API. Ronalds, 32. F., Api ; G., Kleine Api. 

 {Api rouge, Api petit, Lady.) Dessert, November 

 to April, very small, 2 by ij, flat, regular. Colour, 

 bright yellow, rich crimson flush. Flesh, tender, 

 aromatic. Eye, half open in a shallow wide basin. 

 Stem short in a rather wide cavity. Growth, upright, 

 very slender making a small close tree, fertile. Leaf, 

 small, oval, upfolded, shallow crenate. Origin, of great 

 antiquity ; possibly dating from Roman days. Known 

 in this country in the seventeenth century. It is 

 hardly worthy of cultivation except as a curiosity. 



Api Petit : see Api. 



Api Rouge : see Api. 



Aporta : see Emperor Alexander. 



Arbroath Pippin : see Oslin. 



Aromatic Pippin : see Kerry Pippin. 



ARD CAIRN RUSSET. Garden, 1911, 570. Des- 

 sert, January to February, medium, 2j by 2f, round 

 conical. Colour, dark red, nearly covered with pale 

 russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, good russet flavour. Eye, 

 closed in a moderate even basin. Stem, very long 

 and slender in a deep narrow cavity. Leaf, long 

 oval, upfolded, coarsely serrate. Growth, rather 

 upright, compact. Origin, an old Irish variety, intro- 

 duced to notice by Messrs. Hartland, of Ard Cairn, 

 Co. Cork. 



ARMOREL. Card. Chron., 1893, March 4th. 

 Dessert, February to May, very small, 2j by if, oblong, 

 regular. Colour, yellow, covered with russet. Flesh, 

 crisp, of good flavour. Eye, closed in a deep and wide 

 basin. Stem, short, in a meolium sized cavity. Growth, 

 moderate, fertility moderate. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Charles Ross, and introduced by Messrs. Cheal, in 

 1893. Now almost out of cultivation, as it is too small 

 for present day needs. 



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