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Eye deeply sunk in a contracted basin. Stalk short, very 

 deeply inserted in a wide, even cavity. Skin green, with a 

 blush of red where exposed, profusely spotted with minute 

 brown spots, and a little russetted round the stalk. Flesh 

 white, very crisp, with a rich acid juice. 



This apple is scarcely in perfection till April or May, and 

 then possesses more acid than any other which keeps to so 

 late a period. 



It is supposed to have originated at Hanwell, near Ban- 

 bury, in Oxfordshire. Fruit of it were exhibited at the Hor- 

 ticultural Society in May, 1820. 



140. HARVEY APPLE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. 

 iv. p. 67. 



Doctor Harvey's Apple. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 251. 



Fruit rather large, oval, generally about nine inches and 

 a half or ten inches in circumference, narrow at the crown, 

 slightly angular on the sides. Eye small, scarcely sunk, 

 surrounded by several small knobby plaits. Stalk half an 

 inch long, slender, deeply inserted in a wide, uneven cavity. 

 Skin greenish yellow, full of green and pearly specks, with 

 various russetty, broken ramifications near the crown. 

 Flesh whitish, firm. Juice quick^ sub-acid, with a little 

 musky perfume. 



A valuable culinary fruit from October to January. 



This is a real Norfolk apple, and but little known out of 

 the county. It appears to have been known in the time of 

 Ray, in 1688, who says it took its name from " the famous 

 Dr. Gabriel Harvey." 



When baked in an oven which is not too hot, these ap- 

 ples are most excellent ; they become sugary, and will 

 keep a week or ten days, furnishing for the dessert a highly- 

 flavoured sweetmeat. It makes a large handsome tree, is 

 very hardy, and a great bearer. 



141. HOLLOW-CROWNED PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 459. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong figure, fully as broad at 

 the crown as at the base, slightly angular on its sides. Eye 

 wide, and deeply sunk. Stalk short, thick, and crooked. 

 Skin pale green, becoming yellow, with a faint blush on 

 the side next the sun. Flesh firm, juicy, sub-acid, with a 

 slight portion of sugar. 



A culinary apple from October to January. A hardy 

 bearer, peculiar to Norfolk, and common in the Norwtich 

 market. 



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