2 APPLES. 



with bright crimson on the sunny side. Flesh white. 

 Juice not plentiful, subacid. 



A culinary fruit from October to December. This, 

 like many other Dutch apples, has a thick skin. Its 

 chief merits are on the outside. 



41. SUMMER BROADEN, of the Norwich Gardens. 

 Summer Colman. G.Lind.Planofan Orchard, 1796. 

 Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and 



three quarters in diameter, and two inches and a quarter 

 deep, slightly angular on the sides. Eye small, with a 

 closed calyx, in a rather narrow basin, surrounded by 

 some angular plaits. Stalk short, slender, deeply in- 

 serted, not protruding beyond the base. Skin dull 

 yellowish green, tinged on the sunny side with pale 

 dull brown. Flesh greenish white, not crisp. Juice 

 subacid, with a pretty good flavour. 



A culinary apple in October and November. This 

 is an useful Norfolk apple, and known in the markets 

 by the above name. The trees are rather small growers, 

 but great bearers. 



42. WALTHAM ABBEY SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 269, 



Fruit resembling a Golden Pippin, but much larger, 

 nearly globular, some tapering a little towards the crown. 

 Eye large and open, seated in an even shallow basin. 

 Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, be- 

 coming deeper as the fruit ripens, sometimes with a 

 tinge of dull scarlet next the sun ; the whole surface is 

 speckled with minute greenish spots, and a patch of 

 coarse russet always surrounds the stalk. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, soft, juicy, and very sweet ; it melts perfectly 

 in baking, taking a clear pale amber colour, and retaining 

 a high flavour. 



A dessert and culinary apple from October till 

 January. Raised from a seed of the Golden Noble, 

 by Mr. John Barnard of Waltham Abbey, in Essex, 



