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a quarter high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. 

 Skin, smooth, pale yellow, mottled with thin pale red, on the shaded side ; 

 and striped with broad, broken stripes of red next the sun. Eye, small 

 and closed, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sugary 

 and slightly perfumed. 



An excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, and, according to Mr. 

 Thompson, excellent for apple jelly ; it is ripe in September, and con- 

 tinues during October. 



The tree is a free grower, attaining about the middle size, and is an 

 abundant, and early bearer, young trees three years old from the graft 

 producing an abundance of beautiful fruit. 



Altt^oiigh an old variety, I do not think this is the Nonesuch, of Rea, 

 WarUdge, or Ray, as all these authors mention it as being a long keeper, 

 for which circumstance, it might otherwise have been considered the 

 same. Rea says " it is a middle sized, round, and red striped apple, of 

 a delicate taste, and long lasting. " Worlidge's variety is probably the 

 same as Rea's he says " The Non-such is a long lasting fruit, good at the 

 table, and well marked for cider." And Ray also includes his Non-such 

 among the Winter Apples. 



245. NONPAREIL.— Duh. 



Identification.— Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 1 13, t. xii. f. 2. Switz. Pr. Gard. 136. Lang. 

 Pom. 134. t. Ixxix. f. 4. Mill. Diet. Fors. Treat. 117. 



Stnonymes.— Old Nonpariel, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. n. 476. Lind. Guide, 91. Down. 

 Ft. Amer. 120. Old or Original Nonpareil, Rog. Fr. Cult. 70. English Nonpareil, 

 ace. Hoit. Soc. Cat. Hunt's Nonpareil, Hort Soe. Cat. ed. 1, 659. Lovedon's 

 Pippin, Ibid. 573. Reinette Nonpareil. Knoop. Pom. 51, t. ix. Nonpareil 

 d'Angleterre, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 647. Due d'Arsel, Ibid. 283. Griine 

 Eeinette, Sickler. Obstgdrt. iii. 177, 1. 10. Diel Kernobst. v. 95. Nompareil, Chart 

 Cat. 54. Pomme-poire, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 



Figures. — Pom. Mag. t. 86. Ron, Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxiv. f. 5. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, broad at the base and narrowing to- 

 wards the apex. Skin, yellowish-green, covered with large patches of 

 thin grey russet, and dotted with small brown russety dots, with occasion- 

 ally a tinge of dull red, on the side next the sun. Eye, rather prominent, 

 very slightly if at all depressed, half open, with broad segments which 

 are reflexed at the tips. Stalk, an inch long, set in a round and pretty 

 deep cavity which is lined with russet. Flesh, greenish, delicate, crisp, 

 rich, and juicy, abounding in a particularly rich, vinous, and aromaticflavor. 

 One of the most highly esteemed and popular of all our dessert apples. 

 It is in use from January till May. 



The tree is a free grower, and healthy, scarcely attaining the middle 

 size, and an excellent bearer. It prefers a light and warm soil, succeeds 

 well on the paradise stock, and is well adapted for growing in pots, when 

 grafted on the pomme paradis of the French. Bradley in one of his tracts 

 records an instance of it being so cultivated. " Mr. Fairchild (of Hoxton) 

 has now (February) one of the Nonpareile apples upon a small tree, in a 

 pot, which seems capable of holding good till the blossoms of this year 



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