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error, we adopted his synonyme. Accidentally and fortu- 

 nately, by the kindness of our correspondent, C. Goodrich, 

 Esq., of Burlington, Yt., we are in possession of such informa- 

 tion as will tend to set the matter right, and correct the very 

 gross error into which Mr. Thomas has fallen, viz. : that of 

 describing, as the Red Gilliflower, one of the oldest English 

 apples, so well known to every pomologist as the Cornish 

 Gilliflower ; described by every British author on fruits, and 

 figured in Ronald's splendid work on the apple, and the 

 Pomological Magazine. Had we supposed that Mr. Thom- 

 as had overlooked such a well known English apple, we 



Fig. 10. Red Giinjloicer. 



should at once have referred his Red Gilliflower to that 

 variety. 



As Mr. Thomas correctly states, " there are so many points 

 of difference iii them, that scarcely any resemblance is to be 

 found." For, while the Cornish Gilliflower is a greenish 

 apple, striped with light red, and so irregular and strongly 

 ribbed, as to be classed among the Calvilles, — under which 

 name it is cultivated in France, — the Red Gilliflower has a 

 very regular form, and a skin so dark, that it has acquired the 

 name of the Black Gilliflower. 



