lO^ OF APPLES. 



165. Summer Pearmain. Knoop Fo7n. p. 10* 

 t. 2. This apple is striped with red next the sun ; 

 the flesh is soft, but soon turns mealy ; so that it 

 is not much esteemed. It is in eating in August 

 and September. 



166. Silver Pippin. This is a handsome mid- 

 dle-sized conical-shaped apple, of a fine yellow co- 

 lour, with a faint blush towards the sun. The 

 flesh is firm and very white, and of an excellent 

 flavour. It keeps till the middle of May. 



167. Seek-no-Farther. This is a handsome 

 apple, rather above the middle size, of a pale-green 

 colour, a little streaked with red. It is of a plea- 

 sant, though not very high flavour ; and is in 

 eating from January to May ; but is apt to be 

 mealy when kept longer than the beginning of 

 April. 



168. Sykehouse. Hooker Pom. Lond, t, 40. 

 This is a handsome middle-sized apple, from Syke- 

 house, Yorkshire, of an orange colour towards the 

 sun, sometimes inclining to red, and yellow on the 

 other side. This is a fine eating apple ; ripe in 

 January, and keeps till April. 



169. Stone Pippin. Langley Pom. t. 77-^ 4. 

 This apple is of a green colour, streaked with 

 red towards the sun. It is of a sharp taste, and 

 is in eating from January till the middle of May. 



170. Stoup Codlin. This is a large handsome 

 apple, of a pale-green colour, with a little red 

 towards the sun. This is a baking apple, of a 

 pleasant taste. It keeps till May. 



