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jecting beyond the base. Skin pale greenish yellow, 

 covered with a thin grey russet ; on the sunny side of a 

 deeper yellow, tinged with salmon colour, having a few 

 thin, slightly striped patches of a deeper colour, sprinkled 

 with whitish spots near the base. Flesh yellowish, firm, 

 crisp. Juice saccharine, rich, with a very high aromatic 

 flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till February. 



This is a very handsome and most excellent apple, 

 and highly deserving of cultivation. It is well adapted 

 for grafting on the Doucin stock, and for training in 

 the garden as an espalier. 



116. ^SOPUS SPITZEMBERG. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 401. 



Fruit large, oblong. Stalk of moderate length, 

 placed in a deep cavity, and projecting a little beyond 

 the base. Skin smooth, of a lively brilliant red, ap- 

 proaching to scarlet, with numerous small yellow spots. 

 Flesh yellow, very rich, juicy, and brisk. Ripe about 

 Christmas. 



A most excellent apple of American origin ; it is 

 said to be of ^Esopus, in Ulster county. It is plenti- 

 fully cultivated at Livingston's manor, in Columbia 

 county, in the state of New York. It is too tender to 

 succeed in this country, without the assistance of a south 

 or an east wall. Some very fine fruit from a south wall 

 at Sacomb Park, in Hertfordshire, were exhibited at 

 the Horticultural Society of London, October 15.1821. 



117. BALTIMORE. Hort. Trans. V. iii. p. 120. t. 4. 



Fruit very large, in form something like the Alex- 

 ander, but more flat. Eye large, open, and deep, 

 surrounded by a few obtuse plaits. Skin pale lemon 

 colour, covered with a very thin grey russet, especially 

 near the eye, and tinged with a pale salmon-coloured 

 blush on the sunny side. Flesh very good, and close 

 at the core. 



