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SUPPLEMENT. 



APPLES. 



BABON WARD. Fruit below medium size, ovate. Skin 

 smooth and shining, of a fine uniform deep yellow colour. 

 Eye slightly open, and not much depressed. Stalk short. 

 Mesh tender, crisp, juicy, and agreeably acid. January 

 till May. 



This is an excellent apple for culinary purposes, but its 

 small size is a great objection to it. It keeps well with- 

 out shrivelling. 



Clissold's Seedling. See Lodgemore Nonpareil. 



DUKE OF DEVONSHIBE. Fruit medium sized, roundish- 

 ovate. Skin of uniform lemon-yellow colour, with a dull 

 red cheek; the surface veined with russet. Eye large 

 and open, set in a wide and deep basin. Stalk very short. 

 Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, and sugary, with a 

 fine aroma. 



An excellent dessert apple, in use from February till 

 May. 



LODGEMOKE NoNPAEEiL (ClissolcVs Seedling}. Fruit 

 about medium size, roundish. Skin deep yellow, dotted 

 with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on one 

 side. Eye slightly closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk 

 short, deeply inserted in the cavity. Flesh yellowish, 

 firm, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a fine aroma. 



A first-rate dessert apple, in use from February till the 

 beginning of June. 



