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148. Queen's Pippix. This is a small hand- 

 some apple, of a yellowish-green colour, sometimes 

 inclining to red on the side next the sun This 

 is a fine-flavoured apple, very fit for the table. It 

 comes into eating in January, and keeps till May ; 

 but is apt to grow mealy when kept too long. 

 The tree never grows to the height of other 

 apple-trees. 



149. Quince Apple. This is a middle-sized 

 fruit, of a yellow colour, with a little red toward 

 the eye. It is of a pleasant sharp flavour ; ripe in 

 January, and keeps till April. 



150. Rambour Franc Buliam, /z. 28. L 10. 

 This is a large fruit, of a fine red next the sun, 

 and striped with a yellowish-green. It ripdns 

 about the middle of September. 



151. Red Pearmain. This is smaller than the 

 Pearmains in general. It is of a deep red, with a 

 little yellow on one side. A pleasant sweet apple; 

 and keeps till the middle of April. 



152. Red Streak. Fom, Heref, 1 1. This is a 

 handsome middle-sized apple, beautifully streaked 

 with red. This is a good Cider apple. Ripe in 

 January. 



153. Red Streak Seedling, from Longleat. 

 This is from the Dorsetshire Red Streak, and is a 

 beautiful apple, of a yellow colour, streaked with 

 red, particularly next the sun. This apple is sold 

 in the Bath and Bristol markets in the latter end 

 of September and beginning of October. It is a 

 pretty good apple, but does not keep long. 



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