24 OLD VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 



Herefordshire was the Gennet Moyk, as renowned too for its cook- 

 ing properties, as for its Cider. This was soon ecHpsed by the 

 Redstf'eak, with its varieties, Summer, IVinter, Yelloiv, Moregreen, 

 and Red. Evelyn and PhiHps wrote the Redstreak into higher 

 favour than has perhaps been awarded to any other apple : 



" Let every tree in every garden own 

 The Redstreak as supreme whose pulpous fruit, 

 With gold irradiate, and vermillion, shines." 



Philips, Cyder. 



The Bromsberro7t.i Crab from Worcestershire, and the IVestbury 

 Crab, a Hampshire apple ; The Whitesour, Biackamore, Mydiate, 

 Dufflin, Bitterscale, Great White Crab, Deans Apple, and Royal 

 IFilding from Devonshire; the Arier, Otley, Olive and Coking from 

 Shropshire ; the Meriot Ysnot, Lings, and Peleasantine from Somer- 

 setshire ; the Heming, Hagloe Crab, Bromley, and Forest Styre from 

 Gloucestershire; and the renowned Foxwhelp, first mentioned by 

 Evelyn as coming from the Forest of Dean, and which has since 

 surpassed all others in repute. They also name with much favour, 

 Woodcock; Friar; Pawson ; Oaken Pine ; Stocking Apple ; White, 

 Red, and Green Musts ; Summer and Winter Fillets or Violets ; 

 Cowarne Red ; Underleaf ; Garter Apple ; Best Bache ; Bennet 

 Apple ; Elliot ; Coccagee ; Dymock Red ; Skyrme's Kernel ; Wood- 

 sell ; Joeby Crab, and Steads Kernel. Most of these old writers 

 also mention the Pearmains and Pippins in great variety, of which 

 the most celebrated, even in those days, was the Golden Pippin, as 

 well for the long Hfe of the tree, as for the long keeping of its Cider; 

 John Apple, or Deux Ans ; Golden Harvey ; Nonsuch ; Mangold, 

 or Onion Apple ; Summer, and Winter Queening, &c., with " all, 

 both Russettings and Greenings, which have a relish of agreeable 

 Piquancy and Tartness." 



The varieties of Vintage Pears named by these great Orchard 

 writers, are the Barland ; Horse Pears, Red and White ; divers 

 Choke Pears, whereof the red-coloured yielded the strongest 

 liquors ; Taynton Squash; The Red and Green Squash ; John 

 Pear; Money Pear : Lullam Pear ; and some others with local 

 names. 



