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THE FLORIST. 



marbled and streaked with red ; but when fully exposed, the surface 

 is nearly covered with crimson and beautifully polished. Eye open, 

 sunk in a deep uneven plaited basin. Stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 long, slender at the junction with the fruit ; the other portion stout, 

 and inserted in a very deep cavity. Flesh white, soft, and juicy, 

 having a sweet agreeable flavour. It is a good autumn Apple for 

 kitchen use, and its beautiful colour and fine appearance render it fit 

 for the dessert. 



The trees are of healthy habit, hardy, and excellent bearers. 



14. Downton Nonpareil. 



Fruit about two and a half inches in diameter, oblate, and even in 

 outline. Skin yellowish, dotted with small specks, and overspread a 

 good deal with orange-russet. "Eye small, set in a deep wide hollow. 

 Calyx small, open. Stalk about half an inch long, rather slender, and 

 inserted at times obliquely without much depression. Flesh greenish 

 white, firm and crisp, with a rich sharp flavour. It is a very neat 

 dessert Apple ; in season from December to March. 



The trees are of slender growth and dwarf spreading habit, hardy, 

 and fruitful: a good sort for a small garden. It is one of the best of 

 the late Mr. Knight's seedlings produced by artificial fertilisation. 



15. Court of Wick. 



Synonyms : Fry's Pippin, Golden Drop, Knightwick Pippin, 



Week's Pippin, Yellow, Phillips' Pvunnette, Wood's New 



Transparent, Wood's Huntingdon. 



Fruit rather small, roundish oblate in form, regular in outline. 



Eye large, open, and set in a broad shallow even depression. Calyx 



quite short, reflexed. Stalk half an inch long, slender, and inserted 



in a moderately deep even cavity, having no traces of plaits either at 



the eye or base. Skin yellow, with a deep orange cheek, intermixed 



with blotches and streaks of red ; when fully exposed to the sun, at 

 times slightly suffused with usset near the stalk. Flesh yellow 



