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the sun, and covered with specks and patches of russet. Eye, open, 

 with short segments, set in a wide and angular basin. Stalk, sliort and 

 slender, inserted in a wide, deep, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 crisp, firm, delicate, and juicy, with a brisk and sugary flavor. 



An excellent culinary apple, and not unworthy of the dessert ; it is in 

 use from November to Christmas, and partakes of the Ribston Pippin 

 flavor. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, and an excellent bearer. 



The Cobham is so like a variety which is cultivated near Faversham, 

 in Kent, under the name of Pope's apple, that there is some difficulty in 

 distinguishing the one from the other. Further observation may prove 

 them to be synonymous. — See Pope's Apple. 



73. COCCAGEE.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 150. Lind. Guide, 102. 

 Synonymes. — Cockagee, Furs. Treat. 97. Cocko Gee. 



Fruit, medium sized ; ovate, and slightly angular. Skin, smooth, pale 

 yellow, interspersed with green specks. Eye, small and closed, set in a 

 deep, uneven, and irregular basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a narrow 

 and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, soft, sharply acid, and 

 austere. 



One of the oldest and best cider apples. Although it is perhaps the 

 most harsh and austere apple known, and generally considered only fit 

 for cider, still it is one of the best for all culinary purposes, especially for 

 baking, as it possesses a particularly rich flavor when cooked. 



The name is said to be derived from Cocko- Gee signifying Goose- 

 dung. In Langley's '' Pomona," it is said, " This fruit is originally 

 from Ireland, and the cyder much valued in that country. zVbout six- 

 teen or eighteen years since [1727] it was first brought over, and pro- 

 moted about Minehead, in Somersetshire. Some gentlemen of that 

 county have got enough of it now to make five, six, or eight hogsheads 

 a year of the cyder ; and such as have to spare from their own tables, 

 sell, I am told, from four to eight pounds a hogshead. The cyder is of 

 the color of sherry (or rather of French white wine), and every whit as 

 fine and clear. I have tasted of it from several orchards in Somerset- 

 shire. It hath a more vinous taste than any cyder I ever drank, and as 

 the sight might deceive a curious eye for wine, so I believe the taste 

 might pass an incurious palate for the same liquor." 



74. COCKLE PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identificaxion. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 151. Lind. Guide, 66. Kog. Fr. 

 Cult. 96. 



Synonymes. — Cockle's Pippin, Fors. Treat. 98. Nutmeg Piiipin, ace. Hort. Soc. 

 Cat. Nutmeg Cockle Pippin, Ibid. White Cockle Pippin, lOid. Brown Cockle 

 Pippin, ace. Gard. Chron. 1846, 148. 



Figure. — Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiii. f. 9. 

 Fruit, medium sized ; conical, and slightly angular on the sides. 



