90 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



dark muddy livid red where exposed to the sun. Eye, sunk, and sur- 

 rounded by four or five obtuse but prominent ridges. Stalk, short and 

 stiff, notw^ithstanding which the fruit is generally pendant. 



Specific gravity of its juice 1073. 



This is a cider apple cultivated in the north-west parts of Hereford- 

 shire, where the climate is cold, and the soil unfavourable, and where pro- 

 per attention is never paid by the farmer to the management of his cider, 

 which in consequence is generally fit only for the ordinary purposes of a 

 farm-house. — Knight. 



The trees are vigorous and productive. 



Mr. Knight says, " The Friar probably derived its name from some 

 imagined resemblance between its color and that of the countenance of 

 a well-fed ecclesiastic." 



136. FULWOOD.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 261. Lind. Guide, 48. 

 Synontme. — Green Fulwood, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and a half 

 high ; roundish, with broad irregular ribs on the sides. Skin, green, 

 covered with broken stripes of dark dull red on the side next the sun. 

 Eye, large and closed, moderately depressed, and surrounded with broad 

 plaits. Stalk, short and slender, deeply inserted in a narrow and uneven 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, very juicy, briskly acid, and 

 slightly perfumed. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from November to 

 March. 



137. GANGES.— Lind. 



Identification.— Lind. Guide, 69. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 262. 



Fruit, large ; oblong and irregular. Skin, green, with a few specks of 

 darker green interspersed ; and dashed with red on the sunny side. 

 Eye, hollow. Stalk, half-an-inch long, deeply inserted, quite within the 

 base. Flesh, pale yellowish-green, sub-acid, and of good flavor. 



A culinary apple ; in use from October to January. — Lindley. 



138. GARTER.— Knight. 



Identification. — Pom. Heref. t. 26. Lind. Guide, 105. Salisb. Or. 125. 

 Figure. — Pom. Heref. t. 26. 



Fruit, medium sized ; oblong, tapering from the base to the crown, 

 perfectly round in its circumference, and free from angles. Skin, pale 

 yellow on the shaded side ; but when exposed to the sun of a bright 

 lively red, shaded with darker streaks and patches quite into the crown. 



Specific gravity of its juice 1066. 



Though this contains but a small portion of saccharine matter, it 

 contributes to afford excellent cider when mixed with some of the older 

 varieties. 



