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shaped. Stalk, short, deeply imbedded in an angular cavity. Flesh, 

 white, firm, crisp, sweet, briskly and pleasantly flavoured. Cells, 

 ovate ; axile, slit. 



A valuable culinary apple of first-rate quality, and not unsuitable for 

 the dessert, where a brisk and poignant-flavoured apple is preferred ; it 

 is in use from November to March. The tree is an excellent bearer. 



This is extensively grown about Lancaster ; and is said to have originated at 

 the village of Hutton, in that vicinity. 



Ingestrie Red. See Red Ingestrie. 

 Ingestrie Yellow. See Yellow IiKjentrie. 

 Irish Codlin. See Manks Codlin. 



IRISH PEACH (Early Crofton). Fruit, medium sized, two inches 

 and three-quarters wide, by two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, 

 somewhat flattened, and slightly angular. Skin, smooth, pale yellowish 

 green, tinged with dull reddish brown, and thickly dotted with green 

 dots on the shaded side, but fine lively red, mottled and speckled with 

 yellow spots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, 

 set in a rather deep and knobbed basin. Stamens, marginal or median ; 

 tube, conical or funnel- shaped Stalk, short, thick, and fleshy, inserted 

 in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, greenish white, tender, and crisp, 

 abounding in a rich, brisk, vinous, and aromatic juice, which, at this 

 season, is particularly refreshing. Cells, obovate ; axile, open. 



An early dessert apple of the finest quality. It is ripe during the 

 first week in August, and lasts all through that month. It is a most 

 beautiful, and certainly one of the most excellent summer apples, 

 possessing all the rich flavour of some of the winter varieties, with the 

 abundant and refreshing juice of the summer fruits. Like most of the 

 summer apples it is in greatest perfection when eaten from the tree, 

 which is hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer. 



Irish Pitcher. See Manks Codlin. 



IRISH REINETTE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, by two inches and a half high ; oblong, somewhat five- 

 sided, with five ribs which extend from the base to the apex, where 

 they run into the eye, forming five prominent ridges. Skin, yellowish 

 green, strewed with minute russety dots on the shaded side ; but dull 

 brownish red, almost entirely covered with large patches of dull leaden 

 coloured russet, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, placed in a ribbed and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in 

 a round, deep, and even cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, crisp, 

 and very juicy, with a brisk and poignant acid juice. 



A valuable culinary apple ; in use from November to February. 



It is much cultivated about Lancaster, and in the county of Westmoreland, 

 where it is highly esteemed. 



