HAWTHORNDEN. Her. Pom., 6. (Hawley, 

 Lincolnshire Pippin, Old Hawthornden.) Culinary, 

 October to December, medium, 3 by 2^, round, slightly 

 flattened, irregular. Colour, creamy-yellow with faint 

 red flush. Flesh, tender, white, sub-acid. Eye, closed, 

 in a moderately deep and ribbed basin. Stem, short 

 and very stout in a rather deep cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility medium. Leaf, very pale, nearly 

 flat, rather large, shallow serrate. Origin, raised at 

 Hawthornden, Scotland before 1790. One of the best 

 cooking sorts, making a dwarfish flat. tree. 



HECTOR MACDONALD. Culinary, October to 

 February, medium, to large, 3 by 2j, round slightly 

 conical, fairly regular. Colour, pale yellowish-green 

 with faint broken stripes. Flesh, very crisp, juicy, 

 greenish, acid, good cooker. Eye, closed in a rather 

 deep, wide and plaited basin. Stem, nearly always 

 very short in a wide rather deep cavity without russet. 

 Growth, very dwarf ; very fertile. Leaf, large, long, 

 dark, slightly upfolded and undulated, deeply curved 

 serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross and intro- 

 duced by Messrs. Pearson in 1906. Resembles Lane's 

 Prince Albert, but it proves to be rather too poor a 

 grower tor market use. 



HERRING'S PIPPIN. Culinary or dessert, Nov- 

 ember, medium to large, 3 by 2f , round, conical, uneven. 

 Colour, pale greenish-yellow with a brown-red flush. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, tender, with a spicy aromatic flavour. 

 Eye, open in a deep and regular basin. Stem, short, not 

 protruding, stout, in a deep, round, slightly russet 

 cavity. Origin, undiscovered. I have not grown 

 this apple personally but the above description is taken 

 from fruits kindly sent me by Mr. Pearson who thinks 

 very highly of this variety. 



HEUSGEN'S GOLDEN REINETTE. F., Reinette 

 dore"e de Heusgen; G., Peter Heusgen's Gold Reinette. 

 Dessert, March to April, medium, 2j by 2, round, 

 conical, often rather flat. Colour, golden-yellow with 



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