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rather shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, and delicate, with a 

 brisk, sugary, and particularly rich vinous flavor. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from December to 

 March. 



The tree is hardy, healthy, and an abundant bearer, attaining about 

 the middle size. It is well adapted for growing on the paradise stock. 



357. TEN SHILLINGS— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 824. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half broad, and two inches 

 high ; roundish-oblate, with obtuse angles on the sides. Skin, greenish- 

 yellow, almost entirely covered with pale brown russet ; but with orange, 

 streaked with red, on the side next the sun. Eye, large, with long 

 narrow segments, which are not convergent, set in an angular basin. 

 Stalk, half-an-iuch long, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, tender, sweet, and slightly acid. 



A second-rate dessert apple ; ripe in November. 



358. TENTERDEN PARK.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 825. 



Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a half broad, by two 

 inches high ; roundish, inclining to ovate. Skin, smooth and glossy, as 

 if varnished, yellowish-green where shaded, and entirely covered with 

 deep red, which is marked with streaks of still deeper red, where exposed 

 to the sun. Eye, large, half open, with broad, flat segments, set in 

 a rather shallow, round, and saucer-like basin. Stalk, very short, 

 inserted in a round and shallow cavity, which is slightly marked with 

 russet. Flesh, greenish-white, tender, crisp, brisk, and juicy, but with 

 no particular richness of flavor. 



A second-rate dessert apple, of neat and handsome appearance ; in 

 use from October to February. 



359. TEUCHAT'S EGG.— Gibs. 



Identification. — Gibs. Fr. Card. 351. 



SiNONYMES. — Chucket Egg, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 10. Summer Teuchat 

 Egg, Leslie Sf Anders. Cat. 



Fruit, below medium size, varying in shape from ovate to conical, and 

 irregularly ribbed on the sides. Skin, pale yellow, washed with pale 

 red, and streaked with deep and lively red. Eye, partially closed, with 

 long, broad segments, placed in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, 

 very short, imbedded in a close shallow cavity, with a fleshy protuberance 

 on one side of it, and surrounded with rougb russet. Flesh, tender, 

 juicy, and pleasantly flavored. 



A second-rate dessert apple, peculiar to the Scotch orchards of 

 Clydesdale and Ayrshire ; ripe in September. 



Teuchat signifies, the Pee-wit or Lapwing. 



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