.APPLES. 



near St. Petersburg!!, to the Horticultural Society of 

 London, in 1824. 



2. EARLY JULIEN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 216. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of an irregular globular form, with 



several ribs or angles on the sides, which become quite 

 prominent round the eye. Skin of a pale yellow, with- 

 out any mixture of colour. Flesh approaching to yel- 

 low, firm and crisp, with a pleasant brisk juice, having 

 much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples. 

 A Scotch dessert apple, ripe the beginning and mid- 

 dle of August. 



3. IRISH PEACH APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 740. 

 Pom. Mag. 1. 100. 



Early Crofton. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 321. and 

 453. 



Fruit middle-sized, depressed, globular, obtusely 

 angular. Eye nearly closed by the segments of the 

 calyx. Stalk short, not deeply inserted. Skin marked 

 with brownish red, intermixed with some streaks of 

 deeper red ; the shaded side yellowish green, sprinkled 

 with small brown dots. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 

 rich, and very highly flavoured. 



A dessert apple, ripe in August. 



4. JUNEATING. Ray (1688), No. 1. Langley Pom. 

 t. 74. f. 2. 



Fruit small, round, somewhat flattened at both ends, 

 about one inch and three quarters in diameter, and 

 one inch and a half deep. Eye small, with a closed 

 calyx in a depressed wrinkled basin. Stalk slender, 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow, with a slight pale 

 tinge of red on the sunny side. Flesh crisp, but soon 

 becomes mealy. Juice a little sugary, with a slight 

 perfume. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



5. MARGARET. Miller, No. 2. 



