THE Ain^LE.— ITS VAKIETIES. 87 



with thick russet. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender, mellow, juicy, sweet, 

 and finely perfumed. 



A beautiful and valuable apple, suitable either for the dessert, culi- 

 nary use, or for the manufacture of cider. It is in use from October to 

 January. 



The tree attains about the middle size, is perfectly hardy and healthy, 

 and quite free from canker and disease. It is a most abundant and 

 regular bearer. 



I am surprised that this beautiful apple has hitherto escaped the 

 notice of pomologists, it being so universally grown, and generally 

 popular, in the district to which it belongs. In the north-eastern parts 

 of Sussex, and the adjoining county of Surrey, it is extensively culti- 

 vated, and I believe there is scarcely a cottager's garden where it is 

 not to be met with, nor is there a cottager to whom its name is not 

 as familiar as his own, it being considered to supply all^' the qualifica- 

 tions that a valuable apple is supposed to possess ; and although this 

 judgment is formed in contrast with the other varieties grown in the 

 district, nevertheless, the Forge is a useful and valuable apple, particularly 

 to a cottager, whether we consider its great productiveness, its uses as a 

 dessert and excellent cooking apple, or the excellent cider which it pro- 

 duces. It is said to have originated at a blacksmith's forge near East 

 Grinstead. 



130. FORMAN'S CREW.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. See. Cat. ed. 3, u. 256. Lind. Guide, 69. Rog. Fr. 



Cult. 60. 

 EiGUHE. — Pom. Mag. t. 89. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half high, and two inches 

 wide ; conical, and flattened at both ends. Skin, pale yellowish-green, 

 with redish-brown on the side exposed to the sun, covered with pale, 

 thin, yellowish-brown russet. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, short, not deeply inserted. Flesh, greenish- 

 yellow, juicy, rich, and highly flavored, with much of the flavor of the 

 Nonpareil and Golden Pippin. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it comes into use in 

 November, and keeps till April. 



The tree is a great bearer, but tender and subject to canker. 



It is well adapted for dwarf training when worked on the paradise 

 stock. 



This variety was raised by Thomas Seton Forman, Esq., Pennydarron 

 Place, near Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire. 



131. FOULDEN PEARMAIN.— Lind. 



Identimcation.— Lind. in Hort. Trans, vol. iv. p. 69. Lind. Guide, 69. Hort. 



Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 541. 

 Stnontme. — Horrex's Pearmain, ace. Lind. in Hort. Trans. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half high, and about the 

 same broad ; ovate. Skin, yellow in the shade, and clear thin red on 



