APPLES. 55 



Specific gravity of its juice, 1071. 



A cider apple, whirh takes its name from the parish of Cowarne, near Broom- 

 yard, in Herefordshire, where it was raised about the beginning of the last century. 



COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish ovate, 

 even and ivgular in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, and streaked 

 with red in the shade, but dark red where exposed to the sun, and 

 this extends over three-fourths of the whole surface. Over the coloured 

 part are patches and traces of ash grey russet forming a smooth and 

 firm crust. Eye, small and open, or closed, filled with stamens and 

 with short erect segments, set in a somewhat shallow saucer-like basin, 

 which is plaited and entirely lined with russet. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, somewhat fleshy, set in a 

 moderately deep cavity, which has a slight swelling on one side, and is 

 covered with russet extending over the base. Flesh, yellowish, very 

 tender in the grain, crisp, juicy, and sweet, with a fine perfume and 

 rich flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



One of the best dessert apples ; in use from October to February. 

 The tree is admirably adapted for dwarfs or pyramids, succeeds well 

 on the paradise stock, and is a free bearer. 



This excellent variety was raised at Colnbrook Lawn, near Slough, Bucks, by a 

 Mr. Cox, who was formerly a brewer at Bermondsey, and who retired to Colnbrook 

 Lawn, where he devoted the remaining years of his life to gardening pursuits. The 

 Apple originated in 1830, and is said to have been from a pip of Ribs ton Pippin. 



COX'S POMONA. Fruit, above the medium size, three inches wide, 

 and two and a half high, sometimes large ; roundish, somewhat flattened, 

 angular on the sides, and with ridges round the eye. Skin, yellow, and 

 very much streaked with bright crimson, and where fully exposed to tho 

 sun entirely crimson, marked with stripes and patches of dark crim- 

 son ; russety in the cavity of the stalk and over the base. Eye, 

 slightly open, with erect segments, set in a deep and angular basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, short, conical. Stalk, an inch long, slender, 

 deeply inserted. Flesh, white, tender, very juicy, and pleasantly acid. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A first-rate and very handsome culinary apple ; ripe in October. 



This was raised by Mr. Cox, of Colnbrook Lawn, who also raised Cox's Orange 

 Pippin. 



CRAY PIPPIN. Fruit, below medium size ; conical, and angular 

 on the sides. Skin, pale yellow, with a tinge of red next the sun. 

 Eye, small and closed, set in an even basin. Stalk, short, and deeply 

 inserted. Flesh, yellow, crisp, sweet, and highly flavoured. 



An excellent dessert apple ; ripe in October. 



CRIMSON QUOINING (Scarlet Queening; Summer Queening; 

 I.W Qut'i'ninij ; Herefordshire Queenim/). Fruit, medium sized, two 

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

 conical and angular, sometimes distinctly five-sided, widest in the 



