(3 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



ALGARKIRK BEAUTY (Algarkirk Seedling). Fruit, small, two 

 inches and a quarter wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; 

 roundish oblate, even and symmetrical in its outline. Skin, entirely 

 covered with brilliant crimson, which is streaked with darker crimson 

 except a small patch on the shaded side, which is orange. Eye, small, 

 half open, with erect convergent segments set in a shallow wide basin. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped, deep. Stalk, from half an 

 inch to an inch long, slender, set in a round russety cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, very tender, sweet, juicy, of good flavour, and with a 

 pleasant perfume. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit or closed. 



A very beautiful apple for the dessert. It is not of the first quality, 

 but is well worth growing for the fine appearance it has on the table. 

 It would be a very attractive market apple. Eipe in September. 



ALLEN'S EVERLASTING. Fruit, rather below medium size, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, and two inches high ; oblate, even and 

 regular in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, becoming clearer yellow 

 as it ripens, and with a few faint streaks of red or a red cheek showing 

 through the russet coat ; sometimes it has a bright deep crimson 

 cheek next the sun, which extends almost all over the shaded side, 

 where it is paler, and also marked with a good deal of rough brown 

 russet. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. Eye, large and open, set 

 in a wide and pretty deep round basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 slender, set in a wide deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, sweet, 

 crisp, juicy, and richly flavoured, with a fine bouquet. Cells, obovate ; 

 axile. 



A very useful apple either for the dessert or kitchen use. It keeps 

 well till May. 



Althorp Pippin. See Marmalade Pippin. 



AMASSIA. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and the 

 same high ; conical, like a small Codlin, narrowing abruptly to the 

 eye, where it forms a sort of snout. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow 

 on the shaded side, and washed with red, which is streaked with 

 bright crimson next the sun. Eye, very small and closed, set in a 

 narrow puckered basin surrounded with small knobs or ridges. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, deep wide funnel-shaped. Stalk, from a 

 half to three-quarters of an inch long, set in a pretty deep cavity. 

 Flesh, white, crisp, tender, very juicy, and pleasantly flavoured. 

 Cells, wide open, ovate oblong ; abaxile. 



A fine apple for kitchen use. It is excellent in a tart, and requires 

 no sugar. It does not cook to a pulp, the pieces retain the shape into 

 which they are cut. 



This is a very beautiful and ornamental apple. On some soils, when 

 the fruit is much exposed to the sun, it is bright crimson all over, 

 marked with broken streaks on a bright yellow ground. It is the 

 apple most generally grown in Asia Minor, on the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. 



