THE APPLE.— ITS VARIETIES. 35 



high ; roundish, narrowing a little towards the apex, regularly and hand- 

 somely formed. Skin, pale green, changing to yellow as it ripens, with 

 a tinge of brown where exposed to the sun, and strewed with grey rus- 

 sety dots. Eye, small, partially closed with short segments, and placed 

 in a round, narrow, and rather shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, 

 soft, brisk, sugary, and aromatic. 



An excellent, but not first-rate apple, suitable either for the dessert 

 or culinary purposes. It is in use from November to March. 



25. BELLE GRIDELINE.— Lind. 



Identification. — ^Lind. Plan Or. 1796. Lind. Guide, 36. 

 SiNONTME. — Belle Grisdeline, Fors. Treat. 93. 



Fruit, medium sized ; round, and regularly formed. Skin, clear yel- 

 low, marbled and washed with clear red, and intermixed with thin grey 

 russet next the sun. Eye, set in a deep, round basin. Stalk, slender, 

 deeply inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, and briskly 

 flavored. 



An excellent dessert apple, in season from December to March. The 

 tree is healthy and vigorous, of the middle size, and an excellent bearer. 



This beautiful variety was first brought into notice by Mr. George 

 Lindley, who found it growing in a small garden near Surrey Street 

 Gates, Norwich, where it had originated about the year 1770. Mr. 

 Lindley first propagated it in 1793, and the original tree died about 

 seven years afterwards. 



26. BENNET APPLE.— Knight. 



Idbmxii'ication akd Eigure. — Pom. Heref. t. 21. Lind Guide, 101. 



Fruit, somewhat long, irregularly shaped, broad at the base, and nar- 

 row at the apex, but sometimes broader at the middle than either of the 

 extremities. A few obtuse angles terminate at the eye, which is small 

 and nearly closed, with very short segments. Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 and very slender. Skin, dingy colored russety grey in the shade ; and 

 shaded on the sunny side with numerous streaks and patches of orange 

 color and muddy red. 



The specific gravity of the juice is 1073. 



This is a good cider apple, and produces liquor of great excellence 

 when mixed with other varieties. It is chiefly grown in the deep strong 

 soils of the south-west part of Herefordshire, and is common in the dis= 

 trict known as the Golden Vale. Knight says it was a very old variety, 

 and was known previous to the I7th century, but I have not been able 

 to find any record of it in the early works on Pomology. 



27. BENWELL'S PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



IDENTIBICATION.— Hort Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 534. Lind. Guide, 64. 

 Fruit, medium sized ; pearmain-shaped. Skin, dull green with 

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