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slender, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale lemon 

 colour on the shaded side, with a few green specks imbedded 

 beneath the surface ; on the sunny side, of a bright gold co- 

 lour. Flesh yellowish white, very tender. Juice a little 

 saccharine, with a slight acid and a little perfume. 

 A culinary apple in October and November. 



61. RYMER APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 329. 

 Fruit pretty large, of an irregular figure, with very broad 



ribs slightly formed at the base, but very prominent at the" 

 crown, about two and a half or three inches deep, and three 

 and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter. Eye 

 open, seated rather deeply in an oblique, uneven, obtusely- 

 angled basin. Stalk half an inch long, in a somewhat shal- 

 low cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale yel- 

 low, nearly covered with a thin deep salmon colour, and tin- 

 ged with dull scarlet on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, 

 tender. Juice sub-acid, with a brisk flavour, which becomes 

 very rich when baked. 



A culinary apple in November and December. 



This apple was raised by a gentleman of the name of Ry- 

 mer, at Thirsk, in Yorkshire. 



62. SCARLET PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 62. 



Bell's Scarlet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767. 



Fruit middle sized, conical, of the true Pearmain form. 

 Eye middle sized, deeply sunk, surroundy by small plaits, 

 and crowned by the green persistent calyx. Stalk about an 

 inch long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin a rich glowing 

 crimson on the sunny side ; deep red, with a little yellow in- 

 termixed, upon the other. Flesh whitish, crisp. Juice rich, 

 sugary, and pleasant. 



A very handsome dessert apple from September till De- 

 cember. 



63. SOPS OF WINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1164. 

 Sops in Wine. Ray (1688). No. 21. 



Rode Wyn Appel. Knoop. Pom. p. 45. t. 8. 



Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, but narrow at the 

 crown, with a few slight angles on its sides. Eye small, 

 closed by the calyx, and but little depressed. Stalk an inch 

 long, slender. Skin pale yellow, marked and streaked with 

 scarlet, deep red, and blood colour ; on the sunny side, es- 

 pecially near the crown, it is wholly deep red. Flesh soft, 

 white, tinctured more or less with pale red to the core. Cells 



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