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is suitable only for kitchen use, and is in season from October to 

 December. 



The tree is very healthy and vigorous, and is an early and abundant 

 bearer. It succeeds well in almost every description of soil and situa- 

 tion ; but in some it cankers and is subject to attacks of the woolly 

 aphis. 



It takes its name from Ilawthornden, a romantic spot near Edinburgh, celebrated 

 as the birthplace and residence of Drummond, the poet, who was born there in 

 1585. I have never learnt at what period the Ilawthornden was first discovered. 

 The earliest mention of it is in the catalogue of Leslie & Anderson, of Edinburgh, 

 but I do not think it was known about London till 1790, when it was introduced to 

 the Brompton Park Nursery. 



Hawthornden, New. See Winter Hawthornden. 



HAYMAKER. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in height ; 

 bluntly conical, even and regularly formed, knobbed and puckered 

 round the eye. Skin, thin red almost over the whole surface, being 

 yellow tinged with pale red where shaded ; on the side next the sun it 

 is bright shining red, streaked with dark crimson and mottled with 

 pearl-like specks. Eye, closed, with erect segments, reflexed at the 

 tips, set level with the surface and surrounded with prominent plaits. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Flesh, yellowish, soft, 

 tender, not very juicy, and sometimes tinged with red. Cells, ovate, 

 elliptical ; axile, closed. 



A very early apple, much grown in Derbyshire and the surrounding 

 districts for the supply of the markets. It is quite ripe in the second 

 week of August. 



HEADCHOFT'S SEEDLING. Fruit, medium size, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and the same high ; ovate, even in its outline, and 

 regularly formed ; it narrows abruptly towards the crown, where it is 

 puckered with numerous small ridges. Skin, smooth, clear pale 

 yellow, and very few minute dots. Eye, small and open, set in 

 a narrow puckered basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, very short, imbedded in the narrow cavity. Flesh, yellow, very 

 tender, and brisk. Cells, ovate ; axile, open. 



An excellent cooking apple ; in use from October till December. 



A Sussex apple, much grown about Horsham. 



HEREFORDSHIRE BEEFING. Fruit, small, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and two inches high ; roundish oblate, and even in its out- 

 line. Skin, almost entirely of a dark chestnut colour, veined and dotted 

 all over with cinnamon-coloured russet, but especially round the 

 crown and surrounding the stalk, whence it branches out over the 

 base ; on the shaded side it is orange with a greenish tinge. Eye, 

 rather large, set in a moderately deep basin, closed, with convergent 

 segments, which are sometimes also erect connivent. Stamens, basal ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, stout and straight, set in a round cavity, 



