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minute russety dots, which are large and redish next the sun. Eye, open, 

 with broad, flat, ovate segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. Stalk, 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep, round, and slightly 

 russety cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, very tender, delicate, and mar- 

 rowy, juicy, brisk, and pleasantly flavored. 



A culinary apple of the finest quality, and surpassed by none for the 

 purpose to which it is applicable ; it is in use from October to January. 



This is a valuable apple to the market gardener, and is now exten- 

 sively cultivated in the Kentish orchards, particularly about Faversham, 

 and Sittingbourne, for the supply of the London Markets. This is a 

 very different apple from the Gooseberry Pippin of Ronald's Pyrus Mains 

 Brentfordensis. 



154. GRANGE.— Knight. 



Identification.— Pom. Heref. t. 7. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 295. Lind. Guide, 

 106. 



FiGDKE. — Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxii. f. 6. 



Fruit, below medium size ; roundish, regularly and handsomely shaped. 

 Skin, smooth, of a rich golden yellow, assuming a slight orange tinge next 

 the sun, and strewed with minute russety dots. Eye, large and open, 

 with broad, flat, and reflexed segments ; and scarcely at all depressed. 

 Stalk, very short and fleshy, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity, which 

 is tinged with green color and slightly russety. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 crisp, sugary, and briskly flavored. 



A very excellent apple either for the des.sert or for the manufacture 

 of cider ; it is in use from October to January. 



The specific gravity of its juice is 1079. 



The tree is perfectly hardy and an excellent bearer. 



This is one of the excellent productions of T. A. Knight, Esq. It 

 was raised in 1791, from the seed of the Orange Pippin, impregnated 

 with the pollen of the Golden Pippin, and introduced in 1802. The 

 original tree is at Wormsley Grange, in Herefordshire. 



155. GRANGE'S PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 

 Stnontmb. — Grange's Pippin, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Fruit, large, three inches wide, and the same in height ; pearmain- 

 shaped, as large, and very much the shape of the Royal Pearmain. 

 Skin, yellow, with a tinge of green, and studded with embedded pearly 

 specks, on some of which are minute russety points, on the shaded 

 side ; but marked with broken stripes and spots of crimson, inter- 

 spersed with large russety dots on the side exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, partially closed with broad flat segments, set in a round, deep, 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, stout, and rather fleshy, in- 

 serted in a deep and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp, ten- 

 der, juicy, and sugary, with a brisk and pleasant flavor. 



A fine large apple of first-rate quality as a culinary fruit, and also 



