about the middle of last century. One of the most 

 appreciated sorts for market purposes, as it is an almost 

 certain annual cropper. 



LORD GROSVENOR. Culinary, August to Sep- 

 tember, medium, $| by 3j, conical, distinctly ribbed, 

 irregular. Colour, pale yellow, changing to white. 

 Flesh, white, juicy, acid, cooking excellently. Eye, 

 closed, in an unusually puckered and wrinkled basin. 

 Stem, medium much swollen at end, in a wide deep, 

 cavity. Growth, not very strong ; fertility, excellent. 

 Leaf, very pale green, large, upfolded, very lax. Origin, 

 unknown. One of the most prolific of all apples ; 

 it generally needs thinning to secure well shaped fruit ; 

 it does well on dry soil. 



LORD HINDLIP. Gard. Chron., 1896, p. 115. 

 Dessert, till April, small to medium, 2j by 2j, conical, 

 regular. Colour, nearly covered with dark crimson 

 flush and stripes and netted russet patches. Flesh, 

 crisp, white, sub-acid, juicy, and pleasantly flavoured. 

 Eye, open in a shallow basin. Stem, long, in 

 a very even russet cavity. Growth, slender, upright, 

 spreading ; fertility, good. Leaf, very narrow, very 

 dark, slightly upfolded, shallow serrate. Origin, 

 a seedling raised in Worcestershire, and introduced by 

 Messrs. Watkins, of Hereford. Of very good quality 

 and a good cropper ; a likely candidate for the desired 

 late market dessert apple. 



LORD LENNOX. Dessert, end-September, small 

 to medium, 2j by if, flat. Colour, dark brownish-red 

 over a pale yellow-green groundwork ; striping very 

 faint. Flesh, firm, slight green tinge. Eye, closed in a 

 rather broad shallow basin, which is slightly ribbed. 

 Stem, half-inch in a rather wide, fairly deep and even 

 cavity. Origin, this is the variety grown around 

 Northampton under this name, but does not agree 

 with Dr. Hogg's description. 



Lord Stanwick : see Golden Noble. 

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