4 APPLES. 



Fruit small, round, somewhat flattened at both ends, about 

 one inch and three quarters in diameter, and one inch and a 

 half deep. Eye small, with a closed calyx in a depressed 

 wrinkled basin. Stalk slender, three quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow, 

 with a slight pale tinge of red on the sunny side. Flesh crisp, 

 but soon becomes mealy. Juice a little sugary, with a slight 

 perfume. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



5. Margaret. Millei-, No. 2. 

 Magdalene. Rmj (1688), No. 2. 



Fruit below the middle size, two inches and a quarter in 

 diameter, and two inches deep, slightly angular on its sides. 

 Eye small, with a closed calyx, placed in a narrow basin, 

 surrounded by several unequal plaits. Stalk short, slender, 

 in a funnel-shaped cavity, even with the base. Skin pale 

 yellow, with numerous small pearl-coloured imbedded specks, 

 and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh 

 white, very crisp and tender. Juice plentiful, saccharine, 

 and highly perfumed. 



A dessert apple of first rate excellence, from the middle 

 of August to the end. 



This is the true Margaret apple of Miller, and has been 

 in our gardens since the time of Ray, in 1688 ; but it is not 

 the Margaret of Forsyth, and of many collections of the pre- 

 sent day (See No. 13). The tree is readily known from 

 every other variety of apple, by its upright growth, by its 

 short erect branches, and by the excessive pubescence of its 

 leaves, 



6. OsLiN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 715. ; Pom. Mag. t. 5. 

 Oslin Pippin. Mcol Ed. 4. p. 164. 



Oslin, or Arbroath Pippin. Forsyth. Ed. 7. p. 119. 



Orgehne, or Orjeline. Ih. Ed. .5. p. 119. 



F^mit roundish, depressed, without angles. Eye rather 

 prominent, with a few moderately sized plaits. Stalk short, 

 thick, not deeply inserted. Skin very thick and tough, pale 

 bright lemon colour when fully ripe, intermixed with a little 

 bright green, and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same. 

 Flesh inclining to yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, very rich, and 

 highly flavoured. 



Ripe about the middle of August, and very excellent. 



7. Red Astracan. Hort. Trans. Yol. iv. p. 522. ; 

 Pom. Mag. t. 123. 



Fruit rather above the middle size, roundish, slightly an- 



