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shallow, surrounded by narrow plaits. Stalk half an inch 

 long, slender, one half of which is sunk in a narrow funnel- 

 shaped cavity. Skin pale green, becoming bright yellow, 

 with a few gray specks, and partly covered, especially near 

 the base, with a pretty thick light brown russet. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, firm, and tender. Juice saccharine, mixed with acid, 

 and a slight pleasant perfume. 



A dessert apple, and also excellent for culinary purposes 

 from November till May. 



129. COLONEL HARBORD'S PIPPIN. G. Lindl. in Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. iv. p. 65* 



Fruit rather large, inclining to a conical shape, about 

 eleven inches in circumference each way, angular on the 

 sides. Eye large, in a rather shallow basin, surrounded by 

 bold plaits or wrinkles. Stalk half an inch long. Skin pale 

 yellowish green, partially russetted on one side. Flesh. 

 white mixed with green, soft, very juicy, with a pleasant 

 brisk astringency. 



A very excellent culinary apple from November till 

 March. 



130. CORNISH GILLIFLOWER. Pom. Mag. t. 140. 

 Julyflower. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 74. 



Cornish Julyflower. 76. Vol. Hi. p. 323, according to 

 the Pom. .Mag-. 



Calville d'Angleterre. Baumann Cat. 



Fruit moderately large, of an oval form and angular, 

 about three inches and a quarter in diameter, and the same 

 in depth. Eye closed by the segments of the calyx, and 

 sunk among knobby protuberances rising from the termina- 

 tions of the angles on the sides. Stalk three quarters of an 

 inch long, not deeply inserted. Skin dull green on the 

 shaded side, but where fully exposed to the sun, intermixed 

 with brownish red, slightly sprinkled with russet, and some- 

 times richer streaks of red. Flesh yellowish, firm, and very 

 rich : when cut, it gives out a pleasant perfume, resembling 

 the Clove Gilliflower, whence its name. 



A dessert apple, ripening in November, and will keep till 

 April. 



This very valuable apple was first noticed in the Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. ii. p. 74., in a letter from Sir Christopher Haw- 

 kens, in 1813. It was discovered in a cottage garden near 

 Truro, about ten or fifteen years before that date, and was 

 considered by the Society of so much importance that the 

 silver medal was awarded to Sir Christopher for his exer- 



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