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deeper and brighter colour, except where it is shaded, and there it is 

 greenish yellow, thinly washed and streaked with red ; green and 

 russety round the stalk. Eye, small, with connivent segments, set 

 in a round, even, and shallow basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and stout, quite imbedded in the narrow 

 cavity. Flesh, tender, with a mild sub-acid flavour. Cells, roundish 

 obovate ; axile, open. 



A Gloucestershire apj>le, which was awarded a first-class certificate at Gloucester 

 about the year 1S73 for its excellence for cider. 



CHERRY APPLE ( Scarf rt Sil>cn>ni Crab). Fruit, very small, 

 about three-quarters of an inch broad, and the same in height ; 

 oblato-oblong. Skin, thin and shining, of a beautiful lemon colour on 

 the shaded side, but entirely covered with dark blood-red on the side 

 exposed to the sun, and which extends towards the shaded side of a 

 fine crimson. Stalk, very slender, an inch and a half long, inserted 

 in a small round cavity. Eye, small, with divergent deciduous seg- 

 ments, placed in a shallow basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a very pleasant and lively 

 sub-acid flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A beautiful little apple, more resembling a cherry in its general 

 appearance than an apple. It is ripe in October. 



The tree, when full grown, is from fifteen to twenty feet high, and 

 produces an abundance of its beautiful fruit. It is perfectly hardy, 

 and may be grown on almost any description of soil. It forms a 

 beautiful object when grown as an ornamental tree on a lawn or 

 shrubbery. 



CHERRY NORMAN. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch 

 and a half high ; roundish oblate, narrowing a little towards the crown, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth, golden yellow, and 

 with a bright rose cheek on the side next the sun, which is also some- 

 times marked with patches of pale brown russet. Eye, closed, with 

 erect convergent segments which are reflexed at the tips, and set hi a 

 narrow, shallow, plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, short 

 conical. Stalk, from a quarter to hah an inch long, set in a small and 

 shallow cavity, generally with a fleshy swelling on one side. Flesh, 

 quite white, tender and soft, juicy, and with an astringent as well as a 

 sweet taste. Cells, very regular, obovate ; axile, open. 



This pretty little apple, which is so brilliant in colour as to be a 

 rival to the Lady Apple, is a Herefordshire cider variety. 



CHERRY PEARMAIN. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 a half wide, and the same in height ; roundish, but occasionally somewhat 

 conical, even in its outline, but sometimes bluntly angular. Skin, 

 entirely covered with brilliant crimson and broken streaks of darker 

 colour, except on the shaded side, where it is rich yellow, flushed and 

 streaked with crimson ; the whole of the surface is strewed with 

 distinct russet dots. Eye, small, and closed, with connivent segments 



