8 APPLES. 



Transparent de Moscovie. Ib. according to the Pom. 

 Mag. and the Hort. Cat. 



Pyrus Astracanica, De Cand. Prod. Vol. ii. p. 635. 



Fruit middle-sized, roundish, angular on the sides, 

 and ribbed at the apex. Eye depressed in a small hol- 

 low. Stalk thick, and very short. Skin smooth, with 

 a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side, and covered 

 with a white bloom. Flesh snow-white, often trans- 

 parent in part, tender, juicy, crisp, very pleasant and 

 delicate. 



Ripe in August, and will keep good for only a few 

 days. It is a hardy tree, and a very good bearer. It 

 has been introduced from Russia, where it is said to 

 grow wild about Astracan, and was first brought into 

 notice by William Atkinson, Esq. of Grove End, 

 Paddington. 



SECT. II. Summer. Conical or oblong. 



12. DOCTOR HELSHAM'S PIPPIN. G. Lind. Cat. 

 1815. 



Fruit middle-sized, more long than broad, eight or 

 nine inches in circumference, a little angular on the 

 sides. Eye small, in a rather wide and oblique basin. 

 Stalk half an inch long, deeply inserted. Skin yel- 

 lowish green, with several reddish spots ; on the sunny 

 side of a fine clear red. Flesh white. Juice sweet, 

 with a slight aromatic flavour. 



Ripe in August and beginning of September. 



The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a 

 Jargonelle Pear. It is an abundant bearer, and deserves 

 cultivation. 



The original tree, which is a large one, was raised by 

 the late Dr. Helsham, and is now growing in the garden 

 of Mr. Etheredge, of Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk. 



13. EARLY RED MARGARET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 

 588. Pom. Mag. t. 46. 



