THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. bO 



mentioned, and is distinguished by having a long and slender stalk, " so 

 that the fruit is always hanging downwards." The name of this variety is 

 derived from Corps petidu translated by some Hanging Body, whereas 

 that of the variety above described, is from Court pendu, signifying sus- 

 pended short, the stalk being so short, that the fruit, sits, as it were, 

 upon the branch. The name Capendu or Capendua, is mentioned by 

 the earliest authors, but applied to different varieties of apples. It is 

 met with in Ruellius, Tragus, Curtius, and Dalechamp, the latter con- 

 sidering it the Cestiana of Pliny. Curtius applies the name to a yellow 

 apple, and so also does Ruellius ; but Tragus considers it one of the 

 varieties of Passe-pomme, he says, " Capendua magna sunt alba et dulcia, 

 in quorum utero semina per maturitatem sonant, Ruellio Passipoma apel- 

 lantur." They are also mentioned by J. Bauhin, " Celeberrimum hoc 

 pomi genus est totius Europse, sic dicta, quod ex curto admodum pendeant 

 pediculo." 



86. COWARNE RED.— Knight. 



Identification and Figuke. — Ivnight, Pom. Heref. t. 28. 



Fruit, of a pretty good size, a little more long than broad, but narrow 

 at the crown, in which appear a few obtuse and undefined plaits. Eye, 

 small, with very short converging segments of the calyx. Stalk, hardly 

 half an inch long, very stiff and straight. Skin, a small part of it pale 

 gold on the shaded side, and round the base, but of a bright red over a 

 great part, and where fully exposed to the sun, of an intense, deep, pur- 

 plish crimson ; there are numerous short streaks, which mark the shady 

 part of the fruit. 



Specific gravity of its juice 1069. 



A cider apple, which takes its name from the parish of Cowarne, near 

 Broomyard, in Herefordshire, where it was raised about the beginning 

 of the last century. — Lindley. 



87. CRAY PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. v., p. 401. Lind. Guide, 27. 



Fruit, below medium size ; conical, and angular on the sides. Skin, 

 pale yellow with a tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in an even basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellow, 

 crisp, sweet, and highly flavored. 



An excellent dessert apple, ripe in October. 



This variety was raised at St. Mary's Cray, in Kent, by Richard 

 Waring, Esq., and was exhibited at the London Horticultural Society, 

 on the 15th of October, 1822. 



88. CREED'S MARIGOLD.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two 

 inches and a quarter high ; roundish. Skin, fine deep rich yellow on 

 the shaded side ; but deep orange next the sun, and covered with beau- 

 tiful red, which is striped with darker red, the whole marked with patches 



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