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with short erect ragged segments, set in a deep, irregular, and angular 

 basin. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



One of the handsomest and best culinary apples in cultivation ; for 

 baking it is unrivalled. It is in use from October till May. 



The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



This noble apple was introduced by Mr. George Lindley, who found 

 it growing in 1794, in the garden of William Crowe, Esq., at Lakenham 

 near Norwich. He measured a specimen of the fruit, and found it 

 twelve inches and a half in circumference, and weighing twelve ounces 

 and a half, avoirdupoise. It does not seem ever to have been in general 

 cultivation, as it is not mentioned in any of the nursery catalogues ; 

 nor is it enumerated in that of the London Horticultural Society. 

 Through the kindness of George JefFeries, Esq., of Marlborough Terrace, 

 Kensington, who procured it from his residence in Norfolk, I had the 

 good fortune in 1847, to obtain grafts, which when propagated, I 

 distributed through several of the principal nurseries of the country, 

 and by this means I trust, it will become more generally known, and 

 universally cultivated. 



344. STRIPED MONSTROUS REINETTE.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 37. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxvi. f. 1. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half broad, and three inches high ; 

 roundish, and a little flattened, irregular in its outline, having promi- 

 nent angles on the sides, which extend from the base to the apex. 

 Skin, smooth, of a deep yellow-ground color, which is almost entirely 

 covered with pale red, and streaked with broad stripes of dark crimson. 

 Eye, closed, with long acuminate segments, set in a narrow, angular 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, deeply inserted in a round, and 

 russety cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, and pleasantly flavored. 



A culinary apple of second-rate quality. It is in use during Novem- 

 ber and December. 



345. STURMER PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 808. Down, Fr. Amer, 135. Gard. 

 Chron. 1-847, 135. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad, by one 

 inch and three quarters high ; roundish, and somewhat flattened, and 

 narrowing towards the apex, a good deal resembling the old Non- 

 pariel. Skin, of a lively green color, changing to yellowish-green, as 

 it attains maturity, and almost entirely covered with brown russet, 

 with a tinge of dull red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small, and 

 closed, set in a shallow, irregular, and angular basin. Stalk, three 

 quarters of an inch long, straight, inserted in a round, even, and 

 russety cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a brisk and 

 rich sugary flavor. 



This is perhaps the most valuable dessert apple of its season, it is 

 of first-rate excellence ; and exceedingly desirable both on account of 



