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235. MORRIS'S NONPAREIL RUSSET.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 743? 



Stnonyme and Figuke. — Nonpareil Russet, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 25, pi. xiii. f. 3. 



Fruit, small ; conical and irregularly formed, being generally larger on 



one side than the other, and 

 having the eye placed later- 

 ally. Skin, green, covered 

 with large patches of thin 

 grey russet, strewed with 

 silvery scales, and marked 

 with p;reen dots. Eye, small 

 and ujiea. with segments re- 

 flexed at the tips, :aid set in 

 a plaited basin. Stalk, short, 

 and deeply inserted in an 

 oblique cavity. Flesh, green- 

 ish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, 

 briskly flavored, and charged 

 with a pleasant aroma. 



An excellent dessert apple, 

 of the first quality ; in use 

 from October to March, and will keep even as long as May and June. 



Can this be the same as the Morris's Nonpareil Russet, of the London 

 Horticultural Society's catalogue, which is said to be oblate ? I know that 

 the variety described above is the true one, the friend from whom I 

 received it having procured it from Mr. Morris himself. 

 This variety was raised by Mr. Morris of Brentford. 



236. MORRIS'S RUSSET.— H. 



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

 and a quarter high ; round, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, 

 covered with a coat of smooth, thin, brown russet, with occasionally a 

 bright, fiery-crimson flame breaking out on the side next the sun, some- 

 times so large as to form a fine, smooth, and varnished crimson cheek. 

 Eye, large and open, set in a small and shallow basin. Stalk, very short, 

 inserted in a rather small cavity. Flesh, firm, but tender, juicy, brisk 

 and sugary, charged with a very rich, and powerful aromatic flavor. 



This is a dessert apple, of the highest excellence, and ought certainly 

 to form one in every collection, however small ; it is in season from 

 October to February. 



This, like the two preceeding varieties, was raised by Mr. Morris of 

 Brentford. 



237. NANNY.— Hort. 

 Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 452. 

 Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide,^and two 



