CIDER APPLES. 235 



MuRDY Apple. — A variety said to have been raised at Murdy, 

 in Monmouthshire. It is a small bitter-sweet apple, rather soft, but 

 very good and useful for cider. The trees are large and of upright 

 growth, and bear well every second year The fruit is late, and its 

 juice so rich that it will make excellent cider alone. 



Natural Pocket Apple. — A large Devonshire apple, much 

 more useful as a culinary fruit than for cider-making. It is a hand- 

 some greenish yellow apple, with a red cheek and ribbed sides. It 

 should always be sold in the market. 



Netherton Late Blower. — A Devonshire cider apple in 

 much favour. It is a large, yellow, conical apple, with a pale red 

 cheek and russety base. The tree bears freely, and the fruit keeps 

 well. Its skin is so thick that birds will not injure the fruit. 



Netherton Nonsuch. — A large, highly-coloured, and very 

 handsome apple, presumably raised towards the end of the last cen- 

 tury at Little Netherton, Dymock, Gloucestershire. There are here 

 two very old trees, and many young fresh-grafted ones (1880). It 

 is a heavy broad-based apple, with a deep eye. It is a good 

 " all round " apple for dessert, culinary, or cider purposes. " It is 

 a wonderful apple to run," and makes a pleasant but pale cider. It 

 is a very useful, prolific variety, and the Messrs. Fawke, of Little 

 Netherton, highly recommend it. 



Never Blight, Lopen Never Blight, or Morris' Apple. — 

 A round middle-sized apple of high colour. The tree is very hardy, 

 and a great bearer, scarcely ever failing to produce a crop. It has 

 a sweet rich juice, and is considered an excellent cider apple. 



New Bromley. — A small bright-coloured apple, much 

 esteemed in Gloucestershire as a cider fruit. Its flesh is often 

 tinged red, and its juice has the astringency so useful with cider 

 fruits. 



Northwood Bittersweet. — A large Somersetshire apple, 

 white and red striped. The tree is large and generally bears well. 

 It is sold chiefly as a table fruit. 



Oaken Pin. — An old variety mentioned by Evelyn. The 

 fruit of this name in Devonshire is large, and sells well as a 

 cooking apple. This, however, is not a rich cider apple, and is not 

 the old variety known by this name. 



