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The Golden Pearmain, which is a fine apple, 

 above the middle size, of a fine deep red towards 

 the sun, with a little yellow on the other side : 

 when much exposed to the sun it is sometimes 

 red all over. 



The Golden Mundi, which is a fine hand- 

 some apple, beautifully streaked with red,; of a 

 good flavour, excellent for baking, and will keep 

 till January. It is a good sauce apple. 



The Golden Glocester, which is a handsome 

 middle-sized apple, of a Hat shape, and gold 

 colour, with red toward the sun. It is a good 

 apple, and keeps till March. 



The Golden Knob is a handsome thoutih ra- 

 ther small apple, of a line gold colour, some- 

 limes inclining to a ru*set. It has a pleasant 

 flavour. • 



The Golden Pippin is well known ; and the 

 French own it to be of English origin. It is 

 almost peculiar to this country ; for there are 

 Few countries abroad where it succeeds well. 

 It is yellow as gold ; the juice is very sweet ; the 

 skin (especially where exposed to the sun) is 

 often freckled with dark yellow spots. It is 

 certainly the most antient as well as the most 

 excellent apple that we have. It ripens in Oc- 

 tober, and keeps through the winter. It has se- 

 veral sub-varieties. 



The Godolphin Apple, which is a very hand- 

 some large line fruit, streaked with red on the 

 side next the sun, and of a yellowish colour on 

 the other side. It is in eating from the latter 

 end of September to December. 



Tbe Green Dragon, which is a fine large ap- 

 ple, of an excellent flavour, and pale-green co- 

 lour. It is rather too large for the table, and 

 is therefore mostly used as a kitchen apple. It 

 keeps till March. 



The Great or Large Russet, whjch is a mid- 

 dle-sized fruit, of a russet-colour, with a little 

 dark -red toward the sun. A pretty good apple, 

 and keeps till April. 



The Griddleton Pippin, which is a large an- 

 gular-shaped apple, of a green colour, with a 

 little blush toward the sun. It is a baking ap- 

 ple, and keeps till March. 



The Gruinas's Pippin, which is about the size 

 and shape of a Golden Pippin ; of a dingey- 

 green colour next the sun, and of a dull yellow 

 on the other side. It is ripe in January, and 

 keeps till April. 



The Hagloe Crab, which is a yellow-coloured 

 conical-shaped apple, below the middle size. 

 It is ripe in January ; but is only fit for making 

 cider, or for baking. 



The Hall Door, which is a fine large apple, 

 of a flat shape, beautifully streaked with red to- 

 ward the sun, and of a greenish-yellow on the 



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other side. It is of a fine flavour, and is in eat- 

 ing from January oil Much. 



The Hallingbury, which it a large flat-shaped 

 apple, with large ridges from the base to the 

 crown. It is of a beautiful red toward the sun, 

 and of a yellowish colour on the other aide and 

 towards the eye. 



The Hampshire N*»nsucb, which is a pretty 

 large well -shaped apple, of a greenish-yellow 

 colour, streaked with red. It keeps till the Lit- 

 ter end of November. 



The Harvey's Russet, which is so called in 

 Cornwall, is a large russet-colonred apple, with 

 a little red toward the sun. It is a famous 

 kitchen fruit, and tolerably good raw, with a. 

 musky flavour. 



The Holland Pippin, which is a middle-sized 

 apple of a flattish shape. Its colour is yellow, 

 in some places inclining to green, with, some- 

 times, a little red toward the sun. It is a 

 pretty good apple, keeping till the middle of 

 April. 



The Hollow-eyed Pippin, which is a middle- 

 sized apple, of a yellow colour, beautifully spot- 

 ted with red toward the sun; and the eye is 

 pretty deep. It is a good sharp-flavoured apple, 

 keeping till the middle of May. 



The Hollow-eyed Rennet of Cornwall, which 

 is a handsome flat-shaped apple, under the 

 middle size, of a greenish-yellow colour, some- 

 times intermixed with russet. It is of an excel- 

 lent flavour, and keeps till April. 



The Hedge Apple, which is a new fruit, of 

 middle size and handsome conical shape, red 

 toward the sun, and of a straw-colour on the 

 other side. It is of a tolerably good flavour, 

 and keeps till the latter end of April. 



The Hogshead Apple, which is a small red 

 fruit ; the flesh is red, and the taste austere. It 

 is a cider apple, becomes ripe in January, and 

 keeps till March. 



The Hubbard's, or the Russet Pearmain, which 

 is a real Norfolk apple; and, though not hand- 

 some, is one of the best table apples. It is of 

 a dark russet colour, becomes ripe in January, 

 and keeps till April. 



The John Apple, which is a middle-sized 

 handsome fruit, of a green colour, with a little 

 red toward the sun ; the foot-stalk being very 

 small. It is an excellent cider and baking apple, 

 from Devonshire; is of an excellent flavour, and 

 keeps till March. 



The Isle-of- Wight Pippin, which is a hand- 

 some middle-sized apple, of a greenish-yellow 

 colour. 



The Juneting, or Jenneting, which is a small 

 yellowish apple, red on the side next the sun. 

 It is a pretty fruit for early variety, and ripens 

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