APPLES. 



of Arbroath ; but it is not to be found at the present 

 time among the continental writers. 



7. RED ASTRACAN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 522. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 123. 



Fruit rather above the middle size, roundish, slightly 

 angular. Eye in a tolerably deep basin, surrounded by 

 a few knobby protuberances. Stalk short, deeply in- 

 serted. Skin greenish yellow in the shade, deep crimson 

 on the exposed side, and over great part of the surface 

 spotted with russet, with a little coarse russet surround- 

 ing the stalk. The greatest part of the red colour is 

 covered with a delicate white bloom like that of a plum, 

 which gives it somewhat the appearance of a peach. 

 Flesh white, crisp. Juice abundant, with a rich sac- 

 charine acid, but soon becomes mealy. 



Ripe about the middle of August. 



This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden, 

 and first fruited by William Atkinson, Esq. of Grove 

 End, Paddington, in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited 

 at the Horticultural Society, in 1820. 



8. RED QUARENDEN. Hooker Pom. Lond. t. 13. 

 Devonshire Quarenden. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 822. 



Pom. Mag. t. 94. 



Sack apple, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1012. according to 

 the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit below the middle size, oblate, or round, and 

 depressed, the outline tolerably regular. Eye slightly 

 or not at all depressed, entirely closed by the long 

 segments of the calyx, and surrounded by little knotty 

 protuberances. Stalk thick, rather short, deeply inserted. 

 Skin of an uniform deep rich crimson, with a great 

 many green dots intermixed ; greenish on the shaded 

 side. Flesh greenish white; when newly gathered, 

 crisp, very juicy, mixed with a most agreeable acid. 



Ripe in August, and will keep till the end of Sep- 

 tember. This is said to be a Devonshire apple, although 



