230 CIDER APPLES. 



adjoining parish." Mr. Stafford was personally acquainted with 

 Mr. Woolcombe, and learnt all the particulars from him. Mr. 

 Woolcombe thought it so superior to all other apples for cider, that 

 he gave it the name of Royal Wilding. The cider has great rough- 

 ness and body. " I will venture to affirm," says Mr. Stafford, "that 

 I have never tasted any cyder equal to it (not all the genuine 

 Hereford I ever drank) that of the Winesoiir only excepted." He 

 has known " five guineas refused for a hogshead of its cyder, whilst 

 common cyder sells for twenty shillings, and South Hams from 

 twenty to thirty." When cooked, he adds, " it has something of the 

 rough flavour of the Quince." The Devonshire Royal Wilding, 

 exhibited at the Hereford Apple Shows, was a larger table fruit, 

 without the qualities denoted by Mr. Stafford ; and the Committee 

 tried in vain to procure the true variety from Devonshire. 



DuFFLiN. — An old Devonshire apple, formeily much esteemed, 

 but it is doubtful if the true variety is now to be found. 



Dunn's Beloved. — A pretty, attractive apple. The tree bears 

 freely. It is a good filler, but its juice is light in density ; its cider 

 is difficult to fine. It quickly turns a dark colour on exposure to air. 

 The fruit keeps well, so it should be picked and sold as pot fruit in 

 the early spring. 



Essex Kernel. — A very good, late cider apple. It is lemon- 

 shaped and yellow, streaked with red. It is rough and russety 

 around the eye and stalk. The tree is large and bears well, and 

 the fruit makes excellent cider of a deep yellow colour. 



Excels. — A pale, red streaked, second early apple. The tree 

 is small in size, but crops well. 



Farmer Hearland. — A Somersetshire apple of large size 

 and yellow colour. The tree is upright in growth, and bears a fruit 

 that keeps well, and is said to make good cider. 



Fawkes' Kernel. — An apple above middle size, with a broad 

 base and irregular sides. The eye is deeply sunk. The skin is 

 thick, of a pale yellow colour, becoming orange on the sunny side, 

 and with numerous minute, dark, point-like spots scattered over the 

 surface. The fruit yields a cider of high quality, and sells readily 

 also for kitchen purposes. The trees grow freely to a large size, 



