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A second-rate dessert apple, peculiar to the Scotch orchards of 

 Clydesdale and Ayrshire ; ripe in September. 

 Teuchat signifies the Fee-wit or Lapwing. 



Thickset. See Cluster Golden Pippin. 

 Thorle Pippin. See Who tie Pippin. 



TIBBETT'S PEARMAIN. Fruit large, three inches and a half 

 wide, and over three inches high ; contfcal and angular, so as to appear 

 somewhat five-sided towards the crown, where it is narrow and ribbed. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, bright grass-green where shaded, and which 

 becomes yellowish at maturity, and reddish brown streaked with dark 

 crimson on the side next the sun, and which eventually becomes bright 

 red with bright crimson streaks. Eye, small, with erect convergent 

 segments, set in a narrow ribbed basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. 

 Stalk, very short and slender, imbedded all its length in a wide deep 

 cavity. Flesh, tender, very juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 

 Cells, elliptical ; abaxile. 



A very handsome culinary apple ; in use from October till Christmas, 

 and well worth growing. 



This was sent me by Mr. George Bunyard, of Maidstone. 



TOKER'S INCOMPARABLE. Fruit, very large, three inches and 

 three-quarters broad, and two inches and three-quarters high ; in shape 

 very much resembling the Gooseberry Apple ; ovate, broad and 

 flattened at the base, and with five prominent ribs on the sides, which 

 render it distinctly five-sided. Skin, smooth and shining, of a beautiful 

 dark green, which assumes a yellowish tinge as it ripens, and with a 

 slight trace of red, marked with a few crimson streaks, where exposed 

 to the sun. Eye, large, and nearly closed, with broad flat segments, 

 set in a saucer-like basin, which is surrounded with knobs, formed by 

 the termination of the ribs. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, a 

 quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with a 

 little rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, and 

 with a brisk and pleasant acid. 



A first-rate culinary apple, grown in the Kentish orchards about 

 Sittingbourne and Faversham ; in use from November to Christmas. 



TOM PUTT (Coalbrook; Narrow-bone}. Fruit, large, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; roundish ovate, ob- 

 scurely ribbed. Skin, deep brilliant crimson, variegated with streaks 

 of brighter crimson and clear yellow over the whole surface. Eye, 

 open, with short, erect, convergent segments set in a pretty deep and 

 plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, short, wide conical. Stalk, very 

 short, or a mere knob set on a level with the base of the fruit, or accom- 

 panied with a fleshy mass on one side of it. Flesh, yellowish, stained 

 with red for some depth under the skin, tender, not very juicy, and with 

 a brisk, sweet flavour. Cells, ovate ; axile, open. 



A very handsome cooking apple ; in use in November. 



