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169. Fenouillet Gris. Duhamel, 10. t. 5. 

 Anis. lb. 



Caraway Russet. HorU Soc. Cat No. 982. 

 Spice Apple. \ 



Brown Apple of Burnt Island. \ lb. No. 1061. 

 Rook's-nest Apple, j 



Fruit rather small, roundish ovate, of a very regular out- 

 hne, without any angles on its sides, about two inches and 

 a quarter in diameter at its base, and two inches deep. 

 Eye small, with naiTOW diverging segments, deeply sunk in 

 a narrow funnel-shaped basin. Stalk short, deeply sunk in 

 a funnel-shaped cavity, quite within the base. Skin yellow- 

 ish gray, covered with a thin russet, and very slightly tinged 

 with brown on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, 

 crisp, tender, with a saccharine and highly flavoured aro- 

 matic juice. 



A desert apple from November till February. 

 This is a very neat French apple, and has been some 

 years in the London Nurseries, where it is often sold un- 

 der the name of Aromatic Russet. The tree is a rather 

 small grower, with slender, smooth, wiry branches, which 

 seldom produce any spurs upon those of the present year : 

 it is hardy, and a good bearer. 



170. Golden Russet. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 57. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. No 983. 



Fi^uit below the middle size, pretty regular in its outline, 

 without angles, generally about two inches deep, and two 

 inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye rather small, close, 

 moderately depressed, surrounded by irregular plaits, part 

 of which are more prominent than the rest. Stalk very short, 

 deeply inserted in an uneven narrow cavity, not protruding 

 so far as the base. Skin thick, of a pale copper-coloured 

 yellowish russet, very thick and rough on the shaded side, 

 with a few patches, occasionally, of bright red on the 

 sunny side, and verrucose at the base. Flesh pale yellow, 

 very firm and crisp. Juice not plentiful, but saccharine, ox 

 an aromatic and slightly musky flavour. 

 A dessert apple from December till April. 

 The Golden Russet has been known in our gardens ever 

 since the time of Ray, who makes it synonymous with the 

 Aromatic Russet. The trees are very hardy, bearing well 

 in bleak situations ; they grow to a good size, and are ra- 

 ther remarkable, in having a profusion of slender pendulous 

 branches. 



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