beads at base. Stem, stout and short, in a moderately 

 deep cavity. Growth, very spreading ; fertile. Leaf, 

 medium, round, coarsely serrate, pea green, flat, 

 undulating. Origin, brought to notice about 1884, and 

 said to be a Cambridgeshire variety. 



Musk : see Carlisle Codlin. 



NANCY JACKSON. Culinary, till March, medium, 

 2j by 2\, round conical, regular. Colour, dull yellow 

 with red flush and a few broad crimson stripes. Flesh, 

 tender, juicy, acid. Growth, moderate ; fertility, 

 moderate. Leaf, large, oval, held out flat, very coarsely 

 crenate, undulating, upward folded. Origin, unrecorded 

 according to Hogg it was much cultivated in Yorkshire. 



NANNY. Dessert, December to February, medium, 

 flattened, round, slightly conical, fairly regular. Colour, 

 lemon yellow with red flush and broad broken stripes 

 of crimson. Flesh, tender, greenish yellow, a little 

 sweet, but of no remarkable flavour. Eye, open in a 

 rather deep and even basin. Stem, moderately long, 

 thin, in a narrow, deep cavity, which is strongly marked 

 with thick scaly russet spreading out in veins. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertile. Leaf, roundish, pea green, nearly 

 flat, boldly curved bi-serrate. Origin, a Sussex apple, 

 not often met with in other parts of the country. 



NELSON CODLIN. Her. Pom., 10. (Backhouse's 

 Lord Nelson, Wilson's Codlin.) Culinary, till January, 

 fairly large, 3^ by 3^, oval conical, irregular. Colour, 

 green to yellow. Flesh, soft, white, sub-acid. Eye, 

 open in a deep ribbed basin. Stem, rather short in 

 an uneven cavity. Growth, vigorous; very fertile. 

 Leaf, medium, oval, sharply bi-serrate. Origin, named 

 after the Wesleyan preacher Nelson, Hardly required. 

 Remarkable for its magnificent flower. 



NELSON'S GLORY. Culinary, November to Feb- 

 ruary, medium to rather large, 3 by 2j, irregular. 

 Colour, greenish-yellow with many dark spots. Flesh, 



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