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two inches and a half high ; roundish, and slightly ribbed on the sides. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, marked with distinct and well defined figures, 

 and reticulations of russet, like the Fenouillet Jaune, on the shaded side, 

 and over the base ; but green, which is almost entirely covered with a 

 coating of smooth, thin, pale brown russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 small and closed, set in a narrow, and shallow basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender and woody, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity, which is of 

 a green color, and very slightly marked with russet. Flesh, yellowish, 

 crisp, and tender, with a brisk, somewhat sugary, and pleasant aromatic 

 flavor. 



An excellent dessert apple, of first-rate quality, in use from October 

 to Christmas, after which it becomes meally. 



53. BURN'S SEEDLING.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, u. 102. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two 

 inches and a quarter high ; roundish, flattened at the base, and narrow- 

 ing towards the apex, sometimes inclining to conical. Skin, yellow, but 

 with a blush and a few streaks of red next the sun, marked with a few 

 patches of russet, and sprinkled with russety dots, which are thickest 

 round the eye. Eye, large and -open, set in a shallow and irregular 

 basin. Stalk, short, thick and fleshy, generally obliquely inserted by 

 the side of a fleshy swelling, and surrounded with a patch of rough rus- 

 set. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and sub-acid. 



An excellent culinary apple of the first quality, in use from October 

 to Christmas. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Henry Burn, gardener to the Marquis 

 of Aylesbury, at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough. 



54. BYSON WOOD RUSSET. 



Stnonyme. — Byson Wood, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 104. 



Fruit, below medium size ; oblato-ovate, regularly and handsomely 



shaped. Skin, green, en- 

 tirely covered with ashy 

 grey russet, and strewed 

 with greyish white freckles. 

 Eye, small, and slightly 

 closed, set in a round and 

 even basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender, inserted in a 

 rather shallow and angular 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish, 

 firm, crisp, and juicy, 

 with a brisk, sugary, and 

 aromatic flavor. 



A dessert apple of the 

 first quality, in use from 

 December to February. 



