78 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



FLOWER OF KENT. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, 

 and two inches and three-quarters high ; roundish ovate, being broad 

 at the base and narrowing towards the crown ; it is obtusely angular, 

 and has broad ridges round the crown. Skin, bright green, which 

 changes to yellow on the shaded side, but wherever exposed to the sun 

 it is striped with crimson, forming a beautiful variation with the ground 

 colour, and it is russety only over the base. Eye, small, with con- 

 nivent segments, set in a pretty deep narrow and angular basin. Stamens, 

 basal ; tube, cup-shaped. Stalk, short and slender, set in a rather 

 shallow cavity, which sometimes has a slight swelling on one side, and 

 surrounded with rough brown russet. Flesh, crisp, very juicy, and 

 with a brisk acidity Cells, obovate ; abaxile. 



A first-rate kitchen apple, from October to January. The tree is a 

 pretty good bearer, one of the strongest and most vigorous growers, 

 and more suitable for the orchard than the fruit garden. 



A very old variety, being mentioned by Parkinson, who was contemporaneous 

 with Shakespeare. 



FLUSHING SPITZENBURGH. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, 

 narrowing towards the eye. Skin, entirely covered with deep red, 

 which is streaked with deeper red, except on any small portion where 

 it has been shaded, and there it is green, marked with broken streaks 

 and mottles of red, the whole surface strewed with light grey russety 

 dots. Eye, small and closed, very slightly depressed, and surrounded 

 with plaits. Stalk, nearly an inch long, inserted in a deep and russety 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish, tender, sweet, juicy, and without any pre- 

 dominance of acid. 



An American dessert apple which is of no merit in this climate. 

 It is in use from October to January. 



FORESTER. Fruit, medium size, two inches and three -quarters 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, evenly shaped. 

 Skin, with a deep reddish orange cheek, mottled with thin grey russet 

 on the side next the sun, and greenish yellow where shaded. Eye, 

 closed, with broad, flat, convergent segments, set in a moderately deep 

 basin, which is plaited and somewhat angular. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, set in a deep cavit} 7 . 

 Flesh, yellowish, tender, and agreeably subacid. Cells, roundish 

 obovate ; axile. 



A culinary apple, in use up till Christmas. It is much grown in the 

 south of Shropshire and north of Worcestershire. 



FOREST STYRE (Stire). Fruit, below medium size ; roundish, 

 inclining to oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, pale 

 yellow, with a blush of red on the side which is exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, small and closed, with short obtuse segments, set in a shallow 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a shallow cavity. 

 Flesh, firm. 



Specific gravity of the juice from 1076 to 1081. 



