60 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



A very beautiful apple of good quality, ripe in the beginning of 

 October, and which must be eaten as soon as ripe. 



Ditton Nonpareil. See Braddick's Nonpareil. 



DOCTOR HARE'S. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters in diameter ; roundish, inclining to ovate, even in its outline. 

 Skin, deep bright grass green where shaded, but where exposed to the 

 sun it is brownish red, which is marked with broken streaks of bright 

 red, and here and there over the surface are patches of rough scaly 

 russet. Eye, set in a narrow, round, and plaited basin, with connivent 

 segments. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical, rather wide. Flesh, with a 

 greenish tinge, firm, crisp, with a brisk acidity and agreeable flavour. 

 Cells, closed, obovate ; axile, closed. 



An excellent cooking apple, which is a long keeper, even up till May. 



This is a Herefordshire apple. 



DOCTOR HARVEY (Harvey Apple). Fruit, large, three inches 

 wide, and about the same in height ; ovate and somewhat angular. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, dotted with green and white specks, but becoming 

 quite yellow at maturity ; round the crown it is marked with lines of 

 russet. Eye, small, with short connivent segments, very slightly 

 depressed, and surrounded with several prominent knobbed plaits. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, long, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a deep, uneven cavity. Flesh, firm, white, crisp, 

 juicy, pleasantly acid, and perfumed. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A culinary apple of first-rate quality, well known in Norfolk. It is 

 in use from October till January. The tree is a large grower, hardy, 

 and a great bearer. 



Lindley says, " When baked in an oven which is not too hot, these 

 apples are most excellent ; they become sugary, and will keep a week 

 or ten days, furnishing for the dessert a highly flavoured sweetmeat." 



This is one of the oldest English apples. It is first mentioned by Parkinson as 

 " a faire greate goodly apple ; and very well rellished." Ralph Austen calls it "a 

 very choice fruit, and the trees beare well." According to Bay it is named in 

 honour of Dr. Gabriel Harvey, of Cambridge : " Pomum Harveianum ab inventore 

 Gabriele Harveio Doctore nomen sortitum Cantabrigian suas delicioc." 



I learn from Houghton's Husbandry and Trade Improved that Dr. Harvey was 

 master of Trinity Hall, and that about the year 1630 he left, by will, an estate to 

 mend the road from Cambridge towards London, six miles to Fulmer ( Foulmire). 



DOCTOR HOGG. Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, 

 and two inches and a half high ; ovate or conical, prominently ribbed, 

 and with bold ridges round the eye. Skin, when ripe, rich golden 

 yellow with a pale red cheek, which is faintly striped with crimson on 

 the side next the sun, here and there are small patches of russet. 

 Eye, large and slightly open, with long erect connivent segments, set 

 in a deep, ribbed, and plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical 

 or funnel-shaped. Stalk, an inch or more long, deeply inserted in a 

 wide, irregular cavity. Flesh, white, very tender and juicy, sweet and 

 briskly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; abaxile. 



