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slender. Stalk, stout and woody, inserted in a deep and uneven cavity, 

 with a swelling on one side of it. Flesh, white, very tender and deli- 

 cate, juicy, and with a fine ether-like perfume. Cells, closed, obovate. 

 A fine tender-fleshed kitchen apple ; in use up till Christmas. It is 

 common in some of the orchards about Hereford, where it is grown for 

 the Midland markets. 



OLD MIDDLEMAS. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, 

 and two inches high ; roundish ovate, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, completely encrusted with grey russet on the shaded side and 

 over the base, with only here and there patches of the yellow ground 

 visible ; on the side next the sun it is dull red, with a few scattered 

 freckles of russet. Eye, closed, with flat convergent segments, which 

 are reflexed at the tips, and set in a narrow, plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, conical. Stalk, long and slender, inserted in a round, 

 wide, and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, crisp, and juicy, sweet, 

 richly flavoured, and with a fine perfume. Cells, open, roundish. 



A very fine dessert apple ; ripe in January, and keeps well. 



This I received from Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, who 

 obtained it from Chertsey, where it is much grown. It was raised in Sussex be- 

 tween Scarlet Nonpareil and the Old Nonpareil by a gardener named Middlemas, 

 who brought it thence to Chertsey, and it bears his name. The tree is a late 

 bloomer and bears well. 



Oldaker's New. See Alfriston. 



Old English Pearmain. See Pearmain. 



Old Hawthornden. See Hawthornden. 



Old Maids. See Knobbed Russet. 



Old Nonpareil. See Nonpareil. 



Old Pearman. See Pcarnniin. 



OMAR PASHA. Fruit, above medium size ; round, and sometimes 

 inclining to oblate, even in its outline, but with angles near the eye, 

 which terminate in ridges at the apex. Skin, smooth, of a clear bright 

 and rather deep yellow, thickly dotted with russet, occasionally with a 

 tinge of red next the sun. Eye, large and open, with long reflexed 

 segments like Dumelow's Seedling, and set in a considerable depression. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow and very contracted cavity. Flesh, 

 pure white, firm, and crisp, tender, and very juicy ; the juice brisk and 

 pleasantly acid, and not unlike that of Dumelow's Seedling. 



A valuable culinary apple ; in use till April. 



This fruit has all the appearance of having been raised from Dumelow's 

 Seedling. 



ORANGE GOFF (Pork Apple). This at first sight has a strong 

 resemblance to Dumelow's Seedling. It is of medium size, three 

 inches wide, and two and a half high ; round, and slightly flattened, 



