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more faint. Flesh whitish, firm, juicy, and agreeable, but 

 not high flavoured. 



A very handsome culinary fruit from October till Februa- 

 ry or March. Raised by Mr. Lucombe of Exeter. 



99. MALCARLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 259. t. 7. 

 Charles Apple. Ib. 



Mela Carla. Pomona Italiana, Vol. i. p. 1. t. 1. 



Fruit nearly round, inclining to ovate, with a very regular 

 outline, about the size of a Golden Reinette. Eye small, 

 destitute of angles, and rather deeply sunk, with a closed ca- 

 lyx. Stalk an inch long, slender, inserted in a small deep 

 cavity. Skin of a delicate waxen texture, without spots, ex- 

 cept a very faint mottling of green appearing through the skin 

 near the eye ; pale clear yellow on the shaded side, and bril- 

 liant crimson next the sun, the two colours scarcely melting 

 into each other, but separating rather abruptly. Flesh white, 

 tender, very delicate, sweet, with a delicate perfume, like that 

 of roses, which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut 

 open. 



Ripe in September, and will keep till the spring. This 

 description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the Horti- 

 cultural Society, and exhibited the 18th of December, 1827. 



The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale,,in Li- 

 guria. It is an important article of trade in the whole Ge- 

 noese territory, and of exportation to Nice, Marseilles, Bar- 

 celona, and Cadiz. The climate of the Italian territory is 

 so entirely different from that of England, that we cannot ex- 

 pect the delicate Malcarle should succeed here, unless train- 

 ed against a^outh or south-east wall, and in a warm and kind 

 soil. Its great beauty in the dessert renders it an interesting 

 object of cultivation. 



100. MARGIL. Hooker, Pom. Land. t. 33. Hort. Soc. 

 Cat. 589. Pom. Mag. t. 36. 



Fruit small, ovate, about two inches or two and a half deep, 

 and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter. Eye 

 small, angular, as are also the sides. Stalk short. Skin 

 light bright orange, streaked and mottled with rich red and 

 brown, occasionally a little russetty. Flesh yellow, firm, 

 breaking. Juice sweet, with a high aromatic flavour. 



A dessert fruit from November till March. 



101. MINCHALL CRAB. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 114. 

 Minshull Crab. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 609. 



Fruit above the middle size, round, somewhat flattened, 

 with a few obtuse angles on its sides, about two and a half 



