CO BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



of thin and delicate brown russet, and thickly strewed with dark russety 

 dots. Eye, open, with broad flat segments, and set in a narrow, shallow, 

 and regularly plaited basin. Stalk, short, set in a deep cavity, which is 

 lined with russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavored. 



An excellent dessert apple, in use during October and November, 

 after which it becomes dry and meally but does not shrivel. 



This variety was raised from a seed of the Scarlet Nonpareil, by Mr. 

 Creed, gardener, at Norton Court, near Faversham, in Kent. 



89. CREEPER.— H. 



Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a quarter high, and 

 about the same in width ; somewhat conical or roundish-ovate. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, at first of a fine dark green on the shaded side, and 

 entirely covered with red, which is tljickly marked with broken streaks of 

 darker red on the side next the sun ; but as it ripens, the shaded side 

 changes to yellowish-green, and the exposed to crimson. Eye, open, set 

 in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, very short, embedded in a shallow cavity. 

 Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavored, with a slight 

 aroma. 



A very good second-rate summer dessert apple ; ripe in September. 



This variety is very common in the Berkshire orchards. 



90. DARLING PIPPIN.— Lind. 



Identification. — Lind. Tlan. Or. 1796. Lind. Guide, 68. 

 Synonymes. — Darling, Ttea Pom. 210. Itaii Hist. ii. 1448. 



Fruit, of medium size ; oblato-conical. Skin, bright lemon yellow, 

 thickly set with small embedded pearly specks. Eye, small, and placed 

 in a shallow basin, surrounded with prominent plaits. Stalk, short and 

 slender, not deeply inserted. Flesh, yelloAvish, firm, crisp, juicy, and 

 sugary, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. 



A dessert apple of good quality ; in use from November to January. 



This is one of our old English varieties. It is mentioned by Rea, 

 in 1665, who calls it " a large gold yellow apple, of an excellent, quick, 

 something sharp taste, and bears well." It is also noticed by Ray as 

 " Pomum delicatulum Cestriae." 



91. DEVONSHIRE BUCKLAND.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Gat. ed. 3, n. 97. 



Synonybies. — Dredije's White Lily, Fors. Treat. 99. White Lily, arc. Hort. Soc. 

 Cat. ed. 3. Lily Buckland, Ibid. 



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

 half high ; roundish and flattened, with irregular and prominent angles 

 on the sides. Skin, dull waxen yellow, strewed all over with minute 

 russety dots, which are larger on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 



