63 APPLES* 



white, very firm. Juice not plentiful, very sharp sub-acid, 

 with a slight astringency before fully matured. 



A culinary apple from November till April. 



Late in the season, when it begins to shrivel, it eats pretty 

 well; but before that time it is too harsh to bring to ta- 

 ble. The trees grow to the largest size, are very hardy, and 

 in all seasons great bearers. 



The Leather-coat Russet of some country orchards is very 

 different from this, very inferior, and making a very ugly 

 tree, mostly full of disease, and not worth cultivating. 



177. PATCH'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 993. 

 Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, slightly angular on 



its sides, about two inches and a quarter deep, and two 

 inches and a half or two inches and three quarters in diame- 

 ter. Eye small, with a long, slender, connivent calyx, pla- 

 ced in a narrow, somewhat irregularly formed basin. Stalk 

 an inch long, very slender, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity, 

 one half protruding beyond the base. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow, covered with a thin gray russet. Flesh pale yellow- 

 ish white, crisp. Juice brisk acid, with a rich aromatic fla- 

 vour. 



A dessert apple from November till March. 



178. PENNINGTON SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 

 778. 



Fruit above the middle size, round, slightly angular on 

 the sides, and somewhat flattened, broadest at the base, and 

 narrowed at the crown ; about three inches in diameter, and 

 two inches and a quarter deep. Eye closed with long slen- 

 der segments of the calyx, in a rather shallow irregularly 

 formed hollow. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, strong, 

 inserted in a wide uneven cavity, protruding beyond the 

 base. Skin green when first gathered, with numerous small 

 russetty specks on the shaded side ; where exposed to the 

 sun, covered pretty thickly with a scabrous warty russet, and 

 tinged a litle with pale brown. Flesh yellowish white, firm, 

 crisp, juicy, saccharine, mixed with a brisk acid, and of an 

 agreeable aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till March. 



This is a new variety, and appears to be a very valuable 

 apple, the description of which was taken from a fruit grown 

 in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick in 1830. 



179. PILE'S RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 17. 



Fruit above the middle size, irregularly formed, with 

 broad ribs extending from the base to the crown, where it is 



