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with large russet dots. Eye, wide open, "with short, recurved segments, 

 set in a flat, saucer-like basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical, like 

 a wedge. Stalk, very short, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, very 

 tender and juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured, but without the high 

 aronia that the English Golden Reinette has. Cells, roundish or oblate ; 

 axile, open. 



An excellent apple ; in use during November and December. 



HAGGERSTON PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 round, and two inches high ; round, even and symmetrical in its outline. 

 Skin, deep red, with here and there patches of russet, except on the 

 shaded side, where it is green, and much covered with a russety crust. 

 Eye, small, with flat, convergent segments, set in a narrow and shallow 

 basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, long, funnel-shaped. Stalk, a quarter 

 of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a shallow cavity, and some- 

 times a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, firm, crisp, sweet, and 

 richly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A dessert apple of first quality ; in use from December till April. 



HAGLOE CRAB. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in 

 height ; ovate, flattened, and irregularly shaped. Skin, pale yellow, 

 streaked w r ith red next the sun, and covered with a few patches of grey 

 russet. Eye, open, with flat, reflexed segments. Stalk, short. Flesh, 

 soft and woolly, but not dry. 



Specific gravity of its juice, 1081. 



This is a most excellent cider apple, the liquor it produces being 

 remarkable for its strength, richness, and high flavour. It requires, 

 however, to be grown in certain situations ; a dry soil with a cal- 

 careous subsoil being considered the best adapted for producing its 

 cider in perfection. 



Marshall says, "It was raised from seed by Mr. Bellamy, of Ilagloe, in Glouces- 

 tershire, grandfather of the present Mr. Bellamy, near Ross, in Herefordshire, who 

 draws from it (that is, from trees grafted with scions from this parent stock) a 

 liquor, which for richness, flavour, and pure on the spot, exceeds perhaps every 

 other fruit liquor which nature and art have produced. He has been offered sixty 

 guineas for a hogshead (about 110 gallons) of this liquor. He has likewise been 

 offered bottle for bottle of wine, or spirituous liquors, the best to be produced ; and 

 this without freight, duty, or even a mile of carriage to enhance its original price." 



HALL DOOR. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two 

 inches and three-quarters high ; oblate, puckered round the eye. Skin, 

 pale green at first, but changing to dull yellow, streaked with red. Eye, 

 set in a wide and irregular basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a 

 moderately deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, but coarse, juicy, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. 



A dessert apple of ordinary merit ; in use from December to March. 



Hallingbury. See Hollandbury . 



HAMBLEDON DEUX ANS (Green Blenheim; Green Kitchen; 



