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like the old Nonpareil in shape. Skin, almost entirely covered with red, 

 which is streaked with deeper red ; except on the shaded side where 

 there is a patch of greenish-yellow, tinged with thin red. Eye, partially 

 open, with broad, flat segments, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with 

 russet. Flesh, white, crisp, tender, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid 

 flavor. 



A very excellent culinary apple ; comes into use during October, and 

 lasts till Christmas. 



This variety is much grown about Lancaster, and some parts of West- 

 moreland, where it is a great favorite among the cottagers. 



214. LONGVILLE'S KERNEL.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 411. Lind. Gviide, 32. Down. 

 Fr. Amer. 90. 



Stnontme. — Sam's Crab, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 1021. 



Figure. — Pom Mag. t. 63. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches 

 and a quarter high ; ovate, slightly angular, but handsomely shaped. Skin, 

 greenish-yellow, tinged with red, and streaked with dark red on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, small and open, with short erect segments, set in a 

 deep and plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yel- 

 low, firm, sweet, slightly acid, and with a perfumed flavor. 



A dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality ; in use during 

 August and September. 



According to Mr. Lindley " It is said that this apple was originated in 

 Herefordshire, where it is at present but little known : it is very hand- 

 some, and of considerable merit." 



215. LUCOMBE'S PINE-APPLE.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 585. 



Synonymes — Pine Apple, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1. 789. Pine Apple Pippin, 

 Ibid. 790. 



Figdre. — Maund. Fruit, 49. 



Fruit, rather below medium size ; ovate or conical, slightly and ob- 

 scurely ribbed about the eye. Skin, of an uniform, clear, pale, yellow, but 

 with an orange tinge on the side next the sun, the whole surface thinly 

 strewed with pale-brown russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with 

 somewhat ovate segments, set in a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, stout, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, and 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender and delicate, juicy and 

 sugary, with a rich aromatic flavor, resembling that of a pine apple. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from the beginning of 

 October to Christmas. 



This desirable apple was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, 

 Pince, & Co., of Exeter, and is well worthy of general cultivation. 



