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tube, conical. Stalk, very short, with a large fleshy swelling on one 

 side. Flesh, greenish, very firm and tender, very juicy, and with an 

 agreeable acidity. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A first-rate kitchen apple ; in fine condition at Christmas, and will 

 keep till February. 



DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Fruit, medium sized, roundish ovate. 

 Skin, of uniform lemon yellow colour, with a dull red cheek ; the surface 

 veined with russet. Eye, large and open, set in a wide and deep basin. 

 Stalk, very short. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, and sweet, with 

 a fine aroma. 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from February till May. 



DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Fruit, medium size; three inches 

 wide, and two and a half high ; round, with obtuse angles, which extend 

 to the crown, forming blunt ridges. Skin, of an uniform yellowish 

 green, strewed with russet dots. Eye, open or half open, with erect 

 segments, which are n 'flexed at the tips and set in a round even basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, inserted 

 in a deep wide cavity. Flesh, tender, crisp, juicy, briskly-acid. Cells, 

 ovate ; axile. 



A culinary apple ; in use in December. 



DUMELOW'S SEEDLING (Dnmclmr's Crab; Normanton Wonder; 

 Wellington). Fruit, large, roundish, and flattened. Skin, pale yellow, 

 strewed with large russet points, with a tinge of pale red on the side 

 next the sun, which is sometimes almost entirely covered with a bright 

 red cheek. Eye, large and open, with broad, reflexed segments, set 

 in an irregular, uneven, and pretty deep basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, 

 conical or funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, deeply inserted 

 in a narrow and funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, and very juicy, with a slight 

 aromatic flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile or abaxile. 



One of the most valuable culinary apples ; it is in use from 

 November to March. The tree is one of the strongest and most 

 vigorous growers, very hardy, and an excellent bearer. The young 

 shoots, which are long and stout, are thickly covered with large greyish 

 white dots, which readily distinguish this variety from almost every 

 other. 



This excellent apple was raised by a person of the name of Dtimeller (pro- 

 nounced Dumelo'p). a farmer at Shakerstone, a village in Leicestershire, six miles 

 from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and is extensively cultivated in that and the adjoining 

 counties under the name of Dumelow's Crab. It was first introduced to the 

 neighbourhood of London by Mr. Richard Williams, of the Turnham Green 

 Nursery, who received it from Gopsal Hall, the seat of Earl Howe, and presented 

 specimens of the fruit to the Horticultural Society in 1820. It was with him that 

 the name of Wellington Apple originated, and by which it is now generally known 

 in the London markets. 



DUNDEE. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, by two 



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