THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 93 



yellow ground color exposed on the shaded side, and covered with 

 brownish-red on the side next the sun, Eye, small and open, with very 



short, reflexed segments, set 

 in a wide, shallow, and slightly 

 plaited basin. Stalk, half-an- 

 inch long, inserted in a shal- 

 low cavity. Flesh, yellow, 

 firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, with 

 an exceedingly rich and pow- 

 erful aromatic flavor. 



This is one of the richest 

 and most excellent dessert 

 apples ; it is in use from De- 

 cember to May ; but is very 

 apt to shrivel if exposed to 

 light and air as most russety 

 apples are. 



The tree is a free grower, 

 and perfectly hardy. It at- 

 tains about the middle size and is an excellent bearer. When grown on 

 the paradise stock it is well adapted for dwarf training, and forms a good 

 espalier. 



Independently of being one of the best dessert apples, it is also one of 

 the best for cider ; and from the great strength of its juice, the specific 

 gravity of which is 1085, it has been called the Brandy Apple. 



144. GOLDEN KNOB.— Fors. 



Identification.— Pors. Treat. 104. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 279. Kog. Fr. 

 Cult. 54. 



SrsoNYME. — Kentish Golden Knob, Nunery Catalogues. 



Figure. — Kon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxii. f. 9. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and the 

 same in height ; ovate, sometimes a little flattened, which gives it a 

 roundish shape. Skin, pale green, becoming yellowish-green as it attains 

 maturity ; much covered with russet round the base and on the shaded 

 side ; but yellow, marked with streaks of a redish tinge, with crimson 

 dots next the sun, and thickly strewed all over with large freckles of 

 russet. Eye, open, generally with long segments, but in the roundish 

 specimens they are short and stunted, and placed in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, very short, and quite embedded in the cavity. Flesh, greenish- 

 white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, of a brisk, sweet flavor. 



A good dessert apple, of second-rate quality ; in use from December 

 to March. 



The tree is hardy and a vigorous grower, producing enormous crops, 

 and on that account extensively cultivated, particularly in Kent, for the 

 supply of the London markets. Though a good apple it is one more 

 deserving the attention of the orchardist than the fruit gardener. 



