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with a tinge of pale red on the side next the sun, which is sometimes 

 almost entirely covered with a bright red cheek. Eye, large and open, 

 with broad, reflexed, acuminate segments, set in an irregular, uneven, 

 and pretty deep basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, deeply inserted in a 

 narrow, and funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, firm, crisp, brisk, and very juicy, with a slight aromatic 

 flavor. 



One of the most valuable culinary apples ; it is in use from November 

 to March. 



The tree is one of the strongest, and most vigorous growers, very 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer. The young shoots which are long and 

 stout, are thickly covered with large greyish white dots, which readily 

 distinguish this variety from almost every other. 



This excellent apple was raised by a person of the name of Dumeller, 

 (pronounced Dumelow), a farmer at Shakerstone, a village in Leicester- 

 shire, six miles from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and is extensively cultivated in 

 that, and the adjoining counties under the names of Dumelow's Crab. 

 It was first introduced to the neighbourhood of London, by Mr. Richard 

 Williams, of the Turnham Green Nursery, who received it from Gopsal 

 Hall, the seat of Earl Howe, and presented specimens of the fruit to the 

 Horticultural Society in 1 820. It was with him that the name of Wel- 

 lington Apple originated, and by which only it is now known in the 

 London markets. 



102. DUNCAN.— Hort. 



Identipication. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 14 ? 



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

 inches and a half high ; conical, with ribs on the sides which terminate 

 in irregular and unequal knobs round the eye. Skin, pale yellow in the 

 shade ; but deep orange finely veined with rich deep crimson next the 

 sun. Eye, partially closed with short, broad segments, and set in a 

 deep, irregular, and prominently angular basin. Stalk, very short, set 

 in a round cavity. Flesh, yellowish- white, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly 

 acid. 



A handsome, showy, and very good culinary apple ; in use from 

 November to January. 



103. DUTCH CODLIN.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 155. Lind. Guide, 29. Down. Fr 

 Amer. 83. 



Synonymes.— Chalmers's Large, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. White Codlin of the Scotch 

 Nurseries. Glory of the West, ace. Lind. 



FiGUKE. — Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxvii. 



Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a half 

 high ; roundish, inclining to oblong, irregularly and prominently ribbed. 

 Skin, pale green at first, but changing to pale yellow, with a faint tinge 

 of red next the sun. Eye, small, and deeply inserted in a narrow and 



