124 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC; 



quarters high ; roundish, and narrowing a little towards the apex. Skin, 

 smooth, pale yellow, streaked all over with red. Eye, open, with short 

 reflexed segments, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short and slender. 

 Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy and aromatic, but wants acidity. 



An inferior variety, neither a good dessert apple, nor at all suitable for 

 culinary purposes ; It is in use from November to February. 



202. KNOBBED RUSSET.— H. 



SiNONTMES. — Knobby Russet, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 7 il. Hort. 7Van«. voLiv. 

 p. 219. Lind. Guide, 90. Winter Apple, Rort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 1167. Old 

 Maid's, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish-oval, and very uneven on its surface ; 

 being covered with numerous knobs, or large warts, some of which are 

 the size of peas. Skin, greenish-yellow, and covered with thick scaly 

 russet. Eye, set in a deep basin. Stalk, inserted in a deep cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, crisp, sweet, and highly flavored ; but not very juicy. 



A singular looking dessert apple, of first-rate quality. It is in use from 

 December to March. 



This variety was introduced to the notice of the London Horticultural 

 Society in 1819, by Mr. Haslar Capron, of Midhurst, in Sussex. 



203. LADY'S DELIGHT.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and two inches and a quarter 

 high ; oblate, and ribbed on the sides. Skin, smooth and shining, green- 

 ish-yellow, marked with a number of imbedded dark -green specks ; 

 washed with red on the side next the sun, and with a circle of red rays 

 round the base. Eye, partially closed, with broad and flat segments ; 

 set in an angular and plaited basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in 

 a round and rather Jeep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, crisp, very juicy, 

 sweet, brisk, and pleasantly aromatic. 



An excellent culinary or dessert apple, highly esteemed about Lan- 

 caster, where it is much grown ; it is in use from October to Christmas. 



The habit of the tree is drooping, like that of the Weeping Willow. 



204. LADY'S FINGER.— Fors. 



Identification. — Fors. Treat. 111. 



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

 inches and three quarters high ; pyramidal, rounded at the base, dis- 

 tinctly five sided, flattened at the apex, where it is terminated in five 

 prominent knobs, with a smaller one between each. Skin, smooth, dull 

 greenish-yellow, strewed with minute, grey russety dots ; tinged on the 

 side next the sun with a dull blush, which is interspersed with spots of 

 deep lively red. Eye, small and partially closed, set in a small and regu- 

 larly notched basin. Stalk, slender, short, and obliquely inserted under 

 a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



