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with darker red, interspersed with a few black specks. Eye, small, seg- 

 ments short and flat. Stalk, short and stout. 



Specific gravity of the juice 1073. 



A eider apple, grown in the south-east part of Herefordshire. 



31. BETSEY.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 57. 



Fruit, small, about two inches wide, and an inch and three quarters 

 high ; roundish, inclining to conical and flattened. Skin, dark green at 

 first, and considerably covered with ashy grey russet ; but changing to 

 pale yellow, and with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 open, with short reflexed segments, and set in a very shallow depression. 

 Stalk, short, about a quarter of an inch long, with a fleshy protuberance 

 on one side of it, and inserted in a shallow and narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish yellow, tender, juicy, rich, and sugary. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality, in use from November to January. 



32. BIGGS'S NONESUCH.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. I. p. 70. Lind. Guide, 88. Eog. Fr. Cult. 40. 

 Synontme. — Bigg's Nonsuch, Fora. Treat. 116. 

 EiorBE. — Brook. Pom. Brit. pi. Ixxxviii., f. 3. 



Fruit, medium sized ; round, and broadest at the base. Skin, yellow, 

 striped with bright crimson next the sun. Eye, open, with long reflexed 

 segments, set in a wide and deep basin. Stalk, short, and deeply in- 

 serted. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and juicy. 



An excellent culinary apple, in use from October to December. It is 

 fit for use immediately it is gathered off the tree, and has a strong resem- 

 blance to the old Nonesuch, but keeps much longer. 



The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer ; attains to the medium 

 size, and is less liable to the attacks of the Woolly Aphis than the old 

 Nonesuch. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Arthur Biggs, the intelligent and 

 scientific gardener to Isaac Swainson, Esq., of Twickenham, Middlesex. 



33. BIRMINGHAM PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Lind. Guide, 38. Hort, Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 59. 

 Stnontmes. — Grumas's Pippin, Fors. Treat. 105. Bruromage Pippin, and Grum- 

 mage Pippin, Ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Stone Pippin of the Nursery Catalogues. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and an inch and three 

 quarters high ; round, and slightly flattened. Skin, pale dingy yellow, 

 mottled and veined with very thin grey russet, and russety round the 

 base. Eye, small, quite open, frequently without any segments, and placed 

 in a very slight depression. Stalk, short, scarcely at all depressed. Flesh, 

 greenish, very firm, crisp, and juicy, briskly and pleasantly flavored. 



A very good dessert apple ; in use from January to June. 



