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192. KEEPING RED-STREAK.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hurt. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 627. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, flattened, angular on the sides. Skin^ 

 green at first, changing to greenish-yellow, and striped with red on the 

 shaded side ; but entirely covered with dark red on the side next the sun, 

 marked with russet, and numerous grey dots. Eye, open, set in a shal- 

 low and undulating basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a narrow and 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish - yellow, firm, brisk, and pleasantly 

 flavored. 



A culinary apple ; in use fi-om December to April. 



193. KEEPING RUSSET.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and five eighths wide, and two inches 

 and a quarter high ; roundish. Skin, entirely covered with thin, pale 

 yellowish-brown russet, like the Golden Russet, and occasionally with a 

 bright, varnished, fiery -red cheek on the side next the sun, which is 

 sometimes more distinct than at others. Eye, open, set in a round and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a rather shallow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, and sugary, with a particularly rich, mellow 

 flavor, equal to, and even surpassing that of the Ribston Pippin. 



A delicious dessert apple, of first-rate quality : in use from October to 

 January, and, under favorable circumstances, will even keep till March. 



This is an apple which is very little known, and does not seem at all 

 to be in general cultivation. I obtained it from the private garden of the 

 late Mr. James Lee, at Hammersmith. It certainly deserves greater 

 publicity. 



194. KENTISH FILL- BASKET.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 377. Down. Fr. Amer. 114. 



SvNONYMES Lady de Grey's, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1. 532. Kentish Pippin, of 



s'iine. 



Ficii UE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. ix. f. 1. 



Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a quarter 

 high ; roundish, irregular, and slightly ribbed. Skin, smooth, yellowish- 

 green in the shade, and pale yellow with a redish-brown blush, which is 

 streaked with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, large, set in a 

 wide and irregular basin. Flesh, tender and juicy, with a brisk and 

 pleasant flavor. 



This is an excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, in use from 

 November to January. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attaining a large size, and is 

 an abundant bearer. 



This is not the Kentish Fill-basket of Miller and Forsyth, nor yet of 

 Rogers ; the variety described under this name by these writers being 

 evidently the Kentish Codlin. 



