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The Maiden's Blush, which is a small apple, 

 of a dark mahogany colour next the sun, but 

 paler on the other side, and sometimes of a 

 greenish cast. The taste is austere, and of course 

 this fruit is not fit for the table; but does verv 

 well for baking, or for cider. It keeps till the 

 beginning of March. 



The Mansfield Tart, which is a large Notting- 

 ham apple, but most known in Yorkshire. . It 

 is handsome, of a grten colour, having a little 

 cast of a brownish red, with dark spots next the 

 sun, being a baking apple, and keeping till Fe- 

 bruary. 



The May Gennet, which is rather under the 

 middle size, of a greenish-yellow colour, slightly 

 streaked with red next the sun. It keeps till 

 April. 



The Major Hemmings's Apple, which is a 

 handsome middle-sized fruit, of a light-green 

 colour, with a little brownish-red towards the 

 sun. It is an excellent apple. 



The Margil, which is an excellent apple, 

 about the size of a Nonpareil. It is of a red 

 colour with some yellow on one side ; continues 

 in use from November to the latter end of 

 March ; and is often sold in the London mar- 

 kets for a Nonpareil. 



The Margaret Apple, which is a fine and 

 beautiful fruit, yellow striped with red, of a de- 

 licate taste, sweet scent, and generally eaten off 

 the tree. It is ripe in August. 



The Minchall Crab, which is a handsome 

 middle-sized Lancashire apple, of a yellow co- 

 lour, with some brown spots. It is common in 

 the Manchester market, and keeps till April. 



The Monstrous Rennet, which is a very large 

 apple, turning red towards the sun, and of a dark- 

 green on the other side. It is generally pre- 

 served on account of its magnitude, as the flesh 

 is apt to be mealy. It becomes ripe in October. 

 The Mother Rennet, which is rather under 

 the middle size, of a greenish culour, with a 

 little blush towards the sun. The eye is large 

 and deep, and the footstalk small. 



The New-England Pippin, which is a large 

 an«rular-shaped apple, of a green colour, with a 

 little brownish-red towards the sun. It has a 

 pretty good flavour, and keeps till March. 



The Newtown Pippin, which according to 

 Mr. Forsyth is an American Apple, but said to 

 be originally from Devonshire. It is a fine 

 large apple, of a greenish-yellow colour, and 

 red, with dark s-pots next the sun. When much 

 exposed, it is of a beautiful red towards the sun, 

 and of a gold colour on the other side. It has a 

 fine flavour when not kept till it i« too ripe, as 

 then it becomes mealy. It is in eating from 

 mber to January. 



The New Red Must, which is a fine large 

 apple, of a pak red towards the footstalk, and 

 of a greenish colour towards the eye. It is a 

 cider apple, and for baking 



The New Red Pippin, which is a beautiful 

 middle-sized apple of a dark-red colour, with a 

 mixture of yellow on the side from the sun. 

 It keeps till March. 



The Nonsuch, which is a good bearer, and 

 very lit either for the table or kitchen ; the cooks, 

 however, complain that it makes but a very 

 small proportion of sauce. It is ripe in Sep- 

 tember and October. 



The Nine Square, which, according to For- 

 syth, is a Gloucestershire apple. It is a large 

 angular-shaped fruit, of a fine red towards the 

 sun. and yellow on the other side, with a small 

 mixture of red, keeping till April. 



The Norfolk Colinan, which is a middle- 

 sized apple, of a mahogany colour towards the 

 sob, and a dark green on the other side. It 

 keeps till Autrust. 



The Norfolk Bcetin, which is a good-sized 

 apple, rather flatted, of a deep red colour to- 

 wards the eye, but paler towards the footstalk. 

 The Norfolk Paradise, which is a large ap- 

 ple, of a dark red colour towards the sun, and 

 green on the other side. It is a nice baking 

 apple, and of a tolerable flavour for eating, h 

 keeps till the middle of May. 



The Norfolk Storing, which is a pretty large 

 apple, of a dark red colour towards the foot- 

 stalk, and green towards the eye. It is of a 

 pleasant sharp flavour, being in eating from the 

 latter end of January to the latter end of April. 



The Northern Greening, which is a fine ob- 

 long apple, full at the footstalk, of a pale-green 

 colour, with a little red towards the sun. It is 

 nearly of an equal size from the base to the 

 crown, and has a fine flavour, beinc ripe in 

 January. 



The Nonpareil, which is a fruit deservedly 

 valued for the briskness of its taste. It is sel- 

 dom ripe before Christmas, and, if well pre- 

 served, will keep till May. It is justly esteemed 

 one of the best apples' that have been yet 

 known. 



The Oak Peg, or Oaken Pin, which is an 

 oval-shaped middle-sized fruit, of a green co- 

 lour striped with white. It is verv full towards 

 the footstalk, which is small, keeping till June. 

 The Old English Pearmain, which Is an oval- 

 shaped apple, of a middle size, and fine red co- 

 lour, with a little yellow towards the eve. It is 

 of a pleasant sweet flavour; and is in eatino- 

 from January to March. 



The Old Red Must, which is a fine large ap- 

 ple, somen hat remnbling the New Rcd^Must 

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