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narrowest diameter, a good deal flattened and irregular 

 at the crown. Eye seated in a broad and shallow basin, 

 surrounded by plaits and wrinkles variously formed ; 

 at the base it is also flat, and broader than the crown. 

 Stalk long, inserted in a regular and well hollowed 

 cavity. Skin of a pale, rather dull yellow, tinged with 

 reddish orange on the sunny side. flesh yellowish, 

 firm, very sweet, with a rich vinous acid, a little spicy, 

 and having a flavour something resembling a pine. 



A dessert apple from November till after Christmas. 



Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon, at Bere 

 Court, in Berkshire. 



125. CATSHEAD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 147. 

 Cat's Head. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 21. 

 Costard. Pay, 1688. 



Coustard, of the Norman Gardens. 



Fruit large, long, nearly as broad at the crown as the 

 base, having usually three obtuse angles on the upper, 

 and two more acute, which are also shorter, on the 

 under side. Eye large, open, and hollow. Stalk half 

 an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin 

 very smooth, pale green, scarcely coloured on the sunny 

 side. Flesh tender. Juice plentiful, sub-acid. 



A culinary apple from October till January. 



126. CHESTER PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 751. 

 Fruit rather small, more long than broad, and 



tapering from the base to the crown. Eye very small, 

 slightly depressed. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slender. Skin pale yellow, with a little faint red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh crisp, with a sugary perfumed juice. 

 A dessert apple from October to February. 



127. CLAYGATE PEARMAIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 402. 



Fruit a large and handsome Pearmain* Skin dull 

 yellow, nearly covered with broad stripes of deep red. 

 Flesh yellow, rather dry, like all apples of this class, but 

 sweet and very rich. 



