APPLES. 91 



A dessert apple from November till May. 



Fruit from Midhurst, in Sussex, gathered from the 

 tree in January, 1820, was exhibited at the Horticul- 

 tural Society in March and May following. It is a 

 valuable fruit, and extremely hardy. 



174. MARTIN NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. 

 p. 456. Pom. Mag. t. 79. 



Fruit larger than that of the old Nonpareil, and 

 more irregular in figure ; it is generally roundish, some- 

 times approaching a conical form. Eye rather wide, 

 surrounded by broad angular plaits. Stalk short, thick, 

 not deeply inserted. Skin lemon colour, sprinkled and 

 shaded with yellowish brown russet. Flesh yellow, 

 firm. Juice saccharine and rich. 



A dessert apple from December till May. 



This very valuable apple was raised by the Rev. 

 George Williams, of Martin Hussingtree, near Wor- 

 cester. It had been received by him from a nursery, as 

 a crab-stock, about the year 1795. It is a great bearer 

 as a standard tree, and highly valuable to those who 

 cultivate fruit for the market, as it is in perfection at a 

 period of the year when good apples fetch a high price. 



175. OLD NONPAREIL. Langley, Pom. t. 79- f. 4. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 86. 



Non-Pareille. Duhamel, 35. 1. 12. f. 2. 



Nom-Pareil. Knoop. Pom. t. 9- 



Reinette Nompareille. Ib. p. 51. 



Grime Reinette, of the Germans, according to the 

 Pom. Mag. 



Fruit approaching to middle-sized, flat, broadest at 

 the base. Eye very small, prominent, or very slightly 

 depressed. Stalk an inch long, slender, three quarters 

 of which protrudes beyond the base. Skin 9 when fully 

 ripened, greenish yellow, slightly coated with light 

 russet ; occasionally, where fully exposed to the sun, of 

 a reddish brown. Flesh very firm, crisp. Juice not 



