Dean's Codlin : see Pott's Seedling. 

 De Berlin : see Court Pendu Plat. 



DELICIOUS. Card. Mag., 1914, p. 97. Dessert, 

 November to January, medium, 2| by 2 J, round, conical, 

 angular. Colour, golden-yellow with dark crimson 

 flush and stripes. Flesh, firm, yellow, juicy and highly 

 flavoured. Eye, slightly open in a rather deep ribbed 

 basin. Stem, medium in a fairly deep cavity. Growth, 

 compact ; fertile. Leaf, medium, long, oval, upfolded, 

 deeply curved serrate. Originated in the garden of Mr. 

 Jesse Hiatt, of Peru, Iowa, U.S.A., about 1880, and 

 introduced into England about 1912. Extremely 

 hardy in its native country, and likely to prove a valuable 

 fruit for Great Britain. 



Deux Ans : see Hambledon Deux Ans. 



DEVONSHIRE QUARRENDEN. Her. Pom., p. 3. 

 F., Quarrendon du Comte de Devon ; G., Englisher 

 Scharlach Peppin. (Sack, Quarrington (error).) 

 Dessert, end August-September, small to medium, 

 2^ by if, flat, irregular. Colour, covered with dark 

 crimson flush. Flesh, crisp, greenish, aromatic. Eye, 

 closed in a wide shallow basin. Stem, fairly long in a 

 deep cavity. Growth, moderate, rather spreading ; 

 fertility irregular. Leaf, upfolded, undulating. Origin, 

 this is mentioned by Worlidge, in his Vinetum Brit- 

 annicum in 1678, and probably takes its name from 

 Carentan, an apple district in Normandy. Of most 

 distinct and refreshing flavour ; rather subject to canker. 



DEVONSHIRE QUEEN. Ronalds, p. 25. Culin- 

 ary, October, medium, 3| by 2}, flattened, round, 

 irregular. Colour, bright yellow, flushed and striped 

 with scarlet. Flesh, soft, yellowish-white, tinged with 

 red. Eye, closed in a shallow much ribbed basin. 

 Stem, medium, in a very deep cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertile. Origin, probably from the county 

 of its name. Known in 1820. Not worthy ot 

 cultivation. 



