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BRITISH rOMOLOGY. ETC. 



thin pale brown russet. Flesh, white, slightly tinged with red under the 



skin on the side next the sun, 

 firm, crisp, and brittle, very 

 juicy, with a sweet, brisk, and 

 fine strawberry flavor. 



A very excellent dessert 

 apple ; ripe in the end of Sep- 

 tember and during October, 

 at which season it is very 

 common in Covent Garden 

 Market. 



In some parts of Kent this 

 excellent little apple is pro- 

 duced in large quantities for 

 the supply of the London mar- 

 kets, but it is one which is not 

 * metwith in general cultivation. 



79. CONTIN REINETTE.— Hort. 



IDENTIFICATION. — Hort. Trans. vol. vii., p. 339. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 645. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, somewhat resembling the old Non- 

 pareil. Skin, deep dull yellow on the shaded side, and fine red where 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh, yellowish, firm, highly flavored, and plea- 

 santly acid. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality, peculiarly adapted for cultiva- 

 tion in the northern districts of Scotland. It is in use during October 

 and November. 



The tree is very hardy, an excellent and sure bearer, but a slender 

 grower. 



It was raised by Sir George Stuart Mackenzie, Bart., of Coul, in Ros- 

 shirc, a gentleman who for a long series of years devoted his time and 

 talents to the advancement of horticulture. 



80. CORNISH AROMATIC— Hort. 



Identificatiok. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 181. Lind. Guide, 42. Uowu. Fr. 



Amer. 81. 

 Stnonyme. — Aromatic Pippin. Bog. Fr. Cult. 87. 

 FiGUKES.— Pom. Mag. t. 58. Kon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xix, f. 3. 



Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and 

 three quarters high ; roundish, angular, slightly flattened, and narrow- 

 ing towards the eye. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, and covered 

 with large patches of pale brown russet, which extend all over the base, 

 and sprinkled with green and russety dots ; but of a beautiful bright 

 red, which is streaked with deeper red, and strewed with patches and 

 dots of russet on the side exposed to the sun. Eye small and closed, 

 with long flat segments, which are reflexed at the tips and set in an 

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

 which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, rich, 

 and highly aromatic. 



