48 APPLES. 



Courtpendu de la Quintinye. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a regular round, flattish figure, 

 about two inches deep, and two inches and a half in 

 diameter. Eye shallow. Stalk very short, scarcely 

 a quarter of an inch long, and sunk in a small cavity. 

 Skin somewhat grey, deeply coloured with red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh firm, with a rich, highly-flavoured, 

 sugary juice. 



A very handsome dessert apple from December to 

 January. 



89. FULWOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 351. 

 Fruit large, of an uneven figure, with broad irregular 



ribs on its sides, three inches and a half in diameter, and 

 two inches and a half deep. Eye rather large, closed, 

 not deep, surrounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits. 

 Stalk short, slender, deeply inserted in a narrow, un- 

 even cavity. Skin grass-green, freckled with red specks ; 

 on the sunny side stained with deep salmon-colour, and 

 dashed with broken stripes of dull, dark, muddy red. 

 Flesh pale green, or greenish white, very firm and 

 crisp. Juice plentiful, slightly saccharine, with a very 

 brisk acid, and slight pleasant perfume. 



A culinary apple, from November till March or 

 April. 



This very much resembles the Striped Beaufin in 

 shape and colour, but is materially different. It is not 

 quite so large, a little more flat, has a closed eye, a 

 much firmer flesh, a more abundant juice, and a much 

 higher flavour. It is supposed to have originated v at 

 Fulwood, near Sheffield ; or Fulwood, near Preston, in 

 Lancashire. 



90. GOGAR PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 370. 

 Fruit rather small, round, and somewhat flat, 



about two inches and a quarter broad, and one inch 

 and three quarters deep. Eye small, with a short 

 closed calyx, placed in a round shallow basin. Stalk 



