654 



Journal of Agriailiiirc . 



Summary of Results. 



[8 Nov.. 190^ 



DESCRIPTION OF APPLE. 



James Lang, Harcouri. 



Scarlet Nonpareil. 



Fruit below medium size, round and somewliat smaller at the apex, 

 about 3 inches wide at the base, and 2\ inches high ; regular and even 

 in its outline. Eye open, set in a wide shallow basin ; stalk about an 

 inch long, inserted in a small round cavity lined with russet. Skin 

 greenish yellow on the shaded side, and where fully exposed to the sun 

 the fruit is a beautiful crimson all over. Flesh yellow, tender, and 

 juicy, with a fine aromatic flavour ; an excellent dessert apple, in season 

 from INlarch until September. The tree is a small grower, and as 

 a rule does not attain a large size. Where the fruit grows to a fair 

 size it is a good apple to export, but wlien trees crop hea\ilv it is 

 generally too small for that purpose. 



This is the apple that is sent in large quantities from Tasmania under 

 the name of Scarlet Pearmain. 



