150 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



nnd a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; round, regu- 

 larly and handsomely shaped. Skin, covered with a coat of smooth, 

 thin, brown russet, with occasionally a bright, fiery crimson flame 

 breaking out on the side next the sun, sometimes so large as to form 

 a fine, smooth, and varnished crimson cheek. Eye, large and open, 

 set in a small and shallow basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, very short, inserted in a rather small cavity. Flesh, 

 firm, but tender, juicy, brisk, and sugary, charged with a very rich and 

 powerful aromatic flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



This is a dessert apple of the highest excellence, and ought certainly 

 to form one in every collection, however small ; it is in season from 

 October to February. 



This, like the two preceding varieties, was raised by Mr. Morris, of Brentford. 



MOSS'S INCOMPAKABLE. Fruit, below medium size, two inches 

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

 clining to oblate, angular, knobbed round the crown, where the angles 

 terminate. Skin, entirely covered with streaks of bright deep crimson 

 on a deep yellow ground. Eye, sinall and closed, with erect short seg- 

 ments, not quite connivent, set in a deep angular and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, inserted in 

 a deep, russet-lined cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, sweet, and 

 of good flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A useful apple of first-rate quality, either for cooking or for the 

 dessert ; it is a late keeper, being in use from January till April. 



Mother Apple. See American Mother, Cornish Mother, Oslin, and 

 Sussex Mother. 



Motteux's Seedling. See Beachamwell. 



MR. GLADSTONE. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, 

 and an inch and three-quarters high ; oblate, even and regular in 

 outline. Skin, very much covered with dull red, which is thickly 

 striped with dark crimson, except only where it is shaded, and there 

 it is yellowish. Eye, closed, with connivent segments, set in a rather 

 wide basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, an inch long, 

 and slender, not deeply inserted. Flesh, tender, juicy, sweet, and well 

 flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



An early dessert apple ; ripe in August. This originated in the 

 neighbourhood of Kidderminster. It received a first-class certificate 

 from the Royal Horticultural Society, August, 1883. 



MRS. WARD. This in its outward appearance and form somewhat 

 resembles the Court of Wick, with the beautiful scarlet flush of its parent, 

 the Scarlet Nonpareil. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish ovate, com- 

 pressed at both ends ; outline very even and regular. Skin, smooth, 

 of a warm yellow or orange colour on the shaded side, flushed with 

 deep scarlet on the side next the sun, with here and there slight patches 



