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APPLES. 



round, without angles. Eye small, closed by a short calyx, 

 moderately sunk, in a very even circular basin, perfectly free 

 from plaits. Stalk short, slender, rather deeply sunk, not 

 protruding beyond the base. Skin pale greenish yellow, be- 

 coming bright yellow when highly ripened, marbled and 

 streaked with red on the sunny side, like the Nonesuch. 

 Flesh pale yellowish white, tender. Juice rather thin, smart, 

 slightly saccharine, and of a very pleasant flavour. A culi- 

 nary apple in October and November. 



This apple has very much the appearance of a small None- 

 such, from which it has probably originated. Its branches 

 are spurred in the same manner, and it bears equally as well 

 and as soon. A great many trees of it have lately been 

 planted by the kitchen gardeners in the neighbourhood of 

 London. 



20. COBHAM APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 166. 

 Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and three 



quarters deep, and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; 

 somewhat irregularly round, with a few obtuse angles reach- 

 ing to the crown, which is rather narrow and depressed. 

 Eye small, closed by the segments of the calyx. Stalk half 

 an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin dull yel- 

 lowish green, dashed on the sunny side with faint red, inter- 

 mixed with light russet. Flesh crisp, pale yellow. Juice 

 saccharine and aromatic. 



A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas. Culti- 

 vated in Kent under this name. I received specimens of 

 this apple from Mr. Kirke of Brompton, in 1819. 



21. COLE APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 190. Pom. Mag. 

 t. 104. 



Scarlet Perfume. Of some collections. 



Fruit above the middle size, about three inches and a 

 quarter in diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep, an- 

 gular in a slight degree, with a wide eye, mostly closed by 

 the segments of the calyx. Skin deeply stained, and streak- 

 ed with crimson, slightly russeted, with a small portion of it 

 showing through. Stalk woolly, sometimes inserted beneath 

 a deep lip protruding into the cavity of the base. Flesh 

 white, firm, juicy, sweet mixed with acid, little perfumed, 

 very rich and agreeable. 



A very excellent autumn dessert apple, in perfection about 

 the end of August, and will keep sound till Christmas. It 

 is a healthy, hardy variety, but better adapted for dwarfs than 

 for standards. 



