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exquisite flavour, comes into eating about Christ- 

 mas, and keeps till February. 



37. Dredge's Fame. This is a good-sized apple, 

 red toward the sun, and streaked like the Ribston 

 Pippin on the other side. This is a most excel- 

 lent apple, and is in eating from Easter to Mid- 

 summer. 



38. Dumpling Apple. This is a handsome 

 apple, and rather above the middle size, flat- 

 shaped, and of a greenish-yellow colour, with some 

 faint streaks of red. It keeps till March. 



39. Dutch Queening. This is a large apple, 

 somewhat resembling the Cat's Head in shape. 

 The colour is red next the sun, and green on the 

 other side, with sometimes a little red. This fruit 

 is fit only for the kitchen, and for making cider. 

 It is ripe in January, and keeps till the end of 

 March. 



40. Elton's Yellow Kernel. This is a hand- 

 some middle-sized apple, of a yellow^ colour. This 

 is a good table apple, and is in eating from 

 January to March. 



41. English Rennet. Duham, n,2\. t.\^,f,5. 

 This is a handsome apple, beautifully streaked 

 with red, but darkest toward the sun ; of a tole- 

 rable flavour, but apt to grow mealy when kept too 

 long. It keeps till the middle of May. 



42. Embroidered Apple. This is pretty large, 

 and the stripes of red very broad, from which cir- 

 cumstance it takes its name. It is commonly used 

 as a kitchen apple, and is ripe in October. 



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