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very prolific. The fruit is liable to become mealy in keeping, there- 

 fore one tree of this sort is sufficient for a small garden. 



6. Mank's Cudlin. 



Synonym : Irish Pitcher, Irish Codlin. 

 The fruit is of the middle size, conical, often a good deal swollen on 

 one side, and irregular in shape. Skin pale yellow, tinged with light 

 red on the exposed side, and at times slightly suffused with soft russet. 

 Eye open, deeply sunk in a slightly plaited basin. Calyx short. 

 Stalk about half an inch long, rather slender, and inserted in a deep 

 funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh quite white, tender and juicy, with a 

 pleasant, agreeable flavour. A very useful fruit either for the dessert 

 or culinary purposes during the autumn months. The trees are of 

 low bushy habit, hardy, and very abundant bearers. 



7. Cox's Orange Pippin. 



Synonym : Cox's Pippin. 

 Fruit medium-sized, broadest at the base, narrowing a little to- 

 wards the crown. Skin deep orange, mingled with soft russet, and 

 streaks and blotches of red, the exposed side being bright scarlet. 



Eye small, set in a narrow plaited basin. Calyx short, erect. Stalk 

 half an inch long, inserted in a small, narrow, uneven cavity. Flesh 

 yellow, tender. Juice saccharine, with a rich aromatic flavour. It 

 is a beautiful dessert apple. In season from October to January. 

 Higher praise cannot well be given it, than to assert that it possesses 

 the flavour of the Ribston pippin. I consider it equal in richness to 

 that variety, with a more tender flesh, and the trees are healthy and 

 good bearers. It was raised in 1830, by R. Cox, Esq., of Colnbrook 

 Lawn, Bucks, and propagated by the late Mr. Small of the Coln- 

 brook Nursery. 



Frogmore. J. Powell. 



