AUTUMN APPLES. 



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acid flavour, a little bitter before maturity. Ripens early in 

 September. 



64. Ross NONPAREIL. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 



This is an 

 Irish fruit, and, 

 to our taste, one 

 of the highest 

 flavoured and 

 most delicious 

 of all apples, 

 for the dessert, 

 approaching in 

 flavour some 

 kinds of pear. 

 In England this 

 is a winter fruit, 

 but with us, 

 owing to the 

 greater warmth 

 of our autumn, 

 it is in perfec- 

 tion the last of 

 Fig. 38. Ross Nonparea. October, and 



will keep a month. 



Fruit rather below medium size, roundish, narrowing a little 

 to the eye. Skin covered with a thin mellow russet, and faintly 

 stained with red on the sunny side. Stalk an inch or more long, 

 slender, and rather deeply inserted. Calyx set in a shallow 

 basin. Flesh greenish white, tender, with a rich aromatic fla- 

 vour, what is called a Fennel flavour by the English. A pro^ 

 fuse bearer, and worthy of a place in every amateur's garden. 



65. RED INGESTRIE. Thomp. Lind. 



This, and the Yellow Ingestrie, are cross-bred seedlings, 

 raised by Mr. Knight, from the English Golden Pippin. They 

 are greatly admired as dessert apples in England. 



Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, oblong 

 or ovate, with a wide basin at the eye, and a short and slender 

 stalk. Skin bright yellow, tinged and mottled with red on the 

 sunny side, and speckled with obscure dots. Flesh very firm, 

 juicy and high flavoured. Ripens in September and October. 



The YELLOW INGESTRIE differs from the above as follows : 

 fruit of smaller size, of a clear, bright gold colour, without red. 

 Eye small and shallow. Flesh tender and delicate, with a 

 plentiful juice when freshly gathered from the tree. October. 



