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42 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



CELLINI. Fruit, rather above medium size ; roundish, and flat- 

 tened at both ends. Skin, rich deep yellow, with spots and patches of 

 lively red on the shaded side ; and bright red streaked and mottled 

 with dark crimson next the sun, with here and there a tinge of yellow 

 breaking through. Eye, large and open, with short, acute, and re- 

 flexed segments, and set in a shallow and slightly plaited basin. Stalk, 

 very short, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity. Stamens, median, or 

 basal ; tube, conical or funnel-shaped. Flesh, white, tender, very juicy, 

 brisk, and pleasantly flavoured, with a somewhat balsamic aroma. Cells, 

 roundish or obovate ; axile, open. 



A culinary apple of the first quality ; in use during October and 

 November. It is a fine, showy, and handsome apple, bearing a strong 

 resemblance to the Nonesuch, from which in all probability it was 

 raised. It originated with Mr. Leonard Phillips, of Vauxhall. 



Chalmers' Large. See Dutch Codlin. 



CHALLENGE PIPPIN. Fruit, from two and a quarter to two and 

 a half inches wide, and two to two and a quarter inches high ; either 

 cylindrical or ovate in shape ; even and regular in its outline. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, of a bright grass-green ground colour, and entirely 

 covered with bright dark crimson streaks on the side next the sun, and 

 paler on the shaded side. Eye, open, with divergent segments, set in 

 a pretty deep plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a round russety cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish, tender, juicy, and pleasantly acid, with a brisk flavour. 

 Cells, roundish ; axile, open. 



An excellent culinary apple, grown in Cornwall, and sent to me by 

 J. Vivian, Esq., of Hayle. It keeps well till Christmas. 



Charlamowiski. See Duchess of Oldenburg. 



CHARLEMAGNE. Fruit, two inches and a quarter wide, and 

 under two inches high ; roundish oblate, even and regular in its out- 

 line, flattened on the top, and with five prominent round knobs round 

 the eye. Skin, of an uniform pale yellow, with a faint blush of rose, 

 dotted with deeper red on the side next the sun. Eye, large and 

 closed, with broad segments, which are reflexed at the tips, three of 

 which are broader, and cover the other two. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, woody, slender, 

 and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, very soft and tender, rather 

 sweet, and without much flavour. Cells, elliptical ; axile. 



An early apple ; ripe in the second or third week in August, and 

 soon becomes mealy. 



CHAXHILL BED. Fruit, two inches and three-quarters wide, and 

 a little over two inches high ; roundish oblate, even and regularly 

 formed. Skin, completely covered with deep crimson, streaked with 



