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An excellent culinary apple, and also good for dessert use ; it is in 

 season from November till February. 



This was raised by Mr. Sidney Ford, gardener to W. E. Ilubhard, Esq., of 

 Leonard's Lee, near Horsham, and was awarded a First-class Certificate by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, December 17th, 1878, on the recommendation of Sir 

 C. "W. Strickland, Bart., to" whom it was referred to test its cooking properties. 

 His report was " Doctor Hogg is very like the White Calville, probably a seed- 

 ling from it. It melts perfectly, does not fall at all, is juicy, slightly acid, very rich 

 and sugary, with a delicate aroma. It is a first-rate baking apple." 



DOG'S SNOUT. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters long, and the same broad ; oblong, narrowing towards the 

 crown, with prominent angles on the sides, which terminate at the 

 apex in bold ridges ; the base of the fruit is flattened, and the crown 

 narrow. Skin, smooth and greasy to the feel, of a pale yellowish 

 green, except on the side next the sun, where there is a faint blush of 

 pale crimson marked with several broken stripes of dark bright crimson, 

 the whole surface strewed with distinct russety dots. Eye, small and 

 closed, placed in a shallow, puckered, and angular basin. Stalk, over 

 an inch long, very slender, inserted in a deep and narrow basin, with a 

 swelling of the flesh on one side of it, and from which issue ramifications 

 of russet which extend over the base of the fruit. Flesh, greenish 

 white, tender, and marrow-like, agreeably acid, and pleasantly flavoured. 



A culinary apple ; in use during December and January, but only of 

 second-rate quality. 



I received this some years ago from Mr. W. Barratt, of Wakcfield, It is some- 

 what like the Keswick Codlin, but with a much longer stalk. 



DOMINO. Fruit, large, nearly three inches and a quarter wide, 

 and about three and a half high ; somewhat cylindrical or blunt coni- 

 cal in shape, with five prominent ribs, one larger tban the others, 

 which makes the fruit larger on one side of the axis, and consequently 

 if measured through that diameter it is as wide as it is high. Skin, of 

 an uniform greenish yellow when ripe, and pale grass green before it 

 ripens, covered with distinct russet dots, and no colour. Eye, closed, 

 set in a deep angular and irregular basin. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 long, conical, inclining to funnel-shape. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted by the side of a fleshy protuberance, which is generally well 

 developed. Flesh, yellowish white, soft, and juicy, with a mild acidity. 

 Cells, elliptical, abaxile, Codlin-like. 



This is a very useful apple, grown in the orchards of Nottinghamshire, about 

 Southwell. It belongs to the same class as Lord Surh'eld, Golden Spire, and such 

 early bearing and prolific culinary apples. It ripens in September, and, like Lord 

 Sufiield, is suon past. It generally decays about the beginning of October. 



DOWNTON NONPAREIL. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; oblate, even and regular in 

 its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with patches of russet, 

 especially over the crown and in the basin of the eye. Eye, small, 

 with erect convergent segments, set in a wide and shallow depression. 



