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BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



Skin, greenish yellow, changing as it ripens to deeper yellow, dotted with 



small grey dots, and 

 covered all over the 

 base with delicate 

 pale brown russet. 

 Eye, small and 

 slightly closed, set 

 in an irregular, and 

 somewhat angular 

 basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, rather slender, 

 and obliquely insert- 

 ed in a round and 

 deep cavity, which 

 is fined with rus- 

 set. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, tender, crisp, 

 juicy, and sugary, 

 with a pleasant aro- 

 matic flavor. 



An excellent des- 

 sert apple of the 

 finest quality, in use 

 from January to 



April. Tree healthy, hardy, and an excellent bearer. This variety is 



extensively grown in Surry and Sussex. 



75. COE'S GOLDEN DROP.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 274. 



Fruit, small, conical, even, and regularly shaped. Skin, green at first, 



but changing as it ripens to yellow, 



with a few large crimson spots, on 



/ \ the side exposed to the sun, and 



marked with small patches of thin 

 delicate russet. Eye, small and 

 open, even with the surface, and 

 surrounded with a few shallow 

 plaits. Stalk, three quarters of 

 an inch long, inserted in a small, 

 and shallow depression, which, 

 together with the base, is entirely 

 covered with russet. Flesh, green- 

 ish-yellow, firm, crisp, and very 

 juicy, brisk, sugary, and vinous. 



A delicious little dessert apple 

 of the first quafity, in use from 

 November to May. 



The tree is hardy, a free upright 

 grower, and a good bearer. It attains about the middle size. If grafted 



