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open, set in a plaited basin. Stalk, rather deeply inserted in a i-ound 

 cavity, from which issue ramifications of russet. Flesh, yellow, crisp, 

 very juicy, brisk, sugary, and perfumed. 



A very excellent apple ; of first-rate quality as a culinary fruit, and 

 suitable also for the dessert. It is in use from October to February. 



The tree is quite hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



92. DEVONSHIRE QUARRENDEN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Fors. Treat. 122. Hort, Soc. Cat. ed. .3, n. 603. Down. Fr. 

 Amer. 71. 



Synonymes. — Quarrington, Raii. Hist. ii. 1448. Devonshire Quarrington, Mort- 

 ^r<. ii. 290. Red Quarentine, Afj/fe/- and Sweet, Cat. 1790. Red Quarenden, 

 Hook. Pom. Loiul. t 13, Lind. Guide, 6. Sack Apple, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 

 n. 1012. Quarentine, in Devonshire. 



FiGUEES. — Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 13. Pom. Mag. t. 94. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. i. f. 7. 



Fruit, rather below medium size ; oblate, and sometimes a little 



angular in its outline. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, 

 entirely covered with deep 

 purplish red, except where 

 it is shaded by a leaf or 

 twig, and then it is of a 

 delicate pale green, pre- 

 senting a clear and well- 

 defined outline of the ob- 

 ject which shades it. Eye, 

 quite closed, with very 

 long tomentose segments, 

 and placed in an undu- 

 lating and shallow basin, 

 which is sometimes knob- 

 bed, and generally lined 

 with thick tomentum. 

 Stalk, about three quarters of an inch long, flieshy at the insertion, 

 deeply set in a round and funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white tinged 

 with green, crisp, brisk, and very juicy, with a rich vinous, and refresh- 

 ing flavor. 



A very valuable and first-rate dessert apple. It ripens on the tree 

 the first week in August, and lasts till the end of September. It is one 

 of the earliest summer dessert apples, and at that season, is particularly 

 relished, for its fine, cooling, and refreshing, vinous juice. 



The tree attains a considerable size, it is particularly hardy, and a 

 most prolific bearer. It succeeds well in almost every soil and situation, 

 and is admirably adapted for orchard planting. In almost everj- latitude 

 of Great Britain, from Devonshire to the Moray Frith, I have observed 

 it in perfect health and luxuriance, producing an abundance of well 

 ripened fruit, which, though not so large, nor so early in the northern 

 parts, still possessing the same richness of flavor as in the south. 



This is supposed to be a very old variety, but there is no record of it 

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