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Fruit below the middle size, perfectly round in its out- 

 line, and rather flat ; about two inches and a quarter in di- 

 ameter, and two laches deep. Eye small, with a converg- 

 ing calyx, sunk in a very regular, circular, open basin, free 

 from plaits. Stalk half an inch long, even with the base. 

 Ski7i pale yellowish green, covered with a very thin, smooth, 

 gray russet, in which are interspersed numerous yellowish 

 gray specks. Flesh greenish white, very firm and crisp. 

 Juice sugary, and of a high poignant flavour. 



A very neat dessert apple from November till February. 



164. Aromatic Russet. Kiirserij Catalogues. But 

 not o^HorL Soc. Cat, 1061. 



Fruit middle-sized, a little conical, but flattened at both 

 the base and the crown. Eye small, a little depressed. 

 Stalk very short, deeply inserted. Ski?i green, covered with 

 a thin gtay russet, and a little tinged with dull red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp, but tender. 

 Juice saccharine and perfumed. 



A dessert apple from November till February. 



The wood of this tree is straight, rather slender ; and 

 when the young branches are vigorous, they are furnished 

 with spurs, somewhat in the manner of the Nonesuch. It 

 is a very hardy sort, and an excellent bearer. 



165. Ashmead's Kernel. Hort. Soc, Cat. No. 20. 

 Dr. Ashmead's Kernel, of the Gloucestershire Gardens. 

 Fruit rather small, not much unlike the old Nonpareil, 



except in being a little longer, and having a few obtuse an- 

 gles running from the base to the crown, which is somewhat 

 narrow. Eye small, a little depressed. Stalk three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, slender, and inserted half its length in a 

 conical cavity. Skin of a pale brownish gray russet upon a 

 green ground, and of a brownish orange colour on the sunny 

 side. Flesh firm and crisp. Juice plentiful, of an excel- 

 lent and rich aromatic flavour. 



A very neat dessert apple from November till May. 



The habit and general appearance of the tree is very much 

 like that of a Nonpareil, and there can be no doubt of its 

 having originated from a seed of that fruit. It is a Glou- 

 cestershire apple, and was raised by a Dr. Ashmead, of 

 Ashmeads, in that county. It is a very valuable and hardy 

 variety, highly deserving of cultivation. 



166. Bowyer's Russet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 979. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 121. 



Fruit below the middle size, broadest at the base ; the 

 outline tolerably round, about two inches and a quarter in 



