APPLES. 



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lowish russet brown. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, rich, 

 very high-flavoured, and excellent. 



A dessert apple from November till May. 



This handsome and very valuable apple was raised by 

 Thomas Seton Forman, Esq., at Pennydarron Place, near 

 Merthyr Tidvil, in Glamorganshire. It is one of the best table 

 apples we have, combining the excellence of the old Golden 

 Pippin and Nonpareil. It bears abundantly, as an open 

 standard, and, when grafted upon the Doucin stock, it is in- 

 valuable as an espalier. 



134. FouLDON Pearmain. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans, 

 Vol. iv. p. 69. 



Horrex's Pearmain. Ibid. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong shape, somewhat re- 

 sembling the old Green Pearmain, about eight inches the 

 long, and seven inches and three quarters the short circum- 

 ference. Eye narrow, flat. Stalk three quarters of an inch 

 long, slender. Slcin pale yellow, when matured, with a 

 little blush on the sunny side, especially towards the base, 

 in consequence of the fruit being mostly pendent. Flesh 

 greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, brisk, and of 

 a very high flavour. 



A most excellent dessert apple from November till 

 March. 



The original tree of this apple is now gromng in the gar- 

 den of Mrs. Horrex, at Foulden in Norfolk. 



135. Ganges. Kursenj Catalogue. 



Fruit pretty large, of an oblong, irregular figure. Eye 

 hollow. Stalk half an inch long, deeply inserted, quite 

 within the base. Skin green, with a few specks of darker 

 green interspersed, and dashed with red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh pale yellowish green. Juice sub-acid, of good fla- 

 vour. 



A good culinary apple from October till January. 



136. Golden Lustre. G. Lindl. Plan of an Orchard, 

 1796. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat conical figure, acutely 

 and" prominently angular towards the crown, near which it 

 has generally an indented circle, as if caused by a ligature 

 having been tied round the fruit ; it is about two inches and 

 a quarter deep, and the same in diameter. Eye rather small,, 

 closed by the long segments of the calyx, not deeply sunk, 

 and surrounded by sharp prominent plaits, the intermediate 

 ones being small, and having a blistered appearance. Stalk 



