Peasgoods style, but is quite distinct, not showing so 

 much bloom on the tree, the fruit being more upright 

 and the carpels flatter and less curved. It is becoming 

 a popular market apple and does extremely well on thin 

 soils on chalk. 



CHATLEYS KERNEL. Culinary, January to May, 

 medium, 2f by 2, round,- flattened, regular. Colour, 

 yellowish-green, with brown red flush. Flesh, very 

 crisp, greenish, acid. Growth, moderate ; fertility, 

 moderate. Leaf, grey-green, rather large, flat undula- 

 ting, finely serrate. Origin, undiscovered. Hardly 

 worthy of cultivation. 



CHELMSFORD WONDER. G. Mag., April nth, 

 1891. Culinary, November to March, large, 3j by 3, 

 round, very regular. Colour, deep yellow with crimson 

 flush and stripes. Flesh, crisp and breaking, flavour, 

 acid. Eye, closed in a shallow plaited basin. Stem, 

 short in a moderate very evenly rounded cavity. 

 Growth, sturdy, upright, spreading ; fertility, fair. 

 Leaf, much down folded. Origin, raised near 

 Chelmsford, and introduced by Mr. Saltmarsh in 1891. 

 A very useful fruit of the Wellington style in flesh ; 

 it keeps crisp to a very late season. The foliage is 

 remarkably distinct. 



Oliver's Seedling : see Histon Favourite. 



CHRISTMAS PEARMAIN. Dessert, November to 

 December, medium, 2j by 2, oval, conical, regular. 

 Colour, dull yellow with brownish-red flush, slight 

 russet and faint stripes. Flesh, firm, yellowish, 

 pleasantly flavoured. Eye, wide open in a shallow 

 even basin. Stem, short in a small round cavity. 

 Growth, compact ; extraordinarily fertile. Leaf, 

 rather pale, slightly upfolded, undulated, rather small, 

 finely serrate. Origin, a seedling raised by Mr. 

 Manser, and introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., 

 in 1895. This fruit is valuable for small gardens on 

 account of its tree cropping powers. 



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