88 APPLES. 



168. EARLY NONPAREIL. G. Lindl. Plan of an 

 Orchard, 1796. 



Summer Nonpareil, 1 Gardeners ^ Names in Norfo i k , 



otagg s JSIonpareil, J 



Hicks's Fancy. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 450. 



Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, and 

 somewhat narrowed at the crown. Eye small, in a very 

 shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slender. Skin yellowish, covered with a very thin rus- 

 set, interspersed with a few grey specks. Flesh yellow- 

 ish white, very crisp, and tender. Juice plentiful, of 

 a rich and highly aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple in October and November. 



This very excellent apple was raised from a seed of 

 the old Nonpareil, by a nurseryman of the name of 

 Stagg, at Caister, near Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, 

 about fifty years ago. The tree has much the appear- 

 ance of the Nonpareil, except its wood being shorter, 

 and of a more upright growth. Its last name originated 

 somewhat whimsically, in a nursery near town, in con- 

 sequence of a gentleman of the name of Hicks having 

 selected this, from a large collection of which he had 

 tasted, in preference to any other. It is a hardy bearer, 

 and highly deserving of cultivation. 



169. FENOUILLET GRIS. Duhamel, 10. t. 5. 

 Anis. Ib. 



Caraway Russet. Hort Soc. Cat. No. 982. 



Spice Apple. ^ ^ 



Brown Apple of Burnt Island. I Id. No. 1061. 



Rook's-nest Apple. J 



Fruit rather small, roundish ovate, of a very regular 

 outline, without any angles on its sides, about two 

 inches and a quarter in diameter at its base, and two inches 

 deep. Eye small, with narrow diverging segments, deep- 

 ly sunk in a narrow, funnel-shaped basin. Stalk short, 

 deeply sunk in a funnel-shaped cavity, quite within the 



