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coat of smooth grey russet, which has a brownish tinge on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, large, and wide open, with reflexed segments like 

 Wyken Pippin, set in a wide, saucer-like basin. Stamens, marginal ; 

 tube, slender, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and stout, set in a deep 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, crisp, and juicy, with a somewhat 

 aromatic flavour. Cells, small, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A dessert apple of good quality, which keeps well till February. 



I received this from Messrs. R. Smith & Co., of Worcester, in 1876, under the 

 name of Sitcbampton Pearmain, but as it is not of a Pearmain shape I have 

 thought it better to give it its proper designation. 



SKYRME'S KERNEL. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches to two inches and an eighth high ; conical, even 

 and regular in its outline, and with somewhat of a waist towards the 

 apex. Skin, smooth and shining, almost entirely covered with broken 

 streaks of brilliant crimson on a thin, pale crimson cheek on the side 

 next the sun, and lemon-yellow tinged with crimson, and marked with 

 pale crimson stripes, on the shaded side ; the whole surface is strewed 

 with distinct russet dots. Eye, small and closed, with erect convergent 

 segments, set a narrow, round, and even basin. Stamens, median ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short, a fleshy knob set in a deep wide 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and not very juicy, acid, and with 

 a rather harsh flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, quite closed, 



A favourite cider apple in Herefordshire ; quite in the first rank. 



SLACK MY GIRDLE. Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and three-quarters wide, and two and a quarter high ; round and 

 somewhat flattened, obscurely angular. Skin, beautifully streaked with 

 crimson on a yellow ground on the side next the sun, and where shaded 

 it is greenish yellow when ripe. Eye, small and closed, with connivent 

 segments, set in a narrow and plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 long, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, set in a shallow basin, some- 

 what russety. Flesh, tender, sweet, and mawkish. Cells, small, 

 round ; axile. 



A Devonshire cider apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



SLEEPING BEAUTY. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish and some- 

 what flattened, slightly angular on the sides, and undulating round the 

 eye ; in some specimens there is an inclination to an ovate or conical 

 shape, in which case the apex is narrow and even. Skin, pale straw- 

 coloured, smooth and shining, occasionally washed on one side with 

 delicate lively red, very thinly sprinkled with minute russety dots. 

 Eye, large, somewhat resembling that of Trumpington, with broad, 

 flat, and incurved segments, which dove-tail, as it were, to each other, 

 and set in a shallow, uneven, and plaited basin. Stalk, from a quarter 

 to half an inch long, slightly fleshy, inserted in a narrow, round, and 

 rather shallow cavity, which is tinged with green, and lined with delicate 

 pale brown russet. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, tender, and juicy, 

 with a fine poignant and agreeably acid flavour. 



