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CIDER APPLES. 



REJUVENATED FOXWHELP. 



[Syn : The Cano7i Apple ; Crow's Kernel ?\ 



This apple is one of peculiar interest in Herefordshire. 

 The epithet " new " will be used in treating of it, but merely to 

 prevent any confusion in discussing the question, as to whether 

 it is " new," that is, a seedHng ; or whether it is the true " old " 

 Foxwhelp, restored to a flourishing rejuvenated form by a careful 

 system of grafting and re-grafting. This is a question that has 

 been warmly discussed by the growers for some years past. 



At first sight, the distinction between them seems very marked ; 

 both the tree of the " new " Foxwhelp and its apple, are much more 

 luxuriant than the " old " Foxivhelp. The apple of the " new " 

 Foxwhelp is not only larger, but in its general character it is broad 

 in shape — or in other words, its lateral is greater than its longitu- 

 dinal diameter — whilst the apple of the " old " Foxwhelp is smaller, 



