MACKINTOSH RED. New York. II., 132. Culin- 

 ary or dessert, October to December, 2f by 2 J, medium, 

 round tapering to eye, even. Colour, pale yellow, 

 almost covered with rich crimson stripes and flush. 

 Skin smooth. Flesh, greenish white, firm, slightly 

 sweet, juicy. Eye, nearly closed in a medium ribbed 

 basin. Stem, medium, rather short in a large russet 

 cavity. Growth, vigorous, rather spreading ; fertility, 

 fair. Leaf, rather large, slightly upfolded shallow 

 serrate or crenate. Origin, a chance seedling of Ontario, 

 and named after Allan Mackintosh, the owner of the 

 estate, on which it was found. Another account says 

 it is at least 115 years old. This resembles Wealthy 

 in appearance and has not yet been sufficiently tested 

 at AQington to decide upon its value for this country. 



MAIDSTONE FAVOURITE. Journ. Pom., Vol. I., 

 No. i. Dessert, end- August-Sept ember, medium, 

 2 1 by 2, oblate, curving to eye. Colour, pale creamy 

 yellow covered with carmine stripes and flush. Flesh, 

 creamy white, fine grained, sweet and juicy, very firm. 

 Eye, closed or open, in a deep and wide even basin. 

 Stem, very short and stout, in a rather wide cavity. 

 Growth, moderately vigorous, rather spreading ; ferti- 

 lity very good. Leaf, oval, upfolded, little twisted, 

 held-out, shallow crenate. Origin, raised by Messrs. 

 George Bunyard & Co., from a seed of Emperor Alex- 

 ander. One of the most beautiful apples of Autumn, 

 a little lacking in flavour but very promising for market 

 culture as it fills the gap between Beauty of Bath and 

 Worcestershire Pearmain, and travels well. 



MALTSTER. Culinary or dessert, October to Jan- 

 uary, large, 3 by 2j, round flattened and angular, 

 irregular. Colour, greenish yellow with slight flush 

 and few scattered broken stripes. Flesh, crisp to soft, 

 yellowish, of quite good flavour about November. 

 Eye, closed in a deep ribbed basin. Stem, medium 

 in a rather deep cavity. Growth, moderate, rather 

 spreading ; fertility good. Leaf, oval, upfolded, boldly 

 curved serrate. Origin, unrecorded. Known in 1830^ 



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