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russet, and large russety dots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 large and open, with long, spreading segments, placed in a deep, angu- 

 lar, and irn-gular basin. Stamens, median; tube, conical. Stalk, half 

 an inch long, inserted in a deep, oblique cavity, and not extending 

 beyond the base. Flesh, yellowish white, tinged with green, firm and 

 leathery, juicy :ind sugary, with a rich and highly aromatic flavour, 

 very similar to, and little inferior to, the Ribston Pippin. Cells, 

 roundish obovate; axile, closed. 



A dessert apple of the first quality, whether as regards its long dura- 

 tion or the peculiar richness of its flavour ; it is in use from December 

 to March. 



HUNT'S DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Fruit, below medium size ; 

 roundish ovate. Skin, almost entirely covered with thin russet, except 

 a spot on the shaded side, where it is green ; and where exposed to the 

 sun it is of a reddish brown. Eye, small, half open, with short, erect, 

 convergent segments, set in a round, shallow, plaited basin. Stamens, 

 marginal ; tube, long, funnel-shaped. Flesh, white, tinged with green, 

 crisp, juicy, and highly flavoured. Cells, obovate; axile, slit. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from December to 

 February. 



Raised from a seed of the old Nonpareil, to which it bears a strong resemblance, 

 by Dr. Fry, of Gloucester, and received the name it now bears from beinp sent to 

 the Horticultural Society of London by Thomas Hunt, Esq., of Stratford-on- 

 Avon, in 1820. 



HUNT'S EARLY. Fruit, fragrant, like the Irish Peach ; small, 

 two inches and a quarter wide, and about two inches high ; roundish or 

 oblate, angular on the sides, and ribbed round the eye. Skin, with a 

 bright crimson cheek, marked with a few darker streaks on the side 

 next the sun, and greenish yellow on the shaded side. Eye, closed, 

 with long, convergent, erect segments, reflexed at the tips, and set in a 

 ribbed basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, 

 short, or about half an inch long, slender, set in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish, tender, juicy, and perfumed. Cells, roundish, inclining 

 to ovate ; axile, open. 



An early dessert apple, ripe in the first week of August, but inferior 

 to Irish Peach. 



HUNT'S GREEN NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches 

 and a half wide, by two inches high ; round, and somewhat flattened, 

 obscurely ribbed, and with ridges round the crown. Skin, dark green, 

 with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun, strewed all over with 

 russet dots, and with a patch of russet surrounding the stalk. Eye, 

 small and closed, with flat convergent segments, set in a narrow, shal- 

 low, and plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, either funnel-shaped 

 or conical. Stalk, very short, not a quarter of an inch long, inserted in 

 a wide shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish, firm, crisp, very juicy, but not 

 with a high flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, closed. 



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