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regular in its outline, generally about two inches and a 

 quarter in diameter, and two inches deep. Eye small, 

 closed, in a small depression without angles. Stalk 

 short, rather thick, rather deeply inserted in a wide 

 uneven cavity. Skin pale green, covered with a thin, 

 yellowish grey russet round its upper part, with a pale 

 salmon-coloured tinge on the sunny side. Flesh 

 greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, of a high 

 aromatic Nonpareil flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till March. 



Raised from the seed of a Nonpareil about thirty 

 years ago, by Mrs. Goose, of H or sham Saint Faith's, 

 near Norwich. It is a very hardy tree, and a good 

 bearer. 



172. HUNT'S DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. iv. p. 525. 



Hunt's Nonpareil. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 659. 



Fruit middle-sized, resembling a Nonpareil in form, 

 but is a little more oval. Skin a clear green on the 

 shaded side, but little of that colour is visible, nearly 

 the whole being covered with thin russet, becoming 

 coarser and thicker round the eye ; on the sunny side 

 it is tinged with a reddish brown. Flesh white, mixed 

 with green, like the old Nonpareil, crisp, juicy, and high 

 flavoured. 



A dessert apple from November till March or April. 



Raised by Dr. Fry, of Gloucester, from a seed of 

 the Nonpareil, and was first exhibited at the Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1820. 



173. KNOBBY RUSSET. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. 

 p. 219. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oval form. Eye consider- 

 ably depressed. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin 

 yellow, with a mixture of green, but nearly covered with 

 russetty warts. Flesh yellowish, crisp, not juicy, but 

 sweet and high flavoured. 



