pleasantly flavoured, very juicy. Growth, moderate 

 compact, making a flat spreading tree ; very fertile. 

 Leaf, pea green, long, upfolded, very finely serrate. 

 Origin, undiscovered. A very nice fruit which may be 

 described as an early King of the Pippins. 



HOARY MORNING. Ronalds, p. 28. F., Brouil- 

 lard ; G., Morgendust. (Dainty, Downy Apple, Sam 

 Rawlings.) Culinary, October to December, small, 

 to medium, 3} by 2\, flattened conical. Colour, pale 

 yellow with broad red stripes, entirely covering fruit, 

 and with a remarkable bloom. Flesh, crisp, pale yellow, 

 acid. Eye, closed, in a very shallow ribbed basin. 

 Stem, short and thick in a wide deep cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility, moderate. Leaf, roundish, rather 

 dark, down hanging, upfolded, undulating, serrate. 

 Origin, probably from Somersetshire. First recorded 

 about 1819. A favourite in the West of England ; 

 attractive in appearance, but of poor quality. 



HOLLANDBURY. Ronalds, p. 40- F-, Beau 

 Rouge, G., Kirke's Schoener Rambour. (Bonne 

 Rouge, Hallingsbury, Kirke's Scarlet Admirable, Red 

 Flanders.) Culinary, November to December, large, 

 3l b y 3}' round, conical, flattened, irregular. Colour, 

 clear yellow with scarlet flush. Flesh, tender, white, 

 acid. Eye, closed, in a large basin. Stem, medium, 

 in a wide and deep cavity. Growth, vigorous ; moder- 

 ately fertile, Leaf, held-up, upfolded, twisted, large, 

 roundish, sharply serrate. Origin, uncertain ; known 

 at the end of the eighteenth century. A striking fruit 

 but now superseded. 



Holland Pippin : see Pott's Seedling. 



HORMEAD PEARMAIN. (Corby Seedling.) Nov- 

 ember to March, a little above medium, size 3 by 3j, 

 round, conical, flattened at top. Colour, pale yellow- 

 green, occasional slight brown-red flush, many con- 

 spicuous large dots. Flesh, firm, short, yellowish- 

 white, especially under the skin. Eye, open, in a shallow 



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