THE ArPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 177 



Christmas to April. It is frequently met with in the Birmingham 

 markets. This variety was, according to Mr. Maund, raised by a black- 

 smith of the name of Charles Taylor, at Rushock in Worcestershire, 

 about the year 1821, and is sometimes known by the name of Charles's 

 Pearmain. 



313. RYMER.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iii. p. 329. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 358. 

 Lind. Guide, 33. 



Synontmes. — Caldwell, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed i. 124. Green Cossings, Ibid. 411. 

 Newbold's Duke of York, Ibid. 286. Cordwall 



FiGrrKE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xli. f. 2. 



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

 three quarters high ; roundish, and flattened, with five obscure ribs, on 

 the sides, extending into the basin of the eye. Skin, smooth, thinly 

 strewed with redish-brown dots, and a few faint streaks of pale red on 

 the shaded side ; and of a beautiful deep red, covered with yellowish- 

 grey dots, on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with broad reflexed 

 segments, set in a round and moderately deep basin. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a round and deep cavity, lined with rough russet, which 

 extends in ramifications over the base. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and 

 pleasantly sub-acid. 



A good culinary apple, in use from October to Christmas. 



314. SACK AND SUGAR.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 761. Eog. Fr. Cult. 41. 

 Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. i. f. 1. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and an 

 inch and three quarters high ; roundish, inclining to oval, with promi- 

 nent ridges round the eye. Skin, pale yellow. Eye, large, and open with 

 erect segments, and rather deeply placed in a round, wide, and angular 

 basin. Flesh, white, soft, tender, very juicy, sugary, and pleasantly 

 flavored. 



A good early apple, either for culinary purposes or the dessert ; ripe 

 in the end of July and beginning of August, and continuing during 

 September. 



The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and an immense bearer, so 

 much so, as to be injurious to the crop of the following year. 



This apple was raised nearly half a century ago, by Mr. Morris, a 

 market gardener, at Brentford, and is sometimes met with under the 

 name of Morris's Sack and Sugar. 



315. SAINT JULIEN.— Calvel. 



Identification. — Cal. Traits, iii. 27. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 764. Pom. 

 Mag. iii. 165. 



Stnonymes. — Seigneur d'Orsay, ace. Hort. Soc, Cat. Concombre des Chartreux. 

 Heilige Julians apfel. 



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