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vinous, and powerful aromatic flavour ; and if held up between the 

 eye and the light, with the hand placed on the margin of the basin of 

 the eyr, it exhibits ;i transparency like porcelain. Cells, elliptical or 

 round ; abaxile. 



This is a very valuable apple of the first quality, and is equally 

 desirable either for the dessert or culinary purposes; it is in use from 

 October to December. The tree is hardy, a vigorous and healthy 

 grower, and generally a good bearer. It has somewhat of a pyramidal 

 habit of growth, and attains a considerable si/.r. 



Though not of recent introduction, this beautiful and excellent apple is com- 

 paratively but little known, otherwise it would be more generally cultivated. It 

 is one of the favourite apples of Germany, particularly about Hamburgh, and in 

 Holstein, where it is said to have originated in the garden of the Duke of 

 Au^iistenbcrg, at the Castle of Grafenstein. The original tree is said to have been 

 in existence about the middle of the last century. 



GREEN BALSAM. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, 

 and an inch and three-quarters high ; roundish and flattened, obtusely 

 angular on the side, and ribbed at the crown. Skin, of an uniform 

 bright green. Eye, with flat, convergent segments, somewhat erect. 

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

 iiiM-rted in a shallow, narrow cavity. Flesh, crisp, not very juicy, and 

 with a pleasant acidity. Cells, round or roundish obovate ; axile, slit. 



A cooking apple peculiar to the northern parts of Yorkshire, where 

 it is grown in almost every garden and orchard. " It is the farmer's 

 wife's apple." 



Green Blenheim. See Hambledon Deux- Am. 



Green Cossings. See Rymer. 



Green Kitchen. See Hambledon Deux-Ans. 



Green Newtown Pippin. See Hunt's Green Newtown Pippin and 

 Xeii'toirn Pippin. 



Green Nonpareil. See Peticorth Nonpareil. 



GREEN NORMAN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 three-eighths wide, and two inches and one-eighth high ; roundish oblate, 

 and obtusely ribbed. Skin, shining, bright grass-green, generally with 

 a dull red cheek, which extends occasionally over nearly the whole 

 surface, and marked with small patches of pale brown russet, and 

 especially on the base round the stalk ; the whole surface is strewed 

 with russet dots. Eye, closed, set in a narrow, slightly angular basin, 

 with connivent segments. Stamens, marginal ; tube, deep, conical. 

 Stalk, about half an inch long, inserted in a rather wide cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish, not very juicy, firm, and sweetish. Cells, ovate ; axile, 

 closed. 



A Herefordshire cider apple. 



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