OF FRUIT TREES. 12? 



flattened at the ends, and deeply hollowed : the stalk 

 is short and thick, so deeply sunk as to be almost im- 

 perceptible : the colour a greenish yellow, the flesh 

 white : a good apple for cooking and drying, but apt 

 to drop from the tree, from its great weight ; and de- 

 ficient in point of richness and flavour." (Coxe.) 



14. Catline, c. A Delaware autumn cider fruit, 

 and considered a pleasant eating apple, in its season. 

 The tree is very productive, and an early bearer. 



15. Carthouse, or gilpin, c. "This apple is said to 

 have been brought from' Virginia. It is highly es- 

 teemed for its excellence as a table apple, late in the 

 spring, and as a good cider fruit. It is a most abun- 

 dant bearer, and hangs on the tree very late in the 

 season. The tree is hardy; of a handsome, open, 

 spreading, and vigorous growth: the fruit is small; 

 the colour a deep red, and sometimes a little streaked 

 with yellow; the skin of a polished smoothness; the 

 form inclining to oblong. The flesh is very firm, 

 yellow, and rich ; not fit for eating until mid-winter, 

 when it becomes juicy, tender, and finely flavoured." 

 (Coxe.) 



16. Cider apple, c. "The apple propagated under 

 this name is highly esteemed, as a most productive 

 and excellent cider fruit, in the county of Bucks, and 

 the contiguous parts of Pennsylvania. The size is 

 middling ; its appearance resembles the vandevere ; 

 the skin is smooth, a lively streaked red : it is a pleas- 

 ant table fruit, but is chiefly used for cider. The 

 tree is tall ; the lirnbs shoot upward. It is sometimes 

 loaded with fruit, beyond any other tree in our or- 

 chards ; requiring great care to prevent the branches 

 being destroyed by the weight of fruit. It ripens in 

 October and November." (Coxe.) 



17. Codling. The codling, called also the English 

 codling, is a very fine fruit for pies and stewing, and is 

 also a pleasant table apple. It grows very large and 



