48 APPLES. 



A dessert apple from November till after Christmas. 

 Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon, at Bere Court, 

 in Berkshire. 



125. Catshead. Ilort. Soc. Cat. No. 147. 

 Cat's Head. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 21. 

 Costard. Ray, 1688. 



Coustard, of the JVorman Gardens, 



Fruit large, long, nearly as broad at the crown as the 

 base, having usually three obtuse angles on the upper, and 

 two more acute, which are also shorter, on the under side. 

 Eye large, open and hollow. Stalk half an inch long, slen- 

 der, rather deeply inserted. Skin very smooth, pale green, 

 scarcely coloured on the sunny side. Flesh tender. Juice 

 plentiful, sub-acid. 



A culinary apple from October till January. 



126. Chester Pearmain. Hort. Soc. Cat. 751. 

 Fruit rather small, more long than broad, and tapering 



from the base to the crown. Eye very small, slightly de- 

 pressed. »Sia/A; three quarters of an inch long, slender. Skin 

 pale yellow, with a little faint red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 crisp, with a sugary perfumed juice. 



A dessert apple from October to February. 



127. Claygate Pearmain. Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p. 

 402. 



Fruit a large and handsome Pearmain. Skin dull yellow, 

 nearly covered with broad stripes of deep red. Flesh yellow, 

 rather dry, like all apples of this class, but sweet and very 

 rich. 



A dessert apple from November till February, 

 The Claygate Pearmain may be considered as a valuable 

 addition to our stock of table apples. It originated in a 

 hedge-row in the hamlet of Claygate, near Thames Ditton ; 

 and its fruit was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society, 

 by John Braddick, Esq., December 17, 1821. 



128. Cockle Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 169. Pom. 

 Mag. t. 136. 



Nutmeg Cockle Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 169. 



Nutmeg Pippin, of various Collections, according to the 

 Pom. JMag. 



White Cockle, lb. 



Fruit middle-sized, oblong, tapering a little from the base 

 to the crown, very slightly angular on the sides, about two 

 inches and a half long, and two inches and a quarter in di- 

 ameter. Eye narrow, with a closed slender calyx, rather 



