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Eye prominent, but placed in a shallow basin. Stalk short, 

 I)lanted in a deep, but narrow, cavity. Surface uniform. 

 Ground colour yellowish green, reddish to the sun, inter- 

 spersed with darker spots. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, saccha- 

 rine, and high flavoured. Keeps to April, and bears abun- 

 dantly. Wood erect, brownish, and downy ; leaves small 

 and oblong, with footstalks long and slender. A choice 

 apple even in bad seasons. 



4. Green Nonpareil. — A middle-sized, roundish, oblate 

 apple. Sides smooth. Eye shallow. Stalk slender, inserted 

 in a wide and shallow cavity, sometimes elbowed. Surface 

 a yellowish green and dull red to the sun, clouded with rus- 

 set, and marked with dark specks. Flesh ciisp and juicy ; 

 flavour saccharine, aromatic, and piquante. The tree makes 

 slender erect shoots, striated or furrowed at the extremities; 

 leaves long oval, with long footstalks. A good bearer, but 

 apt to canker in old garden ground ; yet it is a fruit of such 

 superior excellence and high repute, that it cannot be omitted 

 here. In use from December to May. 



5. *Sijke House Russet. — Below the middle size, in shape 

 flattish. Eye wide. Stalk short, inserted in a shallow cavity. 

 Ground colour yellowish green, much clouded with russet, 

 and of a dull red to the sun. Flesh yellowish and firm, but 

 mellow ; flavour sugary combined with a pleasing acid. An 

 excellent apple, that is in use from December to May. The 

 tree grows spreading, makes gross wood, is healthy, and a 

 great bearer. 



6. * Prickly Seedling. — A small round fruit with smooth 

 sides, sometimes nippled at the stalk, which is thick and set 

 in a wide cavity. Eye large and deep. Ground colour a 

 bright yellow, with a bright red superadded next the sun, 

 and russet about the stalk. The flesh yellow, juicy, and 

 mellow ; flavour saccharine and rich. In use in January, 

 and keeps to June. The tree grows erect, is very healthy, 

 and a great bearer. 



7. Reinette Franche a Cotes. — A large oblong apple, with 

 obtusely angular sides. Eye very wide and deep, irregularly 

 furrowed. Stalk long and slender, deeply inserted. Skin 

 green until quite ripe, then yellowish, with some light reddish 

 stripes to the sun, and specked with russet about the eye and 

 stalk ; shrivels a little when perfectly ripe. The flesh is then 

 yellowish, juicy, firm, and mellow; flavour rich and sac- 

 charine. In use from Jamiary to July. A choice fruit, 

 placed by the French at the head of their best apples. The 

 tree grows very strong and erect, with shoots of a greenish 

 tint and a silky pubescence at their extremities ; it bears 



