O* 1 FRUIT TfcEES. 131 



Boming. At the time of the formation of this frait, it 

 is very subject to perish by easterly winds, attended 

 by cold rains, which frequently cause the apples to 

 fall offin abundance, sometimes to the loss of the whole 

 crop ; and, on an average, the tree does not succeed 

 in bearing a good crop above one fourth of the time. 

 It was first discovered by P. Roman, in his township, 

 (Marcus Hook,) by a natural tree, that grew close to 

 his house ; hence called his house tree, and by some. 

 Roman knights. This tree is oi a middling size, in- 

 clines to grow low, and is short lived. Twelve bush- 

 els of these apples are required to make a barrel of ci- 

 der." (Mease,) 



27. Hagloe crab, c. "According to Mr. Marshall, a 

 gentleman in Herefordshire, England, Mr. Bellamy, 

 produces cider from the Hagloe crab, which, for rich- 

 ness, flavour, and price on the spot, exceeds, perhaps., 

 every other fruit liquor, which nature or art have 

 produced. He has been offered sixty guineas for a 

 hogshead, containing one hundred and ten gallons of 

 this liquor." William Coxe, esquire, of Burlington, 

 New-Jersey, having cultivated this fruit, describes it 

 as follows : "The fruit, when fully ripe, has a yellow 

 ground, streaked with bright red; the size about mid- 

 dling ; the form round, flat at the ends; the stalk 

 large ; the flesh remarkably soft and woolly, but not 

 dry ; the taste acid, but highly flavoured ; the quanti- 

 ty of juice smaller, in proportion to the fibrous matter, 

 than in most other apples, requiring nearly one third 

 more of the hagloes for a barrel of cider, than of com- 

 mon fruit ; the juice, though uncommonly clear, ie 

 singularly rich ; and though the smell of the apple IF 

 faint, the flavour of the cider 4s high, and, when prop- 

 erly manufactured, is very rich. The colour of the 

 flesh is pale, but that of the ci<W, dark; it ripens in 

 August and September ; keeps a long time without rot- 

 ting ; it bears abundantly and early ; the growth of 



