20 APPLES. 



November. Raised by Mr. Knight of Downton Castle. 

 See Red Ingestrie, No. 38. 



Sect. IV. — Autumnal. Conical, or oblong. 



46. Alfriston. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 7. 



Fruit large, oblong, broad towards the base, and narrow- 

 ed to the crown, broadly and irregularly ribbed on its sides, 

 one of the angles generally being considerably more swelled 

 than the rest ; about three inches and a half deep, and the 

 same in diameter. Eye open, rather deeply sunk, in an un- 

 even hollow surrounded by uneven plaits. Slalk short, deep- 

 ly inserted in an irregularly deep cavity. Skin pale green, 

 becoming yellow, tinged with orange where exposed to the 

 sun, slightly marked with thin russet. Flesh yellowish white, 

 very crisp and tender. Juice plentiful, saccharine, combined 

 with a smart brisk acid. 



A very fine and excellent culinary apple in October and 

 till Christmas. 



Described from a veiy fine specimen grown in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830. This has 

 sometimes been called the Newtown Pippin, but from which 

 it differs very materially. 



47. Beauty of Kent. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48. 

 Beauty of Kent. Forsijtii, Ed. 3. No. 4. 



Fruit pretty large, three inches and a quarter deep, and 

 three inches and a half in diameter, somewhat irregularly 

 formed, with slightly prominent unequal angles, terminating 

 in the crown, which is rather contracted. Eye smali, closed 

 by a short calyx, a little depressed, in a narrow angular ba- 

 sin. Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted in a funnel- 

 shaped cavity. Skin a very clear yellowish green, mottled 

 with dull red ; but on the sunny side of a bright red, mottled 

 and streaked with yellow, intermixed with russet round the 

 base. Flesh firm, yellowish white, crisp, and tender. Juice 

 abundant, and pleasantly acid. 



An autumnal dessert apple, from Michaelmas to Christ- 

 mas. 



This is a very handsome apple ; and, although not distin- 

 guished by any peculiar richness of flavour, it certainly must 

 be reckoned a very excellent fruit. 



48. Cray Pippin. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 401. 



Fruit rather below the middle size, conical, rather angular. 

 Eye small and close, in an pven and well formed hollow. 



