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374. WARNER'S KING.— M. 



Identification and Figure. — Maund. Fruit, idI. 59. 



Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a half high ; 

 ovate. Skin, of an uniform clear deep yellow, strewed with russety dots 

 and patches of pale brown russet. Eye, small and closed, with long 

 acuminate segments, and set in a narrow, deep, and slightly angular 

 basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, deeply inserted in a round, 

 funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with thin yellowish-brown russet. 

 Flesh, white, tender, crisp, and juicy, with a fine, brisk, and sub-acid 

 flavor. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from November to 

 March. 



The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and a good bearer ; very hardy, 

 and not subject to disease. 



375. WATSON'S DUMPLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Ilort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 856. Down. Fr. Amer. 142. 



Fruit, large ; roundish, and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, yellowish- 

 green, and striped with dull red. Eye, large, not deeply sunk. Stalk, 

 short, inserted in a round, and rather deep cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, 

 and sugary, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. 



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

 February. 



376. WEST GRINSTEAD PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 858. 



Synonyme & Figure. — East Grins; ead, lion. Pyr. Mai. 53, pi. xxvii. f. I. 



Fruit, medium sized ; two inches and three quarters broad, by two 

 inches and a half high ; roundish, and slightly ribbed about the eye. 

 Skin, light green, striped and mottled with light red on the side next 

 the sun ; and strewed all over with greyish-white dots, on the 

 exposed, and brown dots on the shaded side. Eye, open, set in a plaited 

 basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish-white, soft, tender, juicy, and briskly acid. 



A good second-rate apple for the dessert : in use from November to 

 April, and keeps well without shrivelling. 



377. WHEELER'S RUSSET.— Langley. 



Identification. — Lang. Pom. 134. Mill. Diet. Fors. Treat. 129. Lind. Guide, 

 100. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 753. Diel Kernobst. xi. 109. Hog. Fr. Cult. 107. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two 

 inches and a quarter high ; roundish-oblate, and somewhat irregular 

 in its outline. Skin, entirely covered with pale yellowish-grey russet ; 

 with redish-brown where exposed to the sun, strewed with russety 



