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This was first brought into notice by John Nelson, a noted "\\~esleyan preacher 

 in the early days of \Vesleyanism, who during his journeys, while engaged in the 

 work of evangelisation in Yorkshire, used to distribute grafts among his friends; 

 from this circum>tance it became known as the Nelson Apple. Mr. Hugh Ronalds, 

 who received the sort from Mr. Backhouse, of York, published it in the Pyrus 

 Mains B rent fordieti sis as Backhouse's Lord Nelson, a name which the late Mr. 

 James Backhouse disclaimed, and, as he informed me, he preferred so excellent an 

 apple should be a memorial of an equally excellent man. 



Nelson's Glory. See Warner s Kiny. 



NETHERTON LATE BLOWER. Fruit, large, three inches wide, 

 and three inches and a quarter high; conical, frequently with a curved 

 axis, which makes it larger on one side than the other ; even in its out- 

 line. Skin, yellow where shaded, and with a pale red cheek where 

 exposed to the sun, marked with a few short crimson streaks ; russety 

 over the base. Eye, small and closed, with convergent segments, set 

 in a narrow and puckered basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, long, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, imbedded in the russety cavity. 

 FK-sh, firm, woolly in texture, sweet, and with a pleasant acidity. Cells, 

 open ; obovate. 



A Devonshire cider apple, which bears well, keeps late, and being 

 thick in the skin the birds do not eat the fruit as they do many other 

 late sweet sorts. It is in good condition up till December. 



Neverfail. See Manjil. 



Xewbold's Duke of York. See HI/UK r. 



NEW BESS POOL. Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and 

 two inches and a half high ; roundish, depressed, and angular. Skin, 

 yellow on the shaded side, where it is also streaked with short broken 

 stripes of pale red, but on the side next the sun it is entirely covered 

 with very dark red, almost approaching the colour of dark mahogany, 

 and strewed with russet dots. Eye, large and closed, with connivent 

 segments, set in a deep and angular basin. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 funnel-shaped. Stalk, stout and straight, half an inch long, deeply in- 

 serted in a russety cavity. Flesh, greenish white, crisp, juicy, sweet, 

 and of good flavour. Cells, wide open, obovate. 



An excellent long-keeping apple, being in good condition up till 

 February. 



This is supposed to be a seedling from Bess Pool, originating in Yorkshire. Dr- 

 Bull informs me that it is widely grown in Herefordshire. The tree attains a large 

 size, with a spreading habit of growth. It blooms late, after all the other sorts 

 are almost over, and bears well. 



NEW BROMLEY. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish, with a 

 very narrow puckered crown. Skin, of a glossy bright crimson colour 

 next the sun, and dappled with yellow and crimson on the shaded side. 

 Stalk, very short, imbedded the whole of its length in a round, even, 

 smooth cavity. Flesh, yellow, tinged with crimson, like the apple called 

 Sops-in-wine. Juicy, and with an astringency peculiar to cider apples. 



An excellent cider apple, much esteemed in Gloucestershire. 



