26 APPLES. 



from a fruit he had eaten on his travels from France to 

 Holland. All the cottagers round Wyken have from 

 two to twelve trees each of this apple in their gardens, 

 and it is a great favourite throughout the whole county 

 of Warwick. 



45. YELLOW INGESTRIE. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p.227. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 482. 



Fruit small, shaped much like the Old Golden Pip- 

 pin. Eye very small, flat. Stalk half an inch, rather 

 deeply inserted, just protruding beyond the base. Skin 

 bright gold, with a few pearly specks imbedded. Flesh 

 yellowish white, very tender and delicate. Juice plenti- 

 ful, rich, and highly flavoured. A beautiful little dessert 

 apple in October and November. Raised by Mr. Knight, 

 of Downton Castle. See RED INGESTRIE, No. 38. 



SECT, IV. Autumnal. Conical, or oblong. 



46. ALFRISTON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 7- 



Fruit large, oblong, broad towards the base, and nar- 

 rowed to the crown, broadly and irregularly ribbed on its 

 sides, one of the angles generally being considerably more 

 swelled than the rest ; about three inches and a half 

 deep, and the same in diameter. Eye open, rather 

 deeply sunk, in an uneven hollow surrounded by uneven 

 plaits. Stalk short, deeply inserted in an irregularly 

 deep cavity. Skin pale green, becoming yellow, tinged 

 with orange where exposed to the sun, slightly marked 

 with thin russet. Flesh yellowish white, very crisp and 

 tender. Juice plentiful, saccharine, combined with a 

 smart brisk acid. 



A very fine and excellent culinary apple in October 

 and till Christmas. 



Described from a very fine specimen grown in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830. 

 This has sometimes been called the Newtown Pippin, 

 but from which it differs very materially. 



