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cellent bearer. It succeeds well when grafted on the paradise stock, and 

 grown as an open dwarf, or an espalier- 



190. ISLEWORTH CRAB.— Hort. 



Synonyme.— Brentford Crab, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 21. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, by the same 

 in height ; conical. Skin, smooth, of a pale yellow color, with a deeper 

 tinge where exposed to the sun, and covered with small redish-brown 

 dots. Eye, small and open, with reflexed segments, set in a round and 

 narrow basin. Stalk, slender, inserted in a deep, round, and even cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp, sweet, juicy, and pleasantly flavored. 



A pretty good culinary apple of second-rate quality ; in use during 

 October ; but scarcely worth cultivation. 



191. JOANNETING.— H. 



Synontmes. — Jennetting, Coles' Adam in Eden, 257. Juniting, Rea Pom. 209. 

 Jeniting, Worl. Vin. 161. Ginetting or Juneting, Maii Hist. ii. 1447, 1. Junet- 

 ing, or jenneting, Switz. Ft. Gard. 134. Genneting, Lang. Pom. t. Ixxiv. f. 2. 

 Juneting, Fors. Treat. 109. Early Jenneting, or June-eating, Aber. Diet. White 

 Juneating, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 374. Down. Ft. Amer. 78. Juneating, Lind. 

 Guide, 4. Rog. Fr. Cull. 27. Owen's Golden Beauty, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 

 717. Primiting, in Kent and Sussex. 



FiGHKE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. i. f. 3. 



Fruit, small ; round, and a little flattened. Skin, smooth and shining, 



pale yellowish-green in the shade ; 

 but clear yellow, with sometimes 

 a faint tinge of red or orange 

 next the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, surrounded with a few 

 small plaits, and set in a very shal- 

 low basin. Stalk, an inch long, 

 slender, and inserted in a shallow 

 cavity, which is lined with deli- 

 cate russet. Flesh, white, crisp, 

 brisk, and juicy, with a vinous and 

 slightly perfumed flavor, but be- 

 coming meally and tasteless, if 

 kept only a few days after being 

 gathered. 



This is the earliest apple of the year, the first of Pomona's autumnal 

 offerings ; it is in greatest perfection when gathered off the tree, or im- 

 mediately afterwards, as it very soon becomes dry and meally. 



The tree does not attain a large size, but is hardy and healthy. It is 

 not a great bearer, which may, in a great measure, account for it not 

 being so generally cultivated, as its earliness would recommend it to be. 

 If worked on the paradise stock it may be grown in pots, when the fruit 

 will not only be produced earlier, but in greater abundance than on the 

 crab, or free stock. 



