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plaited basin. Stalk half an inch long, not protruding beyond 

 the base. Skin red, shaded with a deeper colour, and full 

 of small russetty specks. Flesh white. Juice sugary, and 

 of a pretty good flavour. 



A culinary apple from November till March. This is said 

 to be a Scottish apple. It is a small growing tree, very hardy, 

 and an abundant bearer. 



87. FEARN'S PIPPIN. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 43. Pom; 

 Mag. t. 67. 



Fruit middle sized, round, and flattened. Eye large, shal- 

 low, with scarcely any appearance of plaiting. Stalk short, 

 deeply inserted. Skin deep red on the exposed side, with 

 numerous whitish dots ; on the shaded side greenish yellow, 

 partially tinged with brownish red. Flesh whitish, firm, very 

 juicy, rich, and pleasant. 



A dessert apple from November till March. This very 

 handsome and excellent apple has been known in the Lon- 

 don nurseries but a few years. It makes a handsome tree, 

 is very hardy, and an abundant bearer. It highly deserves 

 an extended cultivation. Hort. Trans. Yol. i. p. 67. and 

 Vol. ii. p. 103. 



88. FENOUILLET ROUGE. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 6. 

 Bardin. Ib. 



Courtpendu de la Quintinye. Ib. 



Fruit middle sized, of a regular round, flattish figure, about 

 two inches deep, and two inches .and a half in diameter. 

 Eye shallow. Stalk very short, scarcely a quarter of an inch 

 long, and sunk in a small cavity. Skin somewhat gray, 

 deeply coloured with red on the sunny side. Flesh firm, with 

 a rich, highly-flavoured, sugary juice. 



A very handsome dessert apple from December to Janu- 

 ary. 



89. FULWOOD. Hort.Soc. Cat. No. 351. 



Fruit large, of an uneven figure, with broad irregular ribs 

 on its sides, three inches and a half in diameter, and two inches 

 and a half deep. Eye rather large, closed, not deep, sur- 

 rounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits. Stalk short, 

 slender, deeply inserted in a narrow, uneven cavity. Skin 

 grass-green, freckled with red specks ; on the sunny side 

 stained with deep salmon colour, and dashed with broken 

 stripes of dull, dark, muddy red. Flesh pale green, or green- 

 ish white, very firm and crisp. Juice plentiful, slightly sac- 

 charine, with a very brisk acid, and slight pleasant perfume. 



A culinary apple, from November till March or April. 



