APPLES. 



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An Irish dessert apple, and in use there in November and 

 December. 



SECT. VIII. Cider Apples. 



193. BENNET APPLE. Pom. Her ef. t. 21. 



Fruit somewhat long, irregularly shaped, broad at its 

 base, and narrowing to the crown ; but sometimes broader 

 in the middle than at either of its extremities. A few obtuse 

 angles terminate at the eye, which is small, with very short 

 segments cf the nearly closed calyx. Stalk half an inch 

 long, very slender. Skin, on the shady side, a dull, dingy- 

 coloured, russetty gray, shaded on the' sunny side with nu- 

 merous streaks and patches of orange colour and muddy 

 red. 



Specific gravity of its Juice 1073. 



This apple has been chiefly cultivated in the deep and 

 strong soils of the south-west part of Herefordshire. It 

 affords excellent cider, when mixed with other varieties. 



Many of the trees are of great bulk, which prove it to 

 have been known in the seventeenth century. Its name 

 has, no doubt, been derived from the person who first raised 

 it from seed. 



194. BEST BACHE, Pom, Heref. t. 16. 

 B ache's Kernel. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong shape, with two or three 

 obtuse angles, terminating at the crown. Eye small ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx short and flat. Stalk short, very stiff, so 

 that the fruit is always in the direction of the bud from which 

 it sprang. Skin yellow, shaded and streaked with light 

 and deeper red, with now and then a few black specks : 

 these, however, are more to be attributed to a crowded state 

 of old trees, than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from 

 young trees in a state of vigour, and in a kind season. 



This observation may be understood to hold good in 

 every description of our orchard fruit. 



Specific gravity of its Juice 1073. 



The origin of its name cannot be ascertained ; but as it 

 has sometimes been called Bache's Kernel, it probably has 

 originated from the name of the person who first raised it 

 from seed. It is principally cultivated in the south-east part 

 of Herefordshire. 



195. COCCAGEE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 167. 

 Cockagee, Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 22. 



