Il8 CIDER APPLES. 



of its singular name. It may readily be supposed, however, that 

 the stray seedling sprang up near a fox's earth, and thus, when it had 

 shown its character, it obtained its name. Some devoted admirers 

 think they see in the eye of this apple, a distinctive resemblance to 

 the physiogonomy of a young fox, but here, surely the name has 

 guided the imagination. Wherever the young seedling may have 

 grown, the brilliant colour of its fruit would render it conspicuous, 

 and its rough peculiar flavour, with a judge of apples, would proclaim 

 its merit. It is probable, that a fox-hunter found and named it, and 

 certainly none appreciate more highly than fox-hunters, the merits of 

 its cider. 



Description. — The fruit is roundish, inclining to conical or 

 ovate, with an uneven outline, caused by several obtuse ribs on the 

 sides, and which terminate in ridges round the eye ; in good speci- 

 mens one side is generally convex, while the other is flattened. 

 Skin : beautifully striped with deep bright crimson and yellow; on the 

 side next the sun it is more crimson than it is on the shaded side, 

 where the yellow stripes are more apparent. Eye very small, set in 

 a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin ; segments short, somewhat 

 erect, and slightly divergent. Calyx-tube, funnel shaped. Stamens, 

 marginal. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted 

 by the side of a fleshy swelling, which pushes it on one side and 

 gives it a curving direction. Flesh : yellow, tinged with red, tender, 

 and with a rough and acid flavour. Cells of the core, wide open. 

 It belongs to group lo of Dr. Hogg's New Classification of Apples. 



The surface of the Foxiohdp apple is usually marked by small 

 dark coloured circular scabs or patches, which are thought by some 

 growers to be characteristic of the Foxwheip, but this is not so. The 

 round patches are formed by the miscroscopic fungus, SpiloccBU 

 pomi, and are commonly to be found on the apples of very aged 

 trees, of all kinds of fruit. Like all fungus growths, this is much 

 more abundant in some seasons than in others. 



The coloured plate of the Foxwhelp apple in the Herefordshire 

 Pomona, was drawn from fruit grown on the estate of W. H. 

 Apperley, Esq., of Withington. The trees are believed to have 

 been planted by one of his ancestors, about the year 1609, and 

 are still in fruitful vigour. 



