38^ BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



536. EMBROIDERED. APPLE. 



This is pretty large, and the stripes of red, very broad, from which 

 circumstance it takes its name. It is commonly used as a kitchen apple, 

 and is ripe in October. — Fors. Treat. 101. 



537. EMBROIDERED PIPPIN. 



Stnonyme. — Eeinette Brodee. 



A gmall dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of roundish shape, 

 yellow color, embroidered with russety veins, and is in use from Novem- 

 ber till January.— R S. C. n. 238. 



538. ENGLISCHE GRANAT REINETTE. 



Stnonyme. — Poniine Granate. 



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

 inches and a half high ; oblato-cylindrical. Skin, smooth, of a clear 

 lemon-yellow ground color, but washed iaver two-thirds of the surface 

 with beautiful crimson, which is indistinctly striped. Eye, pretty well 

 closed with short segments, set in a pretty wide, and rather shallow basin, 

 which is somewhat bossed. Stalk, thin and woody, three quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted in a deep russety cavity, with one, and sometimes two 

 fleshy protuberances. Flesh, yellowish-white, very fine, firm, crisp, and 

 juicy, of a very rich, aromatic, vinous, and sugary flavor, very similar 

 to the Golden Pippin. 



A first-rate German dessert apple, ripe in December, and continues 

 in use during the spring. 



The tree is not a large grower, being only middle sized ; but it is a 

 great bearer. — Diet Kernohst. xi. 134, 



539. EVERLASTING. 



Stnonyme. — Everlasting Striped. 



This is below the middle size, of a conical shape. The color is a 

 striped green towards the footstalk, and red towards the eye, it is of 

 third-rate quality ; in use from January till May. — Fors. Treat. 101. 



540. FAIR MAID OF FRANCE. 



A medium sized, roundish, and striped apple, of inferior qualit}'. — 

 H. S. C. p. i5. . 



541. FALLAWATER. 



An American variety, of second-rate quality. It is rather large, 

 regularly formed, and ovato-conical; of a green and brownish-red color; 

 and a very good and productive variety, possessing in some degree a 

 Newtown Pippin flavor. It is in use in January, and suitable either for 

 table or kitchen use.—//. S. C. n. 242. 



