74 APPLES. 



Prager, of some Dutch Collections, according to the Pom. 

 Mag. 



Fruit flat, middle-sized, of a roundish figure, and much 

 flattened at both extremities, nearly three inches in diame- 

 ter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye open, deeply 

 sunk in an open even basin. Stalk variable in length, and 

 not deeply inserted. Skin greenish yellow, more or less 

 covered with a thin gray russet, which in some seasons al- 

 most entirely disappears ; on the sunny side, of a deep rich 

 brown, interspersed with small rusetty patches. Flesh 

 greenish white, approaching to yellow when fully matured, 

 firm, juicy, with a fine sub-acid flavour. 



A dessert apple from December till March. 

 This most excellent apple derives its name from the vil- 

 lage of Sykehouse, in Yorkshire. Its young wood is some- 

 what long-jointed, very straight and erect, and grows to a 

 greater length in one season than any other apple I have 

 ever propagated. It is a hardy tree, and a good bearer, but 

 best grafted on the Doucin stock, and trained in the garden 

 as an espalier. 



191. WHEELER'S RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 16. 

 Fruit middle-sized, irregularly shaped and somewhat flat, 

 from two inches and a half to two inches and three quar- 

 ters in diameter, and two to two inches and a quarter deep. 

 Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, placed in a rather 

 shallow, uneven, broad-plaited basin. Stalk short, inserted 

 in a narrow funnel-shaped cavity, seldom protruding beyond 

 the base. Skin pale yellowish gray russet quite round the 

 fruit, and on the sunny side of a lively brown, sprinkled with 

 russetty specks. Flesh firm, greenish white. Juice not 

 plentiful, but of a brisk, saccharine, aromatic flavour, char- 

 ged with acid. 



A dessert and culinary apple from November till May. 

 This is a very excellent winter apple ; and when highly 

 ripened and beginning to shrivel, is one of the best russets 

 of its season. The tree is very hardy, grows handsomely, 

 and is an excellent bearer. 



192. WHITE RUSSET. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 454. 

 Fruit rather large, angular on its sides, about three inches 

 in diameter, and two inches and three quarters deep. Eye 

 wrinkled. Stalk short. Skin yellowish russetty green, in- 

 termixed with white, and having a little light red on the sun- 

 ny side. Flesh firm, and highly flavoured when in perfec- 

 tion, but apt to grow mealy when too ripe. 



