38 APPLES. 



three inches in diameter. Eye rather small, with a closed 

 calyx sunk in a narrow regularly plaited basin. Stalk short, 

 rathei deeply sunk in a wide funnel-shaped cavity. Skin 

 greenish yellow, interspersed with a few green dots, and tin- 

 ged with pale dingy brown on the sunny side. Flesli yel- 

 lowish white, pretty firm, tender. Juice sub-acid, mixed 

 with a good deal of sugar, and a slight perfume. 

 A culinary apple from November till January. 



96. Kirke's Lord Nelson. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 570. 

 Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and a half 



deep, and three inches in diameter, of a very regular shape, 

 and nearly free from angles, not much unlike the Emperor 

 Alexander Apple, particularly at the crown, where it is nar- 

 rowed. Eye open, with a short recurved calyx, in a mode- 

 rately deep basin, surrounded by a few puckered plaits. 

 Stalk short, slender. Skin clear, pale yellow, deeply tinged 

 with red towards the base ; on the sunny side of a vivid red, 

 streaked with a deeper colour, with a few small dark spots 

 near the eye. i^7es/i yellowish white, firm. Jw«ce plentiful, 

 of a pleasant aromatic flavour. 



A beautiful dessert and culinary apple from November to 

 January. 



97. London Pippin. G. Lindl, in Hort. Trans. Vol. 

 iv. p. 67. 



Five-crowned Pippin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 99. 



Fruit middle sized, about two inches and three quarters in 

 diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep, having five re- 

 gularly formed, equidistant ribs, slightly marked at the base, 

 progressively increasing to the crown, where they are acute 

 and prominent. Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, some- 

 what shallow. Stalk half an inch long, slender, rather deep- 

 ly inserted. Skiti clear, pale yellowish green, becoming pale 

 lemon, of a dull red where exposed to the sun. Flesh firm, 

 crisp, of a yellowish white. Juice plentiful, sub-acid, cf a 

 good flavour. 



A culinary sort fiom October till January. 



98. Lucombe's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 575. 

 Pom. Mag. t 109. 



Fi^uit pretty large, roundish, shghtly angular, contracted 

 at the eye, which is small, and surrounded with small plaits. 

 Stalk short, thick, in a moderately deep cavity. Skin pale, 

 greenish yellow, spotted with innumerable black and green 

 specks ; on the sunny side very distinctly dashed with a vivid 

 carmine over a ground spotted with the same colour, only 



