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February. The tree is a slender grower, and never attains a great 

 size, but is a good bearer. 



BROUGHTOX. Fruit, small, conical, and regularly formed. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow in the shade, but covered with fine, delicate, lively 

 red, which is marked with a few streaks of deeper red on the side next 

 the sun, and strewed with minute russety dots. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted 

 in a round and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, delicate, 

 brisk, SMLMI-Y, and richly flavoured. 



A valuable dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to 

 December. 



BROWN" KKNT1N<;. Fruit, above medium size, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, and 

 slightly ribbed on the sides. Skin, greenish yellow, marked with 

 distinct and well-defined figures, and reticulations of russet, like the 

 Fenouillet Jaune, on the shaded side, and over the base ; but green, 

 which is almost entirely covered with a coating of smooth, thin, pale 

 brown russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in 

 a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender and woody, 

 inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity, which is of a green colour, and 

 very slightly marked with russet. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, and tender, 

 with a brisk, somewhat sugary, and pleasant aromatic flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; in use from October 

 to Christmas, after which it becomes mealy. 



BROWN'S SEEDLING. Fruit, two inches and three-quarters 

 wide, and two and a quarter high ; roundish oblate, very much of the 

 shape of Golden Reinette, even and regular in its outline, except in 

 the basin of the eye, where it is slightly ribbed. Skin, lemon yellow 

 where shaded, but almost entirely covered with light crimson over 

 three-fourths of the surface, and this again is covered with broken 

 streaks and blotches of deeper and brighter crimson. Eye, closed, 

 with Hat and irregular segments, set in a pretty deep, angular, and 

 plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half 

 an inch long, slender, deeply inserted in a round, even, russety cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, fine grained, tender, very juicy, having a plea- 

 sant acidity, without much flavour or aroma. Cells, roundish obovate ; 

 axile, closed. 



A very handsome apple, excellent for culinary purposes, but of little 

 use in the dessert except for appearance. In use during winter. 



It was raised by Messrs. Brown, nurserymen, of Stamford, from whom I received 

 it in 1874. 



BROWNLEES'S RUSSET. Large, roundish ovate, and rather 

 flattened. Skin, green and russety, with brownish red next the sun. 

 Eye, closed, in a narrow, shallow, plaited basin. Stamens, median ; 

 tube, short conical. Stalk, short, deeply inserted, with a swelling on 



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