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of russet, especially near to the eye and stalk. Eye, open, set in a 

 shallow, evenly -formed cavity. Stalk, long, slender, and deeply set. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, firm, juicy, with a fine, brisk, sprightly acid flavour. 



One of the pleasantest little dessert apples, and beautiful in appear- 

 ance ; in use from November to March. 



Raised by Mr. N. Lawrence, nurseryman, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. 



Munches Pippin. See Muryil. 



MUNN'S BED. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches high ; round, inclining to ovate, even and regular 

 in its outline. Skin, bright red, approaching scarlet, mottled and 

 somewhat streaked with crimson over its whole surface. Eye, closed, 

 with connivent segments, set in a pretty deep basin, which is either 

 even and saucer-like or a little angular. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, long, curved, and rather stout and woody, 

 inserted in a very deep round cavity. Flesh, yellowish, with a stain of 

 red running from the base of the eye round the carpels. Cells, roundish 

 elliptical ; abaxile. 



A Herefordshire cider apple, raised at Canon Pyon by a person of 

 the name of Munn. 



Murdy. See Comey Xonuan. 



MURFITT'S SEEDLING. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; round and depressed, 

 rather angular in its outline. Skin, very greasy to handle, green, 

 becoming yellowish towards ripening ; on the sun side it has a dull 

 brown blush, and the surface is strewed with large russet dots. Eye, 

 rather small, with flat convergent segments, set in a small plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median; tube, conical. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, 

 inserted in a deep round cavity, which is lined with russet extending 

 over the base, and sometimes with a swelling on one side of it. Flesh, 

 tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a fine brisk flavour. Cells, ovate ; 

 abaxile. 



A fine large apple for culinary use ; in use from October till Christ- 

 mas. I received it from Messrs. Wood & Ingram, of Huntingdon. 



NANCY JACKSON. Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, 

 <ind two inches and a half high ; round, rather uneven and angular, 

 and sometimes with prominent obtuse ribs towards the eye. Skin, 

 bright crimson over one-half of its surface, where exposed to the sun, 

 and yellow where shaded. Eye, open, with short and sometimes 

 withered segments, and sometimes it is closed, set in a rather shallow 

 basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a close and narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a fine brisk acidity. 



A cooking apple of great excellence, which keeps in perfect condition 

 till May. 



This is very much cultivated in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where it is 

 greatly appreciated. 



