54) APPLES. 



A dessert fruit from November till March. 



This very excellent apple has been many years known 

 all over England, and has no doubt originated here, as 

 it has not been recognised in any foreign publication. 

 It is a hardy tree, and a very excellent bearer. 



101. MINCHALL CRAB. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 114. 

 Minshull Crab. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 609. 



Fruit above the middle size, round, somewhat flat- 

 tened, with a few obtuse angles on its sides, about two 

 and a half inches deep, and three or three and a half 

 inches in diameter. Eye rather large, open, with a 

 very short calyx, placed in a flat shallow basin, sur- 

 rounded by a few rather slight obtuse plaits. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted in a 

 shallow cavity, one half of which protrudes beyond the 

 base. Flesh almost white, firm. Juice smart, sub-acid. 



A culinary apple from November till March. 



This apple derives its name from a village in Cheshire, 

 where it is a great favourite. It is common in all the 

 principal markets of that and the adjoining counties, 

 and is particularly abundant in that of Manchester. 



102. MINIER'S DUMPLING. Hort. ZVa/wr. Vol. i. p. 70. 

 Fruit large, from three to three inches and a half 



in diameter, but not so deep ; contracted at the crown, 

 depressed, and swelled into a few imperfect angles on 

 its sides. Stalk an inch long, rather thick. Skin deep 

 green, striped with a still deeper on the shaded side, 

 and of a dark red next the sun. Flesh firm. Juice 

 plentiful, sub-acid, with a very pleasant flavour. 



A very good culinary apple from November till May. 



103. NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 635. 

 American Newtown Pippin. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, rather flat, and somewhat irre- 

 gular in its outline, having broad, obtuse, unequal ribs, 

 which increase from the base, becoming more prominent 

 at the crown ; about two inches and a quarter deep, and 

 three inches in diameter. Eye open, with a very short 



