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in a rather irregularly formed narrow basin, surrounded 

 by a few small plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, 

 about one half within the base, in a narrow cavity, and 

 occasionally pressed towards one side, by a protuberance 

 on the opposite one. Skin, when clear, of a bright 

 yellow, but mostly covered with a grey netted russet, 

 rendering the skin scabrous. Flesh greenish yellow, 

 firm, crisp, and tender. Juice saccharine, highly aro- 

 matic, and of a most excellent flavour. 



A dessert apple from November till February. 



This neat and very valuable little apple was intro- 

 duced into notice about thirty years ago by the late Mr. 

 Andrew Siely, of Norwich, who had it growing in his 

 garden on the Castle Ditches, and being a favourite 

 with him, he always called it the Pride of the Ditches. 

 The tree is a weak grower, and somewhat tender. It 

 is, therefore, advisable to graft it upon the Doucin 

 stock, and train it either as a dwarf, or as an espalier in 

 the garden. . Its name of Siely's Mignonne was first 

 published in my Nursery Catalogue of 1805. 



189. SWEENEY NONPAREIL. Hart. Trans. Vol. iv. 

 p. 526. 



Fruit somewhat of the form of the old Nonpareil, 

 but more irregular in its outline, and larger, about two 

 inches and a half deep, and three inches in diameter. 

 Eye small, perfectly closed by the short segments of the 

 calyx, seated in a narrow and shallow depression, sur- 

 rounded by a few wrinkled plaits. Stalk an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a wide but shallow cavity ; and, like 

 the old Nonpareil, it protrudes considerably beyond the 

 base. Skin green, with white spots, which become oval 

 round the stalk, and patches of russet all over it, having 

 sometimes the brilliant colour of a fine Nonpareil. 

 Flesh firm and crisp, with abundance of juice, in which 

 a powerful acid is combined with much sugar. 



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