Notes and Gleanings. 



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apples are in September and October. Before Christmas, it is sharp and sour; 

 but, in the late spring months, its freshness, and piquancy of flavor, is something 

 remarkable, — so much so, that it seems as if it had been just gathered from the 

 tree, — and yet combined with a peculiar softness of substance, like that of the 

 White Calville. It is also an excellent cooking variety in the spring months. 



Its appearance is somewhat against it ; for it might well be termed ugly, — 

 nearly as unprepossessing as that richest of all apples, the Cornish Gilliflower. 

 It is, however, much relished and sought after by all who have tasted it. 



It is of medium size, oblong inclining to ovate, flattened at both ends, ob- 

 tusely angular on the sides ; eye small, closed, depressed, set in a narrow irreg- 

 ularly-formed cavity ; stalk about half an inch in length, slender, rather deeply 

 inserted ; skin thick, and always of a greenish color when on the tree, tinged 



with reddish-brown, and thickly spotted with numerous copper-colored or fer- 

 rugineous specs on the side next the sun. After the fruit has been some time 

 gathered, the green color changes to a yellowish shade. The flesh, when quite 

 ripe, is of a yellowish tint, firm, but crisp, juicy, and tender, sweet, and very re- 

 freshing, with a slight perfume. 



The tree itself is hardy, free-growing, and an abundant bearer. The fruit, 

 however, would be benefited by being grown in a warm situation, it being so late 

 in ripening. It is perhaps questionable if it would succeed in the North ; but, 

 for the South, it is highly to be recommended. 



It was raised at Purser's Cross, Fulham, by the late John Ord, Esq., about 

 ninety years ago, from seed of an imported Newton Pippin, and was sent out 

 from the Hammersmith Nursery. The variety is figured in the " Transactions " 

 of the London Horticultural Society (ii., 285). — Florist. 



