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with a small portion of it showing through. Stalk 

 woolly, sometimes inserted beneath a deep lip protrud- 

 ing into the cavity of the base. Flesh white, firm, 

 juicy, sweet mixed with acid, little perfumed, very rich 

 and agreeable. 



A very excellent autumn dessert apple, in perfection 

 about the end of August, and will keep sound till 

 Christmas. It is a healthy, hardy variety, but better 

 adapted for dwarfs than for standards. 



22. EMPEROR ALEXANDER. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. 

 p. 407. t. 28. 



Alexander. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 6. 



Aporta. According to the Hort. Cat. 



Fruit very large, somewhat cordate, tapering from 

 the base, which is broad, to the crown, where it is small 

 and narrow. Eye large, and deeply seated in a per- 

 fectly [smooth round basin. Stalk three quarters of 

 an inch long, not protruded beyond the base. Skin 

 greenish yellow, slightly streaked with red, but on the 

 sunny side beautifully marbled, and streaked with bright 

 red and orange. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, and very 

 tender. Juice sugary, and of a rich aromatic flavour. 

 An autumnal dessert apple from October till nearly 

 Christmas. An excellent and valuable fruit. 



Some fruit of this apple were imported from Riga by 

 the late Mr. Lee, in January, 1817, ne of which mea- 

 sured five inches and a half in diameter, four inches 

 deep, sixteen inches in circumference, and weighed 

 nineteen ounces. From this fruit the drawing above 

 referred to in the Hort. Trans, was taken. 



23. FLOWER OF KENT. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 338. 

 Fruit rather large, somewhat flat, irregularly ribbed 



on its sides. Eye small and contracted, surrounded by 

 prominent angles extending from the ribs. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, lengthened beyond the base. 

 Skin dull yellow or olive on the shaded side j of a muddy 



