greenish- white, slight musky flavour. Eye, closed, in 

 a very deep and slightly irregular basin. Stem, short 

 and stout, in a moderately deep cavity, rather irregular 

 in shape. Growth, compact, upright spreading. Leaf, 

 upheld and upfolded, regularly crenate. Origin, found 

 by Liegel in the Rev. Hofinger's garden, at St. Peters, 

 Brunau, before 1851. Of no merit except for its lovely 

 colour. 



FRANKLYN'S GOLDEN PIPPIN. Ronalds, p. 18. 

 Dessert, October to December, small, 2j by 2, round, 

 flattened. Colour, golden-yellow, Flesh, crisp, yellow, 

 slightly acid. Eye open, in a wide shallow basin. 

 Stem, short in a small round cavity. Growth, strong ; 

 fertile. Leaf, roundish oval, slightly upfolded, sharply 

 serrate. Origin. I find the following note in my copy 

 of Brookshaw's Pomona Britannica : "It was not 

 Dr. Franklin, who introduced this apple but 

 Mr. Franklyn, a florist, whose son and grandson, 

 attended to Mr. Percival's tulips for many years. 

 The grandson now lives at Highbury (1853)." Now 

 almost out of cultivation. 



FRENCH CRAB. Ronalds, p. 42. G., Gruener 

 Oster. (Easter Pippin, Ironstone Pippin, Iron King, 

 John Apple, Winter Greening (Hogg).) Culinary, 

 keeps a year or more, medium, 3j by 2j, round, fairly 

 regular. Colour, pea green. Flesh, greenish, crisp, 

 acid. Eye, closed in a shallow wrinkled basin with 

 five prominent ribs at top. Stem, rather short in a 

 russet cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertile. Leaf, 

 large, round oval, upfolded, coarsely serrate. Origin 

 unknown. Probably imported into England at the 

 end of the eighteenth century. A valuable late season 

 fruit, cooking excellently. The desire of Hogg to 

 substitute the name Winter Greening has not been 

 adopted. I therefore retain the name by which it 

 is best known. 



FROGMORE PROLIFIC. Culinary, September to 

 December, medium, 3 by 2}, round, conical, regular. 



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