CIDER APPLES. 229 



Chibble's Wilding. — A yellow Somersetshire apple, highly 

 esteemed as a cider fruit from the richness of its juice, and the 

 briskness it is believed to impart to the cider. The tree bears well. 



Cider Brandy Apple. — A small, dark coloured apple, much 

 grown in Worcestershire, where it is held in great repute. It is 

 something like Kingston Blacky but much softer in texture. 



Claret-Wine Apple. — A deep purple tinted apple, whose 

 chief merit is its colour. 



Coleing. — " Grown about Ludlow," says Evelyn ; but it is 

 seldom heard of in these days. 



Cook's Kernel. — A favourite apple in some districts of Here- 

 fordshire. It is above medium size, second early, or late. The 

 tree grows large, and bears well. It is an excellent variety, and is 

 said to make " the fullest mouth cider of any kind." 



Corn Apple, or Harvest Apple. — An early, red striped, 

 conical apple, which makes a pleasant drink for hop-pickers. It 

 has a sweet rough taste, and usually finds its way into the coster- 

 mongers' carts. Its cider is only nice when drank as soon as 

 made. 



Darbin Red Streak. — A Somersetshire red streak, of much 

 esteem for its cider. 



Dean's Apple. — A Devonshire apple of large size, which 

 belongs rather to the table than to the cider press. 



Devonshire Red Streak. — An apple of middle size, good 

 for cider or pot fruit. It is much grown in Worcestershire and 

 Gloucestershire, and about Ledbury. The tree has a drooping 

 habit, and bears well every, or every other year. Its fruit is mid 

 season, and makes good cider. 



Devonshire Royal Wilding, sometimes called the Red Hill 

 Crab, from a hill on the highway on which the original tree grows. 

 This variety is mentioned with the highest praise by Mr. Hugh 

 Stafford, of Pynes (1753). He denotes it as a wilding, growing in 

 " a little gillet of gardening " on the highway side, one mile from 

 the city of Exeter, on the border of the parish of St. Thomas. 

 "Sixteen years since" (i.e., 1737), he says "it was grafted very 

 much by the Rev. Robert Woolcombe, Rector of Whitestone, the 



