bright crimson flush and faint stripes. Flesh, firm, 

 yellow, very juicy, nice flavour. Eye, closed, or 

 slightly open, in a shallow ribbed basin. Stem, very 

 stout in a wide, deep russet cavity. Growth, compact, 

 upright ; remarkably fertile. Leaf, rather narrow, 

 little upfolded, grey-green, broadly serrate. Origin, 

 raised by the Pastor Henzen, and named after the 

 pomologist Heusgen. Introduced about 1877. A 

 valuable addition to late dessert sorts. 



Hick's Fancy : see Early Nonpareil. 



HIGH CANONS. Card. Chron., 1907, p. 113. 

 Culinary, till April, medium, 3 by 2j, flat, conical, 

 irregular. Colour, pale yellow with faint red flush and 

 spots. Flesh, extremely crisp, pale yellow, acid. 

 Eye, closed, in a shallow wrinkled basin. Stem, short 

 and stout in a shallow, strongly russet cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; moderately fertile. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Thrower, of High Canons, Barnet, and introduced by 

 Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., about 1887. A good apple 

 of the Wellington style, cooking well. 



Hill's Seedling : see Cox's Pomona. 



HISTON FAVOURITE. (Oliver's Seedling.) 

 Dessert or cooking, November to December, medium, 

 2 i by 2j, round, slightly flattened, regular. Colour, 

 pale yellow with red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, 

 soft, pale yellow, juicy, slight aromatic flavour. Eye, 

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

 stout, in a wide and rather deep cavity, which always 

 has a lining of yellow feathery russet. Growth, vigor- 

 ous ; fertility moderate. Leaf, long oval, pale, slightly 

 upfolded, very bodily serrate. Origin, raised at Histon, 

 Cambs., by Mr. John Chivers early in the nineteenth 

 century. A nice fruit, but rather too small with me. 



HITCHIN PIPPIN. Dessert, end-August-Septem- 

 ber, medium, 2\ by 2j, round, oblong, flattened, regular. 

 Colour, greenish-yellow with crimson flush and irregular 

 broken stripes. Flesh, moderately soft, pale yellow, 



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