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APPLES. 



171. Horsham Russet. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. iv. p. 69. 



Fruit about the size of a Nonpareil, but not so regular 

 m its outline, generally about two inches and a quarter in 

 diameter, and two inches deep. Eije small, closed, in a 

 small depression without angles. Stalk short, rather thick, 

 rather deeply inserted in a wide uneven cavity. Skin pale 

 green, covered with a thin yellowish gray russet round its 

 upper part, with a pale salmon-coloured tinge on the sunny 

 side. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, 

 of a high aromatic Nonpareil flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till March. 



Raised from the seed of a Nonpareil about thirty years 

 ago, by Mrs. Goose, of Horsham, Saint Faith's, near Nor- 

 wich. It is a very hardy tree, and a good beaier. 



172. Hunt's Duke of Gloucester. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. iv. p. 525. 



Hunt's Nonpareil. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 659. 



Fruit middle-sized, resembling a Nonpareil in form, but 

 is a litle more oval. Skin a clear green on the shaded side, 

 but little of that colour is visible, nearly the whole being co- 

 vered with thin russet, becoming coarser and thicker round 

 the eye ; on the sunny side it is tinged with a reddish brown. 

 Flesh white, mixed with green, like the old Nonpareil, crisp, 

 juicy, and high flavoured. 



A dessert apple from November till March or April. 



Raised by Dr. Fry, of Gloucester, from a seed of the 

 Nonpareil, and was iirst exhibited at the Horticultural So- 

 ciety in 1820. 



173. Knobby Russet. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 219. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of an oval form. Eye considerably 



depressed. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin yellow, with 

 a mixture of gi-een, but nearly covered with russetty warts. 

 Flesh yellowish, crisp, not juicy, but sweet and high fla- 

 voured. 



A dessert apple from November till May. 



Fruit from Midhurst, in Sussex, gathered from the tree 

 in January, 1820, was exhibited at the Horticultural So- 

 ciety in March and May following. It is a valuable fruit, 

 and extremely hardy. 



174. Martin Nonpareil. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 

 456. Pom. Mag. t. 79. 



Fruit larger than that of the old Nonpareil, and more irregu- 

 lar in figure ; it is generally roundish, sometimes approaching 



