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sunny side. Flesh, firm, crisp, tender. Juice, plentiful, sweet, with 

 ii slight aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple ; in use from November to April. 



An American variety of excellence. The tree grows large, and bears 

 well. It sometimes happens with this, as it does with Hubbard's Pcar- 

 main, that smooth fruit grow upon one branch, and russety ones upon 

 another ; and in cold seasons the fruit are for the most part russety. 



It was named the New York Pippin by Mr. Mackie, and first propagated in his 

 nursery at Norwich about 1831. 



Never having seen this apple, I have here given Mr. Lindley's description 

 verbatim, for the benefit of those who may meet with it, as it is no doubt still 

 in existence in the county of Norfolk. 



NO CORE. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and 

 three inches high ; roundish, narrowing towards the crown, uneven in 

 its outline, with prominent blunt ribs on the sides. Skin, yellow 

 where shaded, tinged with red where exposed to the sun, and strewed 

 with numerous pearl specks and dots of russet. Eye, large, wide 

 open, with reflexed segments, set in a deep angular basin. Stamens, 

 marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, very short, quite imbedded in the 

 shallow narrow cavity, surrounded with a patch of rough brown russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, tender, and soft, with a mild acidity, and soon 

 becomes mealy. Cells, obovate ; abaxile. 



An early kitchen apple ; ripe in September. The core is small, but 

 not more so than in many apples, and I see no reason why it should 

 have acquired the name of No Core. 



NONESUCH (Xonsuch ; Law/ton Nonsuch). Fruit, medium sized, 

 two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; 

 roundish oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, 

 pale yellow, mottled with thin pale red on the shaded side, and 

 striped with broad broken stripes of red next the sun. Eye, small 

 and closed, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel- 

 shaped. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, and slightly perfumed. 

 Cells, ovate ; axile, slit. 



An excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, and, according to 

 Mr. Thompson, excellent for apple jelly ; it is ripe in September, and 

 continues during October. The tree is a free grower, attaining about 

 the middle size, and is an abundant and early bearer ; young trees three 

 years old from the graft producing an abundance of beautiful fruit. 



Although an old variety, I do not think this is the Nonesuch of Rea, Worlidge, 

 or Ray, as all these authors mention it as being a long keeper, for which circum- 

 stance it might otherwise have been considered the same. Rea says, " It is a middle 

 sized, round, and red striped apple, of a delicate taste, and long lasting." Wor- 

 lidge's variety is probably the same as Rea's. He says, " The Nonsuch is a long 

 lasting fruit, good at the table, and well marked for cider." And Ray also includes 

 his " Non-such " among the winter apples. 



NONESUCH PARK. Fruit, small, an inch and three-quarters 



