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A culinary apple of good, but not first-rate quality ; it is in use 

 from December to March. 



The tree is a strong and healthy grower, and an abundant bearer. 



This is certainly a different variety from the Selwood's Reinette of the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Catalogue, which is described as being small, Pearmain-shaped, 

 greenish yellow, and a dessert apple. It is, however, identical with the Selwood's 

 Reinette of Rogers, who, as we are informed in his " Fruit Cultivator," received it 

 upwards of ninety years ago from Messrs. Hewitt & Co., of Brompton. The 

 tree now in my possession I procured as a graft from the private garden of the 

 late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith ; and as it has proved to be the same as Rogers's 

 variety, I am induced to think that it is correct, while that of the Horticultural 

 Society is wrong. It received its name from a person of the name of Selwood, 

 who was a nurseryman at the Queen's Elm, Little Chelsea, in the last century, 

 where Selwood's Terrace now is. 



SEVERN BANK. Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and 

 two inches and a half high ; roundish, slightly depressed, and obtusely 

 ribbed. Skin, smooth, deep yellow when ripe, and with a blush of 

 thin crimson where exposed to the sun. Eye, closed, with convergent 

 segments, which are sometimes reflexed at the tips, and set in an 

 angular basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, tender, briskly acid. 

 Cells, wide open, Codlin-like, obovate. 



An early cooking apple, in use in October. It is grown in large 

 quantities in the Valley of the Severn for the supply of the markets in 

 the manufacturing districts, and being thick-skinned, it travels well 

 without bruising. 



SHAKESPERE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, narrowing 

 a little towards the eye. Skin, dark green on the shaded side, and 

 brownish red on the side next the sun, which is marked with a few 

 broken stripes of darker red, the whole strewed with russety dots. 

 Eye, small, and partially open, set in a narrow and irregular basin, 

 which is ridged round the margin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted 

 in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, crisp, and juicy, 

 with a brisk vinous flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from Christ- 

 mas to April. 



This variety was raised by Thomas Hunt, Esq., of Stratford-on-Avon, from the 

 seed of Hunt's Duke of Gloucester, and named in honour of the poet Shakeepere. 



SHEEP'S NOSE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and the same high ; distinctly angular, broad at the 

 base and tapering to two -thirds of its height, where it forms a con- 

 tracted waist, and thence it narrows to the crown, where it terminates 

 in five prominent knobs. Skin, bright crimson, striped with broken 

 stripes of rich yellow, except where it is shaded, and there it is either 

 yellow or marked with faint streaks. Eye, closed, with long erect 

 segments, set in a very angular and plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; 



