l;3U BUITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



216. LUCOMBE'S SEEDLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. td. 3, ii. 41G. Lincl. Guide, 52. Rog. Fr. 

 Cult. 49. 



FiGDKES. — Pom. Mag. t. 109. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xiv. f. 3. 



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

 quarters high ; roundish, and angular. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, 

 strewed with dark dots, and imbedded green specks on the shaded side ; 

 but bright red, which is streaked with crimson, on the side next the sun. 

 Eye, small and open, set in an angular and plaited basin. Stalk, short 

 and thick, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and 

 pleasantly flavored. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to February. 



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

 an excellent and early bearer. 



This variety as w^ell as the preceeding was raised in the Exeter nursery. 



217. MADELEINE.— Calvel. 



Identification. — Calvel. Traite. iii. 24. 



Stnonymes. — Margaret, Mill. Diet. Summer Pipjiin, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. eA. 3. 



Fruit, rather below medium size ; roundish. Skin, yellowish-white, 

 with numerous imbedded pearly specks, with an orange tinge next the 

 sun, and sometimes marked with faint streaks of red. Eye, small and 

 closed, set in a narrow basin, and surrounded with several unequal plaits. 

 Stalk, short and slender, not extending beyond the base, and inserted in 

 a funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, very crisp and tender, juicy, sugary, 

 and highly flavored. 



An early dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality ; ripe in 

 the middle and end of August. 



The tree is a free grower, and is readily distinguished by the excessive 

 pubescence of its leaves and shoots. 



Mr. Lindley in the " Guide to the Orchard " considers this variety as 

 identical with the Margaret of Ray, which is a mistake. It is no doubt 

 the Margaret of Miller, but certainly not of any English author either 

 preceeding, or subsequent to him. It is to be observed that the lists of 

 fruits given by Miller in his Dictionary are chiefly taken from the works 

 of the French pomologists, while the fruits of his own country are almost 

 wholly neglected ; and the only reason I can assign for him describing 

 this variety for the Margaret is, because our own Margaret being by some 

 authors called the Magdalene, he might have thought the two synony- 

 mous. — See Margaret. 



218. MAIDEN'S BLUSH.— Coxe. 



Identification. — Coxc, View, 106. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 420. Fors. Treat. 

 213. Down. Fr. Amer. 90. 



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

 half high; roundish and flattened. Skin, of a fine, rich, pale-yellow color. 



