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ings adjoining it, in the gardens of which there were no fruit trees ; for 

 the sake of uniformity, and in spite of Pope's importunities and the offer 

 of twenty shillings annual increase in the rental, the tree was condemned, 

 and cut down in 1846, at which period it was between 50 and 60 years 

 old. A few days after it was destroyed, Mr. Fairbeard, a nurseryman at 

 Green Street, procured a number of the grafts which he was successful in 

 propagating, and it is to him I am indebted for this variety. 



278. POWELL'S RUSSET.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 748. Lind. Guide, 9.5. Rog. Fr. Cult. 74, 

 FiGUKE — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xiii. f. 9. 



Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an Inch and three quarters high ; 

 roundish, and regularly formed, broad and flattened at the base, and 

 narrowing a little towards the eye. Skin, almost entirely covered with 

 pale brown russet ; but where any portion of the ground color is visible, 

 it is greenish-yelloAV on the shaded side, and tinged with brown where 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, open, placed in a round, even, and shallow 

 basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a rather wide, and 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, very juicy and sugary, with a rich 

 and highly ai'omatic flavor. 



A dessert apple of the very first quality ; it is in use from November 

 to February. 



279. PROLIFEROUS REINETTE.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters v/ide, and the same 

 in height ; oval, with ten obscure ribs, extending from the base to the 

 apex, where they form five small crowns. Skin, of a dull yellow ground 

 color, marked with small broken stripes or streaks of crimson, and thickly 

 covered with small russety specks. Eye, closed, placed in a shallow, 

 plaited, and knobbed basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to three quarters 

 long, deeply inserted the whole of its length in a round and smooth cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish-white, very juicy and sugary, with a rich and brisk flavor. 



A very fine, briskly flavored dessert apple ; in use from October to 

 December. 



I received this variety from the garden at Hammersmith, formerly in 

 the possession of the late Mr. James Lee. 



280. QUEEN OF SAUCE.— H. 



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

 half high ; obtuse-ovate, broad and flat at the base, narrowing towards 

 the crown, and angular on the sides. Skin, greenish-yellow on the shaded 

 side ; but on the side exposed to the sun it is flushed with red, which is 

 marked with broken streaks of deeper red ; it is strewed all over with 

 patches of thin delicate russet, and large russety specks, those round the 

 eye being linear. Eye, open, set in a deep and angular basin, which is 

 russety at the base. Stalk, about a quarter of an inch long, deeply in- 



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