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sion not quite so deep. It is a very neat and excellent 

 little apple, and may be justly reckoned one of our best 

 Russets. 



183. REINETTE DE HONGRIE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 908. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, and somewhat flat, without 

 any angles on its sides, two inches and a quarter deep, and 

 two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather 

 small, with a connivent calyx, seated in a deep basin, 

 surrounded by a few slight plaits. Stalk short, deeply 

 inserted in a knobby cavity. Skin a completely thick, 

 rough, grey russet, with a little faint orange on the 

 sunny side, the whole covered with numerous warty 

 specks, more or less prominent. Flesh greenish white, 

 intermixed with green, firm, crisp. Juice saccharine, 

 of a rich aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till April. 



184. Ross NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. 

 p. 454. Pom. Mag. t. 90. 



Fruit middle-sized, roundish, not at all angular, 

 about two inches and a half deep, and the same in 

 diameter, but having one of its sides a little longer than 

 the other. Eye small, placed in a shallow depression. 

 Stalk an inch long, deeply inserted, protruding beyond 

 the base. Skin russetty, and stained with red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh firm, greenish white, sweet and rich, 

 with an agreeable perfumed fennel flavour. 



A dessert fruit from November till April. ^ 



This is of Irish origin, and is one of the few fennel- 

 flavoured apples which are cultivated among us. It is 

 a great bearer, and healthy on all soils, and deserves an 

 extended cultivation. 



185. ROYAL RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 15. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 125. 



Passe- Pomme de Canada, 1 of the French, accord- 

 Reinette de Canada grise, J ing to the Pom. Mag. 



