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apple, of a flat shape, and deep-red colour; 

 anil the flesh is streaked with red. It is not fit 

 to eat raw, hut will do well for cider, or for 

 the kitchen. It keeps till April. 



The Bovey Redstreak, which is a handsome 

 apple, of a lattish shape, beautifully streaked 

 with a bright red next the eye, which is small, 

 and of a yellow colour ahout the footstalk. It 

 keeps till the latter md of October. 



The Broad-eyed Pippin, which is a fine large 

 flat apple, with a very large eye j the colour is 

 a greenish-yellow , with a little red toward the 

 sun. It is a good apple, and keeps till May. 



The Brandy Apple, which is about the size of 

 a Golden Pippin, Bat-shaped, and of a yellow- 

 ish russet colour. It is of a pleasant flavour; 

 conies into eating in January, and keeps till 

 March. 



The BursdofT, or Queen's Apple, which is a 

 beautiful fruit, red next the sun, and of a tine 

 yellow on the other side. It is a very fine ap- 

 ple : in Mr. Forsyth's opinion, next in perlection 

 to the Golden Pippin, and about the same size. It 

 is in eating from November to the end of March. 

 The Cadbury Pound, which is a middle-sized 

 apple, of a light-green colour. It is of a good 

 flavour; ripening in January, and keeping till 

 March. 



The Carnation Apple, which is a beautiful 

 middle-sized fruit, finely striped with red. It 

 is ripe in January, and keeps till May. 



The Carbury Pippin, which in size and shape 

 resembles the French Crab, and is of a deep 

 green colour. It is a good baking apple, keep- 

 ing till March. 



The Caraway Russet, which is a handsome 

 ri.; ; ct-coloured apple, about the size of a Non- 

 pareil. 



The Calville, Red and White, which are 

 good apples, and of a vinous taste. Some have 

 a red and some a white pulp, the white being 

 reckoned of a most delicious taste. They are in 

 eating in September and the following month. 

 The Cat's Head, which is a large oblong ap- 



Cle, of a greenish-yellow colour, with a little 

 rownish red next the sun ; sometimes the co- 

 lour inclines to a russet. It is a good bak 

 apple, and is in eating from October to De- 

 cember. 



The Cockagee, which is a conical-shaped 

 middle-sized apple, red on that side next ' 

 sun, and of a fine yellow colour on the other. 

 If properly managed, the fruit keeps till Fe- 

 bruary. It is a famous cider apple, and also 

 bakes well. 



The Codlin, which is generally the first ap- 

 ple that is brought to market. Its fruit is so 

 well known that it needs no description. It is 

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in eating from July to December; and is good 

 either tor baking or boiling. 



The Cornish Nonpareil, which is rather un- 

 der the middle size, is a little flatted, and I 

 russet colour. It is a very good apple, and 

 keeps till the middle of March. 



The Cornish Pearunain, which is of a middling 

 size, and long shape ; of a dull green colour on 

 one side, and russet on the other. It is a very 

 good apple, and keeps till the latter end of 

 April. 



The Court-of-Wick Pippin, which is de- 

 scribed hv Mr. Billingsly, in his " Survey of 

 Somersetshire," as " the favourite apple, both 

 as a table- and cider-fruit, taking its name from 

 the spot where it was first produced. It origi- 

 nated from the pip or seed of the Golden Pip- 

 pin, and may be considered as a beautiful va- 

 riety of that fruit. In shape, colour, and fla- 

 vour, it has not its superior : the tree is large, 

 handsome, and spreading, and a very luxuriant 

 bearer. On the whole, it cannot be too strongly 

 recommended," It is larger than the Golden 

 Pippin, of a yellowish-green colour, and a lit- 

 tle tinged with red next the sun. Ij comes into 

 eating in January. 



The Cockles Pippin, which is a handsome 

 oval-shaped apple, below the middle size, of a 

 russet colour, mixed with yellow and red. It 

 keeps till April. 



The Corpendu, or Hanging Body, which is 

 a very large apple, and has a red cast on the 

 side towards the sun; but is pale on the other 

 side. It takes its name from always hanging 

 downwards; and comes into eating in Sep- 

 tember. 



The Dalmahov Pippin, which is about the 

 sze of a Golden Pippin, of a green colour, and 

 a little streaked with red towards the sun. It 

 has a tolerably good flavour, rather sharp ; and 

 is in eating from September to February. 



The Dimock's Red, which is under the mid- 

 dle size, of a tine red colour, intermixed with a 

 little yellow on the side from the sun. It is ripe 

 in January, and keeps till March. 



The Drt Ige's Seedling, which is a fine large 



apple, s-.nped with re.! wext the sun, and of a 



iwish-green on the other side. This is an 



excellent kitchen apple, of a pleasant taste, and 



keeps till the latter end of January. 



The Dredge's Beauty of Wilts, which is a 

 beautiful apple, of a good size, and one of i:.. 

 -t \et known in point of general utility. It 

 is of a fine bright yellow colour, spotted with 

 red towards the sun; and has an excellent vi- 

 n us flavour. It is good either for the table or 

 baking, ai.d keeps tifl March. 

 The Dredge's Russet, which is a small apple, 



