5 so Pcmological Magazine. 



Gloux Morceaux, and the Colmnr Deschamps, come very near it in good 

 qualities. 



84. The Dutch Mignonne Apple. Originally made known to English 

 gardeners by Mr. George Lindley {Hort. Trans., vol. iv. p. 70.), who pro- 

 cured scions from the garden of a Norfolk gentleman, by whom it had been 

 imported from Holland. It is the Golden Reinette of Christ, and the Re 

 dor^e of Mayer. " One of our very best winter fruits, being very hardy, a 

 great bearer, keeping well till March, and retaining its beauty, along with 

 its fine aromatic subacid flavour, till the very last." 



No. XXII. for August, contains 



85. Tlie Barcelona Pearmain. A- very good table apple, ripening in 

 November, and keeping in perfection through December and January. 

 " The singular speckled appearance of its surface distinguishes this from 

 all other apples." 



86. The Old Nonpareil Apple. " Perhaps the most general favourite 

 with persons of every taste, on account of its peculiar, agreeable, brisk fla- 

 vour, and the length of time it keeps." It is supposed to have been first 

 brouo-ht out of France, and planted by a Jesuit in the time of Mary or 

 EHzabeth. Nevertheless, Mr. Thompson, the foreman of the arboretum de- 

 partment, remarks " that the French do not seem to know what an English 

 Nonpareil is,notwithstandingthe publication of their countrymanDu Hamel, 

 because Noisette speaks of it as being very like the Reinette de Canada, 

 only less in all its parts : and further, that it is probable that the Americans 

 are unacquainted with it, for their great writer Coxe speaks of what he 

 calls the Nonpareil in terms of no great praise, and figures it with a very 

 short thick stalk, a character the reverse of that of the Nonpareil, which 

 has uniformly a long slender stalk." A tender tree, but a good bearer, 

 and the fruit keeps with care till May. 



87. The Scarlet Nonpareil Apple. Very like the common in constitu- 

 tion and quality, but differing in colour, and scarcely keeping so long, being 

 in greatest perfection in January and February. 



88. The Beurree Ranee Pear. Middle-sized ; described by Dr. Van 

 Mons as being the best of the late pears, keeping from December to May. 

 The tree vigorous, a good bearer after a few years, but straggling and pendu- 

 Jous in its mode of growth. 



No. XXIII. for September, contains 



89. The Forman^s Crew Apple. Raised in Glamorganshire, by Thomas 

 Seton Forman, Esq., at Pennydarron Place, near Merthyr Tidvill. " One 

 of the best table apples we have, combining the excellence of the Old Golden 

 Pippin and Nonpareil. It keeps as late as any variety we know, and the 

 tree is among the most healthy. It bears abundantly as an open standard, 

 and is especially well adapted for cultivating as a dwarf, either upon para- 

 dise or crabstock." 



90. The Ross Nonpareil Apple. Of Irish origin, and introduced to 

 notice by Mr. Robertson of Kilkenny. " One of the few fennel-flavoured 

 apples which are cultivated among us. Its good qualities are, that it is a 

 great bearer on an open standard; that the tree is vigorous and healthy in 

 all soils ; and that the fruit, which is very handsome, keeps well till March 

 or April, ripening in the end of November. The tree is round-headed." 



91. The KecTLS Seedling Strawberry. Large, good, and very prolific; 

 forces better than any other, carries extremely well, and bears its fruit high 

 enough above the earth to keep it free from the soil. Raised from the seed 

 of Keen's Imperial by Mr. Michael Keen, a market-gardener at Isleworth. 



92. The Elton Cherry. Raised in 1826 by Mv. Knight, from a seed of 

 the GrafRon or Ambr^e Cherry, which had been fecundated by the pollen 

 of the White-heart. " Its merit can scarcely be too highly spoken of. In 

 flavour it is by many considered the most delicious of cherries." It is 



