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red toward the sun. This is a famous kitchen 

 fruit, and tolerably good raw. It has a musky 

 flavour. 



73. Holland Pippin. Langley Pom. 1 79. f- 1. 

 Kvoop Pom, j9. 41. ^11. This is a middle-sized 

 apple, of a flattish shape. Its colour is yellow, in 

 some places inclining to green, with sometimes a 

 little red toward the sun. This is a pretty good 

 apple, and keeps till the middle of April. 



74. Hollow-eyed Pippin. This is a middle- 

 sized apple, of a yellowish colour, beautifully 

 spotted with red toward the sun ; and the eye is 

 pretty deep. This is a good sharp-flavoured apple, 

 and keeps till the middle of May. 



75. Hollow-eyed Rennet of Cornwall. This 

 is a handsome flat-shaped apple, under the middle 

 size, of a greenish yellow colour, sometimes inter- 

 mixed with russet. This fruit is of an excellent 

 flavour, and keeps till April. 



76. Hedge Apple, a new fruit, of a middle size 

 and handsome conical shape, red tow^ard the sun, 

 and a straw colour on the other side. This apple 

 is of a tolerably good flavour, and keeps till the 

 latter end of April. 



77- Hogshead Apple. This is a small red 

 fruit ; the flesh is red, and the taste austere. This 

 is a cider apple, ripe in January, and keeps till 

 March. 



78. HuBBARDs ; Russet Pearmain, This is a 

 real Norfolk Apple ; and, though not handsome, 

 is one of the best table apples. It is of a dark 

 russet colour j ripe in January, and keeps till April. 



