THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 



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A most excellent culinary apple ; in use from September to December. 

 This is an esteemed variety in Lancashire, where it is extensively 

 cultivated. 



The tree is a free grower and an excellent bearer. 



158. GREEN WOODCOCK. 



Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and two inches and a half 

 high ; round, and somewhat flattened. Skin, green, changing to yellow 

 on the shaded side, and dotted with a few grey dots ; but red, mottled 

 with broad broken stripes of darker red on the side next the sun, which 

 become paler as they extend to the shaded side. Eye, open, with long 

 acuminate segments, deeply set in an angular basin. Stalk, short, in- 

 serted in a shallow cavity, lined with rough russet, which extends over 

 the base. Flesh, white, deeply tinged with green, tender, juicy, and 

 briskly flavored. 



A culinary apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



This variety is grown in some parts of Sussex particularly about Hails- 

 hani and Heathfield. 



159. GREENUP'S PIPPIN.— H. 



Synonyme.— Greenus's Pippin, of some Catalogues. 



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

 high ; roundish, broadest at the base, and with a prominent rib on one 



side, extending from the base to the crown. Skin, smooth, pale straw 

 colored tinged with green, on the shaded side ; but covered with beautiful 

 bright red on the side next the sun, and marked with several patches of 

 thin delicate russet. E3'e, closed, with long flat segments, placed in a 

 rounti, rather deep, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a 



