APPLES. 87 



a Gloucestershire apple, and was raised by a Dr. Ash- 

 mead, of Ashmeads, in that county. It is a very valu- 

 able and hardy variety, highly deserving of cultivation. 



166. BOWYER'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 979. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 121. 



Fruit below the middle size, broadest at the base ; 

 the outline tolerably round, about two inches and a 

 quarter in diameter, and one inch and three quarters deep. 

 Eye close, in a small depression, surrounded by obscure 

 wrinkled plaits. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a 

 middle-sized evenly-formed cavity. Skin covered all over 

 with a fine golden russet. Flesh greenish white, with a 

 tinge of yellow, and having a sharp, rich, aromatic^z//c0. 



A very handsome and valuable dessert apple in the month 

 of September, and will keep a few weeks after this time. 



Cuttings of it were sent to the Horticultural Society 

 in 1824, by Mr. Boult, of Hawthorn Hill, Maidenhead. 

 It is perfectly hardy, bearing abundantly upon standards 



1 67. BRADDICK'S NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. 

 p. 268. 1. 10. f. 3. 



Fruit of a flattened globular figure, three inches in 

 its widest, and two inches and a half in its shortest 

 diameter, not much lessened near the eye, and nearly 

 flat at the stalk. Eye rather small, inserted in a some- 

 what deep and nearly rounded basin, almost without 

 plait or wrinkle. Stalk short, not deeply inserted. 

 Skin smooth, greenish near the stalk, becoming tinged 

 with yellowish brown, and a considerable portion of 

 brownish red on the sunny side, and generally a patch 

 of fine russet round the eye. Stalk short, not deeply 

 inserted. Flesh yellowish, sweeter and more melting 

 than the old Nonpareil, with a richly sugared and 

 slightly aromatic juice. 



A dessert apple from October till Christmas. 



This very valuable apple was raised by John Braddick, 

 Esq., in his garden at Thames Ditton, in Surrey. 



