HUNTS EARLY. Dessert, mid-August, medium, 

 2j by if, flattened, round, slightly ribbed. Colour, 

 greenish-yellow, nearly covered with brown-red flush 

 and faint stripes. Flesh, soft, pale yellow, pleasant 

 flavour. Eye, closed in a wide, boldly ribbed basin. 

 Stem, rather long and slender in a narrow and deep 

 cavity, which has slight russet occasionally in marked 

 rings. Growth, moderate ; fertility good. Leaf 

 moderate, round, oval, blunt pointed, greyish-green, 

 slightly upfolded, shallow curved serrate, stipules, 

 large, leafy. Origin, undiscovered. A Mr. Hunt was 

 a raiser of many apples about 1800, and it is probably 

 one of his seedlings. Esteemed for market use in some 

 districts. 



Hunt's Nonpareil : see Nonpareil. 

 Hutching's Seedling : see Sugar Loaf Pippin. 



IMPROVED ASHMEAD'S KERNEL. Dessert, 

 February to March, medium to rather large, round 

 flattened, fairly regular, generally higher on one side. 

 Colour, golden yellow almost entirely covered with 

 reddish-brown russet with golden-brown flush. Flesh, 

 firm, pale yellow, of pleasant sub-acid flavour. Eye, 

 closed in a rather deep wide basin. Stem, short in a very 

 wide cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility, moderate. 

 Leaf, roundish, pale, nearly flat, deeply curved serrate, 

 very large. Origin, undiscovered. Hogg considered 

 this identical with the original Ashmead's Kernel, 

 but it is certainly distinct and much larger. 



Irish Codlin : see Carlisle Codlin. 

 Irish Codlin : see Mank's Codlin. 



IRISH PEACH. Ronalds, p. 8. (as Early Crofton). 

 F., Peche de Irlande ; G., Irlandischer Pfirsich. (Early 

 Crofton.) Dessert, August, 2| by if, small, flat, conical, 

 irregular. Colour, pale yellow, washed and mottled 

 with milky red, darker stripes. Flesh, yellow, tender, 



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