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funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, very crisp and tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and highly flavoured. 



An early dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality ; ripe in 

 the middle and end of August. The tree is a free grower, and is readily 

 distinguished by the excessive pubescence of its leaves and shoots. 



Mr. Lindley, in the " Guide to the Orchard," considers this variety as identical 

 with the Margaret of Ray, which is a mistake. It is, no doubt, the Margaret of 

 Miller, but certainly not of any English author either preceding or subsequent to 

 him. It is to be observed that the lists of fruits given by Miller in his Dictionary 

 are chiefly taken from the works of the French pomologists, while the fruits of his 

 own country are almost wholly neglected ; and the only reason I can assign for his 

 describing this variety for the Margaret is, because our own Margaret being by 

 some authors called the Magdalene, he might have thought the two synonymous. 

 See Margaret. 



Magdalene. See Margaret. 

 Mage's Johnny. See Green Tiffing. 



MAGGIE. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three-quarters 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, uneven in its out- 

 line, and somewhat flattened. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, and red 

 next the sun, strewed with small russet dots. Eye, open, with erect and 

 slightly divergent segments, set in an irregular basin. Stamens, median ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a narrow and 

 rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, extremely acid and austere. 

 Cells, open, roundish obovate. 



A Gloucestershire cider apple. 



MAIDEN'S BLUSH. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, 

 find two inches and a half high ; roundish and flattened. Skin, of a 

 fine rich pale yellow colour, tinged with a blush of beautiful red on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Eye, pretty large and closed, set in a round, 

 even, and rather deep basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, short, conical. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and round cavity. Flesh, white, tender, 

 brisk, and pleasantly acid. Cells, ovate. 



A very beautiful culinary apple, but not of first-rate quality ; it is in 

 use during September and October. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. 



An American apple. It is highly esteemed in the neighbourhood of Phila- 

 delphia, and considered one of the best culinary apples in America ; it is also 

 much used for drying, for which purpose it is considered the best. It is not, 

 however, held in great repute in this country, its size and colour being its chief 

 recommendation. 



MALAKOVNA. Fruit, small ; roundish oblate, very regular in its 

 outline. Skin, deep bright crimson over the entire surface, and wonder- 

 fully beautiful when growing on the tree. Eye, with long, pointed, 

 somewhat connivent segments, which are reflexed at the tips, set in a 

 shallow depression. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped or conical. 



