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cidp:r apples. 



THE FOXWHELP APPLE. 



" Cider for strength and a 

 long-lasting drink is best 

 made of the Foxwhelp of the 

 Forest of Deane, but which 

 comes not to be drunk till 

 two or three years old." 

 (Appendix to Evelyn'' s ^^ Pomona." Edit, ijodj. 



The Foxivhelp apple is the favourite cider apple of Hereford- 

 shire. Its origin and its singular name are alike obscure. 



The earliest record we have of the Foxivhelp is by Evelyn in 

 his " Pomona^' which is an Appendix to the Sylva " concerning 

 fruit trees in relation to cider." This was first published in 1664, 

 and at that time and long after, the great Apple of Herefordshire 

 was the Redstreak. The Foxwhelp is disposed of in a few words — 

 " Some commend the Foxzahelp." Ralph Austen, who wrote in 

 1653, J^iakes no mention of it when he says, "Let the greatest 

 number of fruit trees, not onely in the orchards but also in the fields 

 be Pearmaines, Pippins, Gennet-Moyles, Eedstreaks, and such kinds 



