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ish-white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a pleasant, brisk, and refirest- 

 ing flavor. 



An excellent early dessert apple of the first quality ; ripe in the middle 

 of August, and continues in use till the end of September. 



The tree is hardy, a free grower, and an excellent bearer. 



This variety is of Russian origin. 



100. DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — ^Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 14. Lind. Guide, 28. 



Fruit, medium sized ; conical, and angular on the sides. Skin, green, 

 strewed with fi-eckles of russet ; and streaked with red on the side ex- 

 posed to the sun. Eye, set in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, crisp, and tender, very 

 juicy, and sub-acid. 



A culinary apple of second-rate quality ; in use from October to 

 Christmas. 



101. DUMELOW'S SEEDLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. 529. Hort, Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 224. land. 

 Guide, 44. 



Stnontmes. — Dumelow's Crab, ace. Hort. Trans. Duke of WeUington, Bon. Pyr. 

 Mai. 37. Normanton Wonder, ucc. Hort. Soc. Cat. Winter Hawthomden, 

 ace. Riv. Cat. Wellington's, Diel Kernobst. v. B. 55. Wellington's Beinette, 

 Ibid. 



FiGDRE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xix. pi. 1. 

 Fruit, large ; roundish and flattened. Skin, pale yellow, strewed with 



minute russet} dots, and greenish embcdilcd specks under the surface and 



