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KITCHEN DOOR. Fruit, large, two inches and a half wide, and 

 three and a quarter high ; conical, distinctly angular, so much so as to 

 be five-sided ; it is widest in the middle and tapers towards the base 

 and the crown, near which it is contracted so as to form a waist, and 

 round which the ribs terminate in prominent ridges. Skin, dull 

 greenish yellow, entirely covered with broken streaks of crimson, which 

 are brighter on the side next the sun than on the shaded side. Eye, 

 closed, with flat convergent segments, set in a deep, contracted, irregular 

 basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, slender, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, firm, 

 crisp, juicy, and with a brisk acidity. Cells, elliptical ; abaxile. 



A handsome cooking apple ; in use from October to Christmas. It is 

 grown about Maidstone and Sevenoaks. 



Knight's Codlin. See Wonnslry Pip) > in. 



KNIGHT'S LEMON PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and two inches high ; roundish. Skin, greenish yellow, 

 sprinkled all over with a thin coat of grey russet. Eye, closed, with 

 erect segments, which are reflexed at the tips and placed in a shallow 

 plaited basin. Stamens, marginal; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, an 

 inch long, obliquely inserted in a small shallow cavity, with a fleshy lip 

 on one side of it, like the Kerry Pippin. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, 

 and sweet, with a pleasant flavour. Cells, roundish ovate ; axile, 

 closed. 



A good dessert apple, raised by T. A. Knight ; it shrivels before 

 Christmas. 



Knightwick. See Court of Wick. 



KNOBBED RUSSET (Knobby Russet ; Old Maid's; Winter 

 Ai>)>le). Fruit, medium sized; roundish-oval, and very uneven on its 

 surface, being covered with numerous knobs, or large warts, some of 

 which are the size of peas. Skin, greenish yellow, and covered with 

 thick scaly russet. Eye, set in a deep basin. Stalk, inserted in a 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, sweet, and highly flavoured, but 

 not very juicy. 



A singular-looking dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; it is in use 

 from December to March. 



This was introduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society in 1619 

 by Mr. Huslar Capron, of Midhurst, iu Sussex. 



KNOTT'S KERNEL. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish and flattened, 

 or obtusely ovate, the sides having five prominent angles, which are most 

 acute from the middle to the crown. Skin, with a citron-coloured 

 ground, considerably covered with numerous broken stripes of dark 

 purplish red which extend more or less over the whole surface, but are 

 fewer and paler on the shaded side. Eye, of moderate size, with 

 reflexed segments, set in a narrow plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, 



