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that of the variety above described is from Court pendu, signifying suspended 

 short, the stalk being so short that the fruit sits, as it were, upon the branch. The 

 name Capendu, or Capendua, is mentioned by the earliest authors, but applied to 

 different varieties of apples. It is met with in Ruellius, Tragus, Curtius, and 

 Dalechamp, the latter considering it the Cestiana of Pliny. Curtius applies the 

 name to a yellow apple, and so also does Ruellius ; but Tragus considers it one of 

 the varieties of Passe-pomme. He says, " Capendua magna sunt alba et dulcia, in 

 quorum utero semina per maturitatem sonant, Ruellio Passipoma apellantur." 

 They are also mentioned by J. Bauhin, " Celeberrimum hoc pomi genus est totius 

 Europce, sic dicta, quod ex curto admodum pendeant pedieulo." 



It is called Garnons from the residence of the Cotterell family, near Hereford, 

 where it had been grown without a name, and hence became known as the Garnons 

 apple. For the same reason it is called Wollaton Pippin from the residence of 

 Lord Middleton in Nottinghamshire. 



COWAN'S SEEDLING. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, 

 and two and a quarter high ; round, and sometimes oval, when it has a 

 large fleshy swelling at the base ; somewhat angular, and terminating 

 in prominent ridges round the eye. Skin, rich yellow, almost covered 

 with broken streaks of crimson, and with a crimson cheek where exposed 

 to the sun ; there is a little thin russet about the crown. Eye, small, 

 and closed, with erect convergent segments set in a pretty deep angular 

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

 very short, with a large swelling on one side. Flesh, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and with a pleasant flavour. Cells, obovate ; abaxile. 



A very pretty dessert apple ; in use in October. 



COWABNE QUOINING. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, 

 and two inches and a quarter high ; ovate or conical, with obtuse ribs on 

 the sides, which extend to the eye and there form distinct ridges. Skin, 

 smooth, shining, and almost entirely covered with deep bright crimson, 

 which is darker on the side next the sun, but paler and streaked in the 

 shade, where the yellow ground colour is exposed ; the whole surface 

 is sprinkled with rather large russet dots. Eye, small, set in a narrow 

 basin, which is surrounded with ridges, the segments convergent and 

 nearly erect. Stamens, basal ; tube, short, conical. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a rather deep, round, and narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and of good flavour, pervaded with veins and stains 

 of red. Cells, large and symmetrical, obovate ; axile, open. 



A dessert apple of Herefordshire ; in use from January to March. 



COWARNE RED. Fruit, small, about two inches wide, and one and 

 a half high ; oblate, even and regular in outline. Skin, streaked with 

 yellow and red on the shaded side and round the base, but of a bright 

 red over a great part, and where fully exposed to the sun of an intense, 

 deep, purplish crimson ; there are numerous short streaks, which mark 

 the shady part of the fruit. Eye, small, with very short converging 

 segments, the tips of which are divergent. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, over half an inch long, very stiff and straight. 

 Flesh, dry, woolly, and acid. Cells, open, obovate; axile. 



