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ish -white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a pleasant, brisk, and refresh- 

 ing flavor. 



An excellent early dessert apple of the first quality ; ripe in the middle 

 of August, and continues in use till the end of September, 



The tree is hardy, a free grower, and an excellent bearer.^ 



This variety is of Russian origin. 



100. DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 14. Lind. Guide, 28. 



Fruit, medium sized ; conical, and angular on the sides. Skin, green^ 

 strewed with freckles of russet ; and streaked with red on the side ex- 

 posed to the sun. Eye, set in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, crisp, and tender, very 

 juicy, and sub-acid. 



A culinary apple of second-rate quality ; in use from October to 

 Chi-istmas. 



101. DUMELOWS SEEDLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. 529. Hort, Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 224. Lind. 

 Guide, 44. 



Synontmes. — Dumelow's Crab, ace. Hort. Trans. Duke of Wellington, Bon. Pyr. 

 Mai. 37. Normanton Wonder, ucc. Hort. Soc. Cat. Winter Hawthornden, 

 ace. Biv. Cat. Wellington's, Diel Kernobat. v. B. 55. Wellington's Reinette, 

 Ibid. 



Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xix. pi. 1. 

 Fruit, large ; roundish and flattened. Skin, pale yellow, strewed with 



minute russety dots, and greenish eiubtducd .specks under the surface and 



