APPLES. 85 



Eye small, and closed by the short segments of the 

 calyx. Stalk short, slender, protruding a little beyond 

 the base. Skin a grass green, with a little colour of a 

 livid red on the sunny side, interspersed with a few dark 

 specks, particularly on the produce of old trees, espe- 

 cially those which are encumbered with a profusion of 

 wood. Flesh pale green, firm, crisp. Juice not plen- 

 tiful, but saccharine, and of a slight aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till March. 



162. WINTER RED CALVILLE* Nursery Cata- 

 logues. 



Calville Rouge. DuhameL 4. t. 3. 



Calville .Rouge d'Hiver. Bon Jard. 1827, P- 323. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. 132. 



Fruit large, of an oblong figure, broader at the base 

 than at the crown, about three inches in diameter, and 

 three inches and a half deep. Eye large, rather deeply 

 sunk. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather 

 deeply inserted. Skin pale red on the shaded side, but 

 where exposed to the sun, of a much deeper colour. 

 Flesh tender, with an agreeable juice. 



A culinary apple from November till February. 



SECT. VII. Russets and Nonpareils. 



163. ACKLAM'S RUSSET. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 1. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 977* 



Fruit below the middle size, perfectly round in its 

 outline, and rather flat ; about two inches and a quarter 

 in diameter, and two inches deep. Eye small, with a 

 converging calyx, sunk in a very regular, circular, open 

 basin, free from plaits. Stalk half an inch long, even 

 with the base. Skin pale yellowish green, covered with a 

 very thin, smooth, grey russet, in which are interspersed 

 numerous yellowish grey specks. Flesh greenish white, 



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