Citron D'Hiver : see London Pippin. 



CLARK'S SEEDLING. (Royal George.) Culinary, 

 till March, fairly large, 3 by 2 J, round, slightly flattened 

 at each end, fairly regular. Colour, yellow, with brown- 

 ish red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, firm, juicy, pale, 

 yellow. Growth, vigorous ; fertility moderate. Leaf, 

 rather small, very dark, upfolded, undulating, finely 

 crenate or nearly serrate. Origin, raised by a Mr. 

 Clark, at East Bridgeford, Notts., about 1800. This 

 is considered an uncertain cropper in some districts 

 but it is likely to be useful in the South. It is not the 

 Clark's Pippin of Hogg. There is another apple called 

 Royal George of the Warner's type. 



CLAYGATE PEARMAIN, Launche II., 72. R, 

 Pomme de Claygate, G. Claygate Parmane. (Ribston 

 Pearmain.) Dessert, December to February, medium, 

 2j by 2, roundish, flattened, regular. Colour, dull green, 

 faint red flush with thin russet. Flesh, crisp, greenish- 

 white, juicy and of excellent flavour. Eye, half open 

 in a wide, rather shallow basin. Stem, rather long, 

 thick in a wide cavity only slightly russet ed. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertile. Leaf, rather large, horizontal, 

 upfolded, sharply curved serrate. Origin, found in a 

 hedge, near Claygate, by Mr. John Braddick, of Thames 

 Ditton. This is one of the best late dessert apples 

 and is of the highest quality. 



Clifton Nonsuch : see Fearn's Pippin. 

 Clissold's Seedling : see Lodgemore Nonpareil. 

 Coates : see Yorkshire Greening. 



COBHAM. (Pope's Golden Ducat.) Dessert, Dec- 

 ember to February, medium, 3| by 2f , roundish-square, 

 uneven. Colour, golden-yellow with brown-red flush 

 and faint red stripes. Flesh, firm, yellow, juicy and of 

 good flavour. Eye closed in a shallow, uneven basin. 

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

 stout, moderate, very fertile. Leaf, rather large, 



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