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A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; raised ia the garden of Sir 

 John Thoroton, Bart., at Screveton, in Nottinghamshire, about the 

 year 1808. It is in use from December to April. 



324. SEEK-NO-FARTHER.— Ronalds. 



Identification & FiomjE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. 45. pi. xxiii. f. 3. 



Fruit, medium sized ; conical, or pearmain-shaped. Skin, yellowish- 

 green, streaked with 

 broken patches of crim- 

 son, on the shaded side ; 

 and strewed with grey 

 russety dots; but covered 

 with light red, which is 

 marked with crimson 

 streaks, and covered with 

 patches of fine delicate 

 russet, and numerous 

 large, square, and stelloid 

 russety specks like scales, 

 on the side exposed to 

 the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, with broad, flat, 

 segments, the edges of 

 which fit neatly to each 

 other, set in a rather 



deep and plaited basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, stout, and 

 inserted in a deep, round, and regular cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, 

 crisp, juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous, charged with a pleasant aromatic 

 flavor. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality. It is in use from 

 November to January. 



This is the true old Seek-no-farther. 



325. SELWOOD'S REINETTE.— Rog. 



Identification. — Bog. Fr. Cnlt. 103. 



Fruit, large, three inches wide, and about two inches and a half high ; 

 round and flattened, angular on the sides, and with five prominent 

 plaits round the eye, which is small, open, and not at all depressed, but 

 rather elevated on the surface. Skin, pale green, almost entirely covered 

 with red, which is marked with broken stripes of darker red, those 

 on the shaded side being paler, and not so numerous as on the side 

 exposed to the sun. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, very stout, and 

 inserted the whole of its length in a russety cavity. Flesh, greenish- 

 white, tender, brisk, and pleasantly flavored. 



A culinary apple, of good, but not first-rate, quality. It is in use 

 from December to March. 



