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BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, brisk, and pleasantly 

 flavored. 



A culinary apple of the first quality ; in use during October and 

 November. It is a fine, showy, and handsome apple, bearing a strong 

 resemblance to the-Nonesuch, from which in all probability it was raised. 

 It originated with Mr. Leonard PhiUips, of Vauxhall. 



66. CHERRY APPLE.— H. 



Synonymes. — Siberian Crab of some. liirschapfel, Pomme Cerise, Diel Kernobst. 

 ix. 23S. 



Fruit, very small, about three quarters of an inch broad, and the same 

 in height ; oblato- oblong. Skin, thin, and shining, 

 of a beautiful lemon color on the shaded side, but 

 entirely covered with dark blood-red on the side 

 exposed to the sun, and which extends towards 

 the shaded side of a fine crimson. Stalk, very 

 slender, an inch and a half long, inserted in a 

 small round cavity. Eye, small, without any seg- 

 ments, and placed in a shallow basin. Flesh, yel- 

 low, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a very pleasant 

 and lively sub-acid flavor. 



A beautiful little apple, more resembling a 

 cherry in its general appearance than an apple. 

 It is ripe in October. 



The tree, when full grown, is from fifteen to 

 twenty feet high, and produces an abundance of 



