MIDDLE GREEN. Card. Chron., 1903, p. 291. 

 Dessert, December to February, medium, 2\ by 2, 

 flat, slightly conical, regular. Colour, yellow streaked 

 with red. Flesh, soft, yellowish, pleasantly sweet. 

 Eye, closed in a shallow, wide, ribbed basin. Stem, 

 fairly long, in a wide, shallow cavity, not russet ed. 

 Growth, moderate ; fertility moderate. Origin, raised 

 from Frogmore Prolific x Blenheim Orange, by Mr. 

 Seden, and introduced by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. 

 Of no particular merit. 



MILLER'S SEEDLING. Card. Chron., 1906, p. 239. 

 (The Shah.) Dessert, end August, medium, 2j by 2\, 

 round conical, nearly regular. Colour, creamy-yellow 

 striped and flushed with bright crimson on one side. 

 Flesh, crisp, juicy, pleasantly sweet. Eye, closed in a 

 shallow ribbed basin. Stem, moderately long, thin, 

 in a wide deep uneven cavity. Growth, rather compact, 

 spreading ; fertility remarkable. Leaf, grey-green, 

 nearly flat, round, sharply serrate, very large, little 

 twisted, held out. Origin, raised at Newbury, Berks., 

 by Mr. James Miller, nurseryman, in 1848, and intro- 

 duced by him. A very sweet fruit, appreciated as a 

 market variety in some districts. 



MINCHALL CRAB. Ronalds, p. 33. G., Englische 

 Rambour. (Lancashire Crab, Mincham's Crab, Minchull 

 Crab.) Culinary, till March, large, 3| by 2j, 

 flattened round, irregular. Colour, green to yellow 

 with slight red flush and stripes. Flesh, firm, 

 white, sharply acid. Eye, open in a very wide, ribbed 

 basin. Stem, medium, in a shallow cavity. Growth, 

 makes a low spreading tree ; fertile. Leaf, rather 

 large, oval, little upfolded, boldly curved serrate. 

 Origin, English ; named after Minchall, in Cheshire, 

 dating from the eighteenth century. A good old variety 

 of the Bramley type. 



Mincham's Crab : see Minchall Crab. 

 Minshull Crab : see Minchall Crab. 



