70 APPLES. 



green interspersed, and dashed with red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh pale yellowish green. Juice sub-acid, of 

 good flavour. 



A good culinary apple from October till January. 



136. GOLDEN LUSTRE. G. LindL Plan of an Or- 

 chard, 1796. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat conical figure, 

 acutely and prominently angular towards the crown, 

 near which it has generally an indented circle, as if 

 caused by a ligature having been tied round the fruit ; 

 it is about two inches and a quarter deep, and the 

 same in diameter. Eye rather small, closed by the 

 long segments of the calyx, not deeply sunk, and sur- 

 rounded by sharp prominent plaits, the intermediate 

 ones being small, and having a blistered appearance. 

 Stalk short, slender, inserted in a small narrow cavity. 

 Skin bright yellow or gold colour on the shaded side, but 

 where exposed to the sun bright red, breaking out into 

 small patches and stripes. Flesh pale yellow, firm. 

 Juice not plentiful, sub-acid, combined with a little 

 sugar, but without any particular perfume. 



A good culinary apple from November till May. 



137. GOLDEN PEARMAIN. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 58. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 755. 



Ruckman's Pearmain. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 755. 



Fruit below the middle size, rather conical, a little 

 angular on its sides. Eye small, with short obtuse seg- 

 ments of the calyx, placed in a narrow and rather shallow 

 basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender, pressed close to 

 the base on one side of its cavity, by a large pointed pro- 

 tuberance of the fruit pressing upon it from the opposite 

 side. This is not the case in all the fruit of this sort, 

 but it is so in three out of four throughout the whole 

 crop, and is one of its most distinguishing characters. 

 Skin bright yellow, marbled nearly all over with faint 

 red and orange, highly coloured on the sunny side, and 



