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next the sun, and faintly streaked with the same colour. Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking, very sweet, juicy, and highly flavoured.

A very beautiful dessert fruit in November and December. This very excellent apple was brought into notice by Mr. Kirke, of Brompton. It is hardy, and a very plentiful bearer.

58. LONGVILLE'S KERNEL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.567. Pom. Mag. t. 63.

Sam's Crab. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1021., according to the Pom. Mag.

Fruit middle-sized, oval, approaching to conical, rather angular. Eye rather small, with a short erect calyx, somewhat deeply sunk, and surrounded by a few even plaits. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin greenish yellow, streaked and spotted with bright red. Flesh firm, yellow. Juice perfumed, rich, sweet, pleasantlysubacid. A dessert apple from the middle of August to the middle of September.

It is said that this apple has originated in Herefordshire, where it is at present but little known: it is very handsome, and of considerable merit.

59. MANKS CODLIN. Irish Pitcher. Ibid. Frith Pitcher.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 183.

Of some collections.

Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, without angles, but at the crown higher on one side than on the other. Eye shallow, surrounded by a few plaits. Stalk rather fleshy. Skin a clear, pale, waxen yellow; on the sunny side, shaded with deep orange, sprinkled with numerous dark specks. Flesh yellowish white, very firm. Juice brisk, subacid, with a slight aromatic flavour. An excellent culinary apple from September to November.

60. NELSON'S CODLIN. Nursery Catalogues.

Fruit about the size of the English Codlin, three

inches in diameter, and two inches and three quarters deep, broad at the base, slightly angular on the sides, and tapering to the crown which is narrow. Eye very small, with a slender closed calyx, inserted in a narrow, plaited basin. Stalk short, slender, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale lemon colour on the shaded side, with a few green specks imbedded beneath the surface; on the sunny side, of a bright gold colour. Flesh yellowish white, very tender. Juice a little saccharine, with a slight acid and a little perfume.

A culinary apple in October and November. 61. RYMER APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 329. Fruit pretty large, of an irregular figure, with very broad ribs slightly formed at the base, but very prominent at the crown, about two and a half or three inches deep, and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter. Eye open, seated rather deeply in an oblique, uneven, obtusely angled basin. Stalk half an inch long, in a somewhat shallow cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale yellow, nearly covered with a thin deep salmon colour, and tinged with dull scarlet on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, tender. Juice subacid, with a brisk flavour, which becomes very rich when baked.

A culinary apple in November and December.

This apple was raised by a gentleman of the name of Rymer, at Thirsk, in Yorkshire.

62. SCARLET PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767. Pom. Mag. t. 62.

Bell's Scarlet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767.

Fruit middle-sized, conical, of the true Pearmain form. Eye middle-sized, deeply sunk, surrounded by small plaits, and crowned by the green persistent calyx. Stalk about an inch long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin a rich glowing crimson on the sunny side; deep red,

with a little yellow intermixed, upon the other. Flesh whitish, crisp. Juice rich, sugary, and pleasant.

A very handsome dessert apple from September till December.

63. SOPS OF WINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1164. Sops in Wine. Ray. (1688). No. 21. Rode Wyn Appel. Knoop. Pom. p. 45 t. 8. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, but narrow at the crown, with a few slight angles on its sides. Eye small, closed by the calyx, and but little depressed. Stalk an inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, marked and streaked with scarlet, deep red, and blood colour; on the sunny side, especially near the crown, it is wholly deep red. Flesh soft, white, tinctured more or less with pale red to the core. Cells large, open, fiveangled. Juice sweet, but not rich.

A culinary apple in October and November.

64. SUMMER PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.771.

Pom. Mag. t. 116.

Summer Pearmain.

Miller Ed. 8. No. 3.

Parmain d'Eté. Knoop, p. 17. t. 2.

Royal Pearmain. Mawe, Abercrombie, Forsyth, and of the London Nurserymen.

Fruit middle-sized, oblong, tapering gradually from the base to the crown. Eye small, with a slender and nearly closed calyx, in a broad shallow depression, sometimes almost level, very slightly plaited. Stalk short, obliquely inserted, somewhat like a lemon, into a fleshy continuation of the fruit. Skin bright gold colour, sprinkled all over with numerous minute brown specks; on the sunny side marbled and streaked with bright orange and scarlet. Flesh pale yellow, crisp, firm. Juice not plentiful, but rich, and of a high aromatic flavour.

A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple from October till Christmas. In some seasons, however, it is

in perfection in September. The branches of this tree are slender, and produce numerous fruit spurs, which render it particularly well adapted for espalier training; for which purpose it should be grafted on the Doucin stock.

65. TRANSPARENT CODLIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815. Fruit about the same size as the English codlin, but wider at the base, which is generally about two inches and three quarters in diameter, and narrower at the crown, where it is drawn almost to a blunt point; its depth is about two inches and a quarter. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, sunk rather deep in an angular, oblique basin. Stalk short and slender, deeply sunk in a wide and deep cavity. Skin smooth, bright lemon, tinged with deep salmon or pale crimson on the sunny side. Flesh very tender; in some seasons semitransparent. Juice sugary and well flavoured. A culinary fruit from the end of September till November.

This very handsome and useful apple was brought into notice about twenty-five years ago by the late Timothy Tompson, Esq. of Norwich. It makes a very handsome spreading tree, and is a most excellent bearer.

66. WILLIAMS's PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol.i. p. 69.

Fruit below the middle size, of a somewhat conical figure, from two to two inches and a half deep, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye hollow, with a leafy persistent calyx. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, a little mottled with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, soft, with a very good and pleasant flavoured juice. Excellent to eat ripe from the tree, baking and roasting well till Christmas.

SECT. V. - Winter. Round, or nearly so.

67. BEACHAMWELL SEEDling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42. Pom. Mag. t. 82.

Motteux's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42,

Fruit rather below the middle size, the shape of a small Golden Reinette. Eye small, open, slightly sunk. Stalk half an inch long, moderately thick. Skin pale yellow, slightly tinged with red on the sunny side, and sprinkled with irregular brown spots. Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, and pleasant. An excellent dessert apple from November till April. Raised some years ago by John Motteux, Esq. of Beachamwell, in Norfolk, where the original tree now stands; it is a hardy sort and a very good bearer. 68. BELLEDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 65.

Fruit rather below the middle size, round, free from angles, and a little narrowed towards the crown. About two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye rather small, nearly closed by short, acute segments of the calyx, in a round rather well shaped basin, surrounded by very slight obtuse plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, sunk level with the base in a funnel-shaped cavity. Skin pale grass-green, slightly tinged with pale brown where exposed to the sun, the whole interspersed with numerous imbedded grey dots. Flesh tender, crisp, greenish white. Juice plentiful, sugary, with a slight pleasant acid, and a slight aromatic flavour.

A neat dessert and culinary apple, from October till Christmas.

Described from a fruit grown in the Horticultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830.

69. BELLE GRIDELINE. G. Lind. Plan of an Orchard, 1796.

Belle Grisdeline. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5.

Fruit middle sized, of a very regular, and perfectly round figure. Eye sunk in a somewhat deep regularly formed basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin yellow, marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red, intermixed with a thin grey russet. Flesh white, firm, and crisp. Juice brisk and well flavoured.

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