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surrounded with russet. Flesh, yellowish, very linn and solid, crisp, 

 very juicy, and with a brisk, shaip, hut not harsh acidity. Cells, 



oho\;tte ; axile, closed. 



This is a very line ami very heavy apple for its si/e ; excellent for 

 kitchen use, and lasting till January. 



I fii>t met with this at lien-ford, at one of tin; pomolo:ie:il meetings of the 

 Woolhope Club, where it was exhibited without 11 name. Strm k with its remark- 

 able. resemblance to the Norfolk Heeling, and having toted its e\rellenee for 

 cooking, I recommended tin- elnU t< di-i-natc it I leivfonKhire JJeefin^. When 

 subsequently turning o\er >omc papers ami memoranda of \V. For^vth, author of a 

 T realise mi I rmt Tie.^, I loiuid that, in 17'.!, he incut mils a Herefordshire lierfin^ 

 whieli was .sent him ly " Mr. Stnuid, from Dorsetshire," ami of which he, says, " It 

 it the si/e of a Nonpareil. It, is a tl.it->haped apple, of u hrownUli red, with 

 Mtme \ellowon the side fioiii the sun." 1 hud therefore hcen anticipated in the name 

 1 proposed to the elui>, us the two apples are no doubt identical. 



HEREFORDSHIRE COSTARD. Fruit, largo, three inches and a 



hall' wide at the base, and four inches high ; conical, larger on one 

 sido of the axis than tin; oth>T ; towards the ap.-x lln-r.- is :t v, 

 from which it uarri.\s abruptly to the eye, when; it is much rid 

 it has prominent ribs and an undulating outline. Skin, tine deep 

 yellow on the shaded side, and bright red on the side exposed loth-' 

 sun, where it is streaked with red and orange. Eye, small, set in a 

 ile.-ji narrow ba>in, with erect convergent segments, half open. Stain 

 median ; tube, long, funnel-shaped. Stalk, about halt' an inch long, 

 stout, inserted in a \<-ry deep and prominently ribbed cavity, lOOtt 

 times with a >wellin;.' on one side of it, which presses it in itn oblique 

 direction. Flesh, white, very tonder, with a mild sub-acid lluvour. 

 Cells, lon^' and narrow, pointed, ovate ; axile, open. 



A very handsome apple, much esteemed for roasting, and especially 

 for baking ; in use from November till January. 



The fruit of this line apple was .sent to me hy Dr. Bull, of Hereford, who received 

 it from Mr. Arthur Armita^e. of Dudnor, near Hoss, who, in a letter to Dr. Hull. 

 I heliev.- the orchard here, in whieli the tree ^rows, was planted hy the hit" 

 l)r. K\ans, of KOSS. who hehi thi.- farm in \\\- own hunds for many years; and if 

 HO, the tree would \n- uhout 50 ) ears old. It is not a large one, and has generally 

 been u shy bearer. 



Herefordshire (loldi-n Pippin. See t 



HKKi;!'()i;l)SHIRE PEARMAIN (Hertfordshire Pearniain; 

 rniii<nin. --Fruit, large, three inches wide, and the same high; 

 short conical, slightly angular, having a prominent rib on one side. 

 Skin, smooth, dark dull green on the shaded side, but changing 

 during winter to clear gn-< nish yellow, and marked with trac< 

 rus>et ; on the side next the sun it is covered with brownish red and 

 streaks of deeper red, all of which change during winter to clear 

 crimson ; the surface is strewed with many russet.y specks. Eye, 

 open, with broad segments, which arc reflexed at the tips, set in a 

 wide, pretty (k( p, and plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, 



