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middle, and narrowing to the base and the apex. Skin, dull red, 

 streaked with darker red where exposed to the sun, and greenish 

 yellow, with a few faint streaks of pale red, on the shaded side. Eye, 

 open, with long, reflexed, divergent segments, set in a narrow and 

 prominently ribbed basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, deep, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, over half an inch long, inserted in a deep and angular 

 cavity. Flesh, white, with a greenish tinge, tender, juicy, and with a 

 pleasant, brisk flavour. Cells, roundish -obovate ; axile. 



A second-rate apple, suitable either for the dessert or kitchen use ; 

 in season from December till March. 



Croft en Eeich. See Galloway Pippin. 



CROFT PEARMAIN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 a half wide, and the same in height ; round, with blunt angles on the 

 sides, and rather irregular in its outline. Skin, lemon yellow, closely 

 freckled all over with specks of cinnamon-coloured russet, and large 

 russet dots. Eye, large, and prominently set on the surface, with a 

 small knob at the base of each segment ; segments connivent, over- 

 lapping each other, broad and leaf-like. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 wide and conical, rather irregular. Stalk, half an inch long, deeply 

 inserted. Flesh, white, very tender and translucent, juicy, and with a 

 brisk flavour. Cells, elliptical ; axile, closed. 



A good kitchen apple ; in use up till Christmas. 



This is much grown in the neighbourhood of Kington, Herefordshire. 



CROFTON SCARLET. Fruit, medium sized; oblate, slightly 

 angular on the sides. Skin, covered with yellowish russet, except on 

 the side next the sun, where it is bright red, with a mixture of russet. 

 Eye, set in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a 

 moderately deep cavity. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured. 



A most delicious dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; in use from 

 October to December, and does not become mealy. 



The Scarlet Crofton is of Irish origin. 



CULLEN. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three 

 inches high ; ovate, obtusely angular, terminating in ridges round the 

 eye and small furrows into the basin of it. Skin, with a dull yellowish 

 green tinge, striped with broken streaks of red on the shaded side, a 

 dull brownish blush on the side next the sun, which is also marked 

 with short, broken streaks of crimson. Eye, closed, with convergent 

 segments, set in a deep and furrowed basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, 

 conical. Stalk, over half an inch long, stout, deeply set in a greenish 

 russet-lined cavity ; sometimes it is about an inch long, slender, and 

 obliquely inserted by the side of a fleshy prominence. Flesh, tender, 

 very juicy, mildly acid. Cells, obovate ; axile or abaxile. 



A very excellent culinary apple ; in use up till Christmas, and a 

 great favourite among the Kentish orchardists about Maidstone. 



