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Eye large, in proportion to the size of the fruit, but very shal- 

 low, surrounded by a fine thin russet. Skin pale green on 

 the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun, of a very pure, 

 clear yellow, free from specks. Flesh pale greenish yellow, 

 firm, crisp. Juice abundant, saccharine, and highly flavour- 

 ed. A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas. 



This is a very beautiful little fruit, raised a few years ago 

 from a seed of the old Golden Pippin, by Mr. Kirke, in his 

 nursery at Old Brompton, near London, and is highly deserv- 

 ing of cultivation. Like all other Golden Pippins, it is too 

 tender for an orchard tree in cold situations. It succeeds 

 best when grafted upon the Doucin stock and planted in the 

 garden. 



32. NONESUCH. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 677. 

 Nonsuch. Forsyth Ed. 3. 121. 

 Langton Nonesuch. Hanbury. 



Fruit middle sized, of a very regular round figure, and free 

 from angles on its sides, about two inches and a half in dia- 

 meter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, with 

 a short, closed calyx, in a very regular, rather shallow, sau- 

 cer-shaped basin, without plaits. Stalk short, slender, in- 

 serted in a shallow cavity, seldom projecting beyond the base. 

 Skin pale yellow, spotted and marbled with orange, with nu- 

 merous broken stripes and patches of brick-red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh white, soft, and tender. Juice plentiful, a little 

 saccharine, and slightly perfumed. A handsome dessert 

 apple from Michaelmas till nearly Christmas. RAY has a 

 Nonsuch Apple, in 1668 ; but, as he has placed it among his 

 winter or keeping apples, it is not certain whether that is the 

 same as this. 



33. OAKE'S APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 698. 



Fruit middle sized, round, a little irregular in its outline, 

 having two or three obtuse ribs swelling and lengthening one 

 of its' sides more than the other, about three inches in dia- 

 meter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, near- 

 ly closed by the short segments of the calyx, rather deeply 

 sunk in an irregular, uneven basin. Stalk very short, thick, 

 wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity. Skin 

 thick, pale green, with several imbedded white dots, and 

 slightly marked with many short, broken streaks of pale 

 brown, with russetty specks on the sunny side, particularly 

 in the crown and round the eye. Flesh rather soft, greenish 

 white, with a slightly saccharine juice, but not much flavour. 



A culinary apple in November and December, described 



