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consequence, always more perfectly formed than those 

 growing in clusters. 



36. POMME DE NEIGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 626. 

 Fameuse. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 44. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, not much unlike the shape 

 of a Nonesuch ; about two inches and a quarter deep, 

 and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye 

 small, nearly closed, in a shallow depression, surrounded 

 by a few wrinkled plaits. Stalk half an inch long, very 

 slender, sunk in a funnel-shaped cavity, and protruding 

 but little beyond the base. Skin pale green, tinged 

 with pale red, and marked with short streaks of a darker 

 colour ; on the sunny side, of a still deeper red. Flesh 

 very tender, snow-white, juice sugary, with a slight 

 musky perfume. 



A dessert apple in October and November. This 

 beautiful and singular apple, we are told by Mr. For- 

 syth, was introduced from Canada by Mr. Barclay of 

 Brompton. It is said to derive its name from a village 

 where it is cultivated. 



37. POTTER'S LARGE APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 

 805. 



Fruit one of the largest size, generally eleven or 

 twelve inches in circumference, irregularly formed, with 

 large obtuse angles on the sides. Eye wide, deep, sur- 

 rounded with large plaits, the alternate ones being much 

 the most prominent. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a 

 deep cavity. Skin pale green, thinly sprinkled with grey 

 specks, and tinged with faint red near the base on the 

 sunny side. Flesh white. Juice not plentiful, sub- 

 acid. 



A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas ; 

 raised it is said by a Mr. Potter of Chelsea. A trans- 

 verse section of it, when cut open, exhibits a large, five- 

 angled cavity. 



