THK AITLK. ITS VAlilETlKS. 



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This is one of the oldest of our cider apples, and is enumerated by 

 Evelyn ; but is not so highly extolled as the Redstreak, and some other 

 varieties. In Evelyn's " Ad vcrtisomei Is concerning Cider," a "person 

 of great experience," says " Cider for strength and a long lasting drink 

 is best made of the Fox- Whelp of the Forest of Dean, but which comes 

 not to be drunk till two or three years old. By Worlidge it was " es- 

 teemed amons the choice cider fruits." 



13 i. FRANKLIN'S GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Ilort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ert. 3, n. 283. Fors. Treat. 101. Lind. Guide, 

 15. Down. Fr. Anier. 83. Diel Kernobst x. 92. 



Synonyme. — Sudlow's Fall Pippin, Hart. Trans, vol. iv. p. 217. 



Figure. — Pom. M:ig. t. 137. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xviii. f. 3. 



Fruit, medium sized ; oblato-ovate, even and regularly formed. Skin, 



of an uniform deep 

 yellow, covered all 

 "s^ over with dark spots 



\ interspersed with 



\ fine russet, parti- 



\ cularly round the 



\ apex. Eye, small, 

 with long narrow 

 segments overlap- 

 ping each other, 

 partially open, and 

 set in a wide and 

 deep basin. Stalk, 

 short and slender, 

 / about half-an-inch 



long, inserted in a 

 round, narrow, and 

 smooth cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, ten- 

 der, and crisp, very juicy, vinous, and aromatic. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to December. 

 The tree does not attain a large size, but is vigorous, healthy, and 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer. It is well suited for a dwarf or espalier, 

 and succeeds well on the paradise stock. 



This is of American origin, and was introduced to this country by 

 John Sudlow, Esq., of Thames Ditton, and first exhibited at the London 

 Horticultural Society in 1819. 



135. FRIAR.— Knight. 



Identification. — Pom. Hercf. t. 30. Lind. Guide, 105. Salisb. Or. 126. 

 Figure.— Pom. Heref. t. 30. 



Fruit, of good size ; somewhat conical, being broad at the base, and 

 narrow at the crown. Skin, dark grass-green on the shaded side ; and 



