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and marked with a few russety dots on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, with reflexed segments, and placed in a shallow basin. 

 Stamens, basal, occasionally somewhat marginal ; tube, conical. 

 Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a moderately deep cavity, which 

 is lined with greenish grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and 

 sugary, with a rich and perfumed flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, 

 closed. 



An excellent dessert apple, yery much like Yellow Ingestrie, but is 

 in use from January to March. 



The tree is hardy, but a weak and slender grower, and never attains 

 a great si/e. It succeeds well on the paradise stock. 



This is one of the varieties raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton 

 Castle, I[(.'rrfnl>hire, ami which he. obtained by impregnating the Golden Pippin 

 with the pollen of the Golden Harvey. He considered it a good cider apple. 



BRISTOL PEARMAIN. Fruit, small, about two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and the same in height ; oblong, slightly angular on tho 

 side, and ridged round the eye. Skin, dull yellowish green, with a 

 few pale stripes of crimson, and considerably covered with patches and 

 dots of thin grey russet on the shaded side ; but marked with thin dull 

 red, striped with deeper and brighter red, on the side exposed to the 

 sun, and covered with numerous dark russety dots. Eye, small and 

 closed, with erect, acute segments, set in a deep, round, and plaited 

 basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity, which is lined with 

 thin brown russet, strewed with silvery scales. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 not very juicy, but briskly flavoured. 



An apple of little merit ; in use from October to February. 



The only place where I ever met with this variety is in the neighbourhood of 



Odihuin, in Hampshire. 



BROAD-END (Winter Broading ; Kentish Broading \ Brooding). 

 Fruit, large, three inches and three-quarters broad, and three inches 

 high ; roundish, broadest at the base, and considerably flattened at the 

 ends, somewhat oblate. Skin, yellowish green in the shade, but 

 tinged with red next the sun, interspersed with a few streaks of red, 

 and covered in some places with patches of fine russet. Eye, large 

 and open, set in a rather deep and angular basin. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, rich, 

 juicy, and with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple of the first quality ; in use from November 

 to Christmas. 



The tree is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, and an excellent 

 bearer. 



Broading. See Broad-end. 



BROAD-EYED PIPPIN. Fruit, large and oblate. Skin, greenish 

 yellow in the shade, with faint streaks of red, and with a bright red 

 blush, streaked with darker red, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 



