medium, 2f by 2j, conical, regular. Colour, yellow 

 with faint red flush. Flesh, soft, palest yellow, acid. 

 Eye, closed, in a shallow basin which has five marked 

 knobs around the eye. Stem, short, in a rather narrow 

 even cavity, sometimes faintly russet with pearly spots 

 showing below the skin. Growth, medium, compact ; 

 fertility immense. Leaf, long oval, curved serrate, 

 greyish-green. Origin, at Gleastone Castle, Ulverstone, 

 about 1790. Introduced by Mr. John Sander, Keswick. 

 Much grown in North Britain. Still appreciated for 

 culinary use and its reliable cropping habits. Nearly 

 always shows a raised line on one side of the fruit. 



Kiarolowski : see Cardinal. 

 Killick's Apple : see Stones. 

 Killick's Apple : see Warner's King. 

 King : see King of Tomkins County. 



KING'S ACRE BOUNTIFUL. Card. Chron., 1905, 

 p. 341. Culinary, October to November, rather large, 

 2f by 2j, round, much flattened, fairly regular. Colour 

 pale yellowish-green, turning creamy-white, occasionally 

 faintly flushed. Flesh, firm, greenish- white. Eye, 

 closed in a rather deep, knobbed and ribbed basin. 

 Stem, short in a very shallow, wide cavity, slightly 

 russet. Growth, stout and compact ; very fertile. 

 Leaf, oval, tapering to point, little upfolded, sharply 

 serrate, undulating. Origin, introduced by the King's 

 Acre Nurseries. Not of any remarkable merit, save 

 free cropping. 



KING'S ACRE PIPPIN. Dessert, till March, 

 medium, 2j by 2, round-conical, irregular. Colour, 

 yellow with brown-red flush netted with russet. Flesh, 

 crisp, juicy, pale yellow, highly aromatic. Eye, closed, 

 in a shallow cavity which is surrounded by five prom- 

 inent ribs. Stem, rather long in a moderately deep, 

 russet cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility, moder- 

 ate. Leaf, medium, rich green, nearly flat, markedly 



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