114 APPLES. 



NO. S3. CATLINE, OR GREGSON APPLE. 



The Catline is an apple rather below the middling 

 size : and is sometimes, in a fruitful year, and on a 

 full bearing tree, quite small : it is a great bearer 

 the form is flat, the stalk short and thick, the skin 

 smooth, and of a beautiful yellow, with a clear and 

 brilliant red towards the sun, with numerous streaks 

 and many dark spots scattered on the surface. The 

 flesh is a pale yellow, tender, rich, juicy and sweet : 

 as an eating apple in October, November, and De- 

 cember, it is particularly fine ; and is considered as a 

 good early cider apple, although not sufficiently strong 

 for bottling ; the tree is small, the form regular, and 

 round in the head ; the shoots straight and delicate ; 

 the foliage of a lively green it is very productive, 

 and in six or seven years after transplanting, it bears 

 abundantly, when well cultivated. 



NO. 23. GLOUCESTER WHITE. 



This apple is of a middling size; of a shape not 

 very uniform, varying from an oblong to a flat form * 

 the colour when ripe, is a bright yellow, with clouds 

 of black spots : the flesh is yellow, rich, breaking, and 

 juicy 5 of a fine flavour as a table apple ; and producing 



