APPLES. 15 



BARON "WARD. Fruit, small, two and a quarter inches wide, and 

 two inches high ; roundish ovate. Skin, smooth and shining, of a fine 

 uniform deep yellow colour, marked with broken streaks of pale red 

 next the sun. Eye, slightly open, and not much depressed, set in a 

 shallow plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, very 

 short. Flesh, tender, crisp, juicy, and agreeably acid. Cells, elliptical ; 

 axile. 



This is an excellent apple for culinary purposes, but its small size is 

 a great objection to it. It is in use from January till May. 



This was raised, from Dumelow's Seedling, in 1850, by Mr. Samuel Bradley, 

 at Elton Manor, Nottingham, and first exhibited at the British Pomological Society, 

 May 5th, 1859. 



BARTON'S INCOMPARABLE. Fruit, below medium size ; in 

 shape somewhat like a Golden Pippin, ovate or conical, with obtuse 

 ribs on the sides, which terminate in ridges round the eye. Skin, 

 yellowish green, covered with patches of pale brown russet, thickly 

 strewed with large russety freckles, like the Barcelona Pearmain, and 

 tinged with orange next the sun. Eye, small, open, with erect seg- 

 ments, which are reflexed at the tips, set in a narrow and angular basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, nearly three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and round cavity. Flesh, yel- 

 lowish white, tender, crisp, brittle, very juicy, and when eaten is quite 

 a mouthful of lively, vinous juice. Cells, roundish ovate ; axile, open. 



A dessert apple of the highest excellence ; in use from October to 

 February. 



The tree is a good and healthy grower, attains a considerable size, 

 and is an excellent bearer. 



This variety seems to be but little known, and, considering its excellence, too 

 rarely cultivated. I am not aware that it exists in any of the nurseries, or that it 

 was at any period extensively propagated. The only place where I ever met with 

 it was in the private garden of the late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, whence I pro- 

 cured grafts from a tree in the last stage of decay. 



BASCOMBE MYSTERY. Fruit, two inches and a half wide, and 

 two inches high ; roundish oblate, obscurely ribbed on the sides, and 

 with ridges round the eye. Skin, of an uniform grass green colour, 

 changing to greenish yellow as it ripens. Eye, closed, with erect 

 segments, which are pointed and reflexed at the tips, and set in a 

 narrow, shallow, and ribbed basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, 

 conical. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, set in a wide and deep 

 cavity. Flesh, tender, crisp, juicy, sweet, and with a delicate perfume. 

 Cells, round ; axile, closed. 



An excellent dessert apple, with tender flesh ; ripe in November and 

 December. 



BASTARD FOXWHELP. Fruit, small, an inch and three-quarters 

 wide, and an inch and a half high ; oblate, sometimes inclining to 

 roundish, even and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, and shining as 



