64 



Descriptions and Engravings 



closed, and sunk in a deep, somewhat abruptly depressed and 

 furrowed basin ; segments of the calyx twisted : Flesh, yel- 

 low, crisp and rather fine : Juice, abundant, brisk, sub- 

 acid, high flavored and excellent : Core, large, rather open. 

 Ripe in December and keeps till February. 



XXIX. Red Gilliflower. Mag. of Hort. Vol. YII. p. 49. 



Scolloped Gilliflower, according to Thomas's Fruit Culturist. 

 Black Gilliflower, of some collections. 



Although the Red Gilliflower (Jig. 5, ) is ranked by Pomol- 

 ogists as only a second rate apple, yet the extent to which it 

 is cultivated, as well as the estimation in which it is held, — 



Fig. 5. Gilliflower. 



if its ready sale in our markets can be considered any criterion 

 of a popular apple, — induces us to give some account of it. 



