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broken stripes of red ; but red, streaked all over with deeper red on the 



side next the sun ; it is 

 dotted with grey dots, and 

 sometimes marked with 

 patches of grey - colored 

 russet, which is strewed 

 with scales of a darker 

 color. Eye, small and 

 closed, with long segments, 

 set in a narrow and even 

 basin. Stalk, very short, 

 not protruding beyond the 

 base, and having the appear- 

 ance of a knob obliquely at- 

 tached. Flesh, tender, juicy, 

 brisk, and vinous, with a 

 pleasant aromatic flavor. 



A dessert apple, gene- 

 rally of only second-rate 

 quality ; but in some sea- 

 sons it is of a rich' flavor 

 and of first-rate quality. 



It is in use from November to Christmas. 



13. BACHELOR'S GLORY.— H. 



Fruit, large, three inches wide, and two and three quarters high ; 

 roundish and irregularly ribbed, generally higher on one side of the eye 

 than the other. Skin, smooth and shining, striped with deep golden 

 yellow, and crimson stripes. Eye, closed, with broad flat segments, and 

 set m a plaited, irregular, and angular basin. Stalk, about half an 

 inch long, deeply inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined 

 fialorT^ ^'^^'^^ '"^*^*" ^^'^^^' ^^'^°^' tender, juicy, and pleasantly 



A second-rate fruit, suitable either for the dessert or culinary purposes ; 

 in use from October to November. .'ft- 



This is a variety grown in the neighbourhood of Lancaster, where it 

 is much esteemed, but in the southern districts, where the more choice 

 varieties can be brought to perfection, it can only rank as a second- 



14. BADDOW PIPPIN.— H. 



Synontme.— Spring Ribston, liiv. Cat. 1848. 

 Fruit, medium sized; roundish or rather oblate, with prominent ribs 

 on the sides, which terminate in four, and sometimes five considerable 

 ridges at the crown, very much in the character of the London Pippin. 

 It IS sometimes of an ovate shape, caused by the stalk being prominent 

 instead of depressed, in which case the ribs on the sides, and ridges 

 round the eye, are less apparent. Skin, deep lively green, changing as 

 It ripens to yellowish green, on the shaded side ; but covered on the 



