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calls it " a large gold yellow apple, of an excellent, quick, something sharp taste, 

 and bears well." It is also noticed by Eay as " Pomum dclicatulum Cestrias." 



David T. Fish. See Warner's King. 



DEANS' CODLIN. Fruit, very large, three inches and a quarter 

 wide, and three inches and three-quarters high ; conical or oblong, 

 with prominent ribs on the sides, which extend to the apex, and form 

 corresponding ridges round the eye, Skin, clear, deep yellow, dotted 

 with large russet dots. Eye, closed, with somewhat erect segments, 

 set in a deep and furrowed basin. Stamens, median, inclining to 

 marginal ; tube, deep, funnel-shaped. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, rather slender for the size of the fruit, inserted in a deep 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and pleasantly flavoured. Cells, 

 wide open, Codlin-like, elliptical ; abaxile. 



A first-rate kitchen apple ; in use from November till February. 

 This was introduced by Mr. W. Deans, a nurseryman at Jedburgh, 

 N.B. 



Delaware. See Trumpington. 



DE NEIG-E (Fameuse ; La Fameuse). Fruit, about the medium 

 size, two inches and a half broad, and two inches high ; roundish, 

 sometimes oblate. Skin, tender, smooth, and shining, of a beautiful 

 pale waxen yellow colour, tinged with pale red, on the shaded side, but 

 covered with deeper red on the side next the sun. Eye, small, half- 

 open, with short segments, reflexed at the tips, and set in a narrow, 

 shallow, and puckered basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, deep, conical. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a round and pretty deep cavity. 

 Flesh, pure white, remarkably tender and delicate, sweet, and pleasantly 

 flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A very beautiful and handsome apple, but not of great merit. It is 

 suitable for dessert use, and is in perfection from November to 

 January. 



The tree is of a small habit of growth, hardy, and bears well ; but 

 in some soils it is liable to canker. 



This variety is supposed to be of Canadian origin, and was introduced to this 

 country by a Mr. Barclay, of ISrompton, near London. It is grown very extensively 

 in Canada, and is very higbly appreciated. The name of Pomme de Neige has 

 been applied to several very distinct varieties, and it can be traced back as far as 

 the beginning of the seventeenth century; but the variety to which it was then 

 applied, and which appears to have been a sort of early White Codlin, has long 

 since disappeared, and any attempt to identify it must be mere conjecture. 



Deux Ans of Kent. See Graham. 



DEVONSHIRE BUCKLAND (Dredge's White Lily; Pile's Vic- 

 toria ; White Lily ; Lily BucTdand). Fruit, above medium size ; 

 roundish, and flattened, angular on the sides. Skin, waxen yellow, 

 strewed with minute russet dots. Eye, open, with erect segments, 

 reflexed at the tips. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, deeply 



