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity, which is lined with thin brown russet, strewed with silvery scales. Flesh, yellow, firm, not very juicy, but briskly flavored.
An apple of little merit, in use from October to February.
The only place where I have ever met with this variety, is in the neighbourhood of Odiham, in Hampshire.