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HANWELL SOURING. Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; roundish ovate, angular, 

 or somewhat five-sided, and narrow towards the eye. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, sprinkled with large russety dots, which are largest about the 

 base, and with a faint blush of red next the sun. Eye, closed, set in 

 a deep, narrow, and angular basin, which is lined with russet. Stamens, 

 basal ; tube, funnel-shaped or conical. Stalk, very short, inserted in 

 an even funnel-shaped cavity, from which issue ramifications of russet. 

 Flesh, white, firm, crisp, with a brisk and poignant acid flavour. Cells, 

 elliptical or obovate ; axile, slit. 



An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use in December, 

 and keeps till March, when it possesses more acidity than any other 

 variety which keeps to so late a period. 



It is said to have been raised at Hanwell, a place near Banbury, in Oxfordshire. 



HARD BEARER. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and 

 two inches high ; roundish ovate, even in its outline. Skin, deep 

 bright red on the side exposed to the sun, and yellow covered with 

 broken streaks of pale red on the shaded side. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in a narrow angular basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, quite short, and well within the cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 with a pink tinge at the eye, juicy, with a bitter-sweet and somewhat 

 astringent flavour. Cells, quite closed, obovate. 



A Herefordshire cider apple, introduced within the last few years. 



HARGREAVE'S GREEN-SWEET. Fruit, medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; oblato- 

 cylindrical, angular on the sides, with prominent ridges round the eye. 

 Skin, yellow, tinged with green on the shaded side, but deeper yellow 

 tinged with green, and marked with a few faint streaks of red, next the 

 sun, and strewed all over with small russety dots. Eye, half open, 

 with linear segments, placed in a deep and angular basin, which is 

 surrounded with ridges. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, slender, 

 and inserted in a deep, round cavity, which is lined with rough russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. 



A good dessert apple, but lacks acidity ; it is in use during September 

 and October. 



About Lancaster this is a well-known apple. The original tree, which was of 

 great age, was, in 1846, when I last saw it, still standing in the nursery of Messrs. 

 Hargreave, hence it is called Hargreave's Green-Sweet. 



Hardingham's Russet. See Pine Apple Russet. 

 Harvey Apple. See Doctor Harvey. 



HARVEY'S PIPPIN (Dredges Beauty of Wilts}. Fruit, medium 

 sized ; roundish. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, but washed with 



