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spots with green, and thinly strewed with brown russety dots. Eye, 

 closed, with broad ragged segments, set in a deep and angular basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped cavity, and only 

 just protruding beyond the base. Flesh, greenish-white, very juicy, 

 crisp, brisk, and perfumed. 



A first-rate culinary apple, peculiar to the orchards of Clydesdale, 

 and the Carse of Gowrie ; it is in use from November to February. 



The tree is an excellent bearer. 



362. TRANSPARENT CODLIN.— Lind. 



Identification. — Lind. Guide, 35. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 169. 



Fruit, large and conical. Skin, smooth, clear yellow, tinged with pale 

 crimson, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, with 

 short segments, placed in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, short and 

 slender, inserted in a deep, round, and wide cavity. Flesh, tender, 

 almost transparent,juicy, sugary, and well flavored. 



A culinary apple, in use from September to November. 



363. TRUMPETER.— H. 



Stnontme. — Treadle-Hole, in Lancaster. 



Fruit, large, two inches and three quarters wide, and three inches 

 high ; oblong, irregularly shaped, angular on the sides, and prominently 

 ribbed round the eye. Skin, pale green, with a tinge of yellow on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Eye, small, closed, and set in a deep and 

 angular basin, surrounded with four or five prominent knobs. Stalk, 

 about five-eights of an inch long, slender for the size of the fruit, and 

 inserted in a deep irregular cavity, which is lined with rough cracked 

 russet. Flesh, greenish- white, crisp, very juicy, and sweet, with a brisk 

 and pleasant sub-acid flavor. 



A very excellent apple either for the dessert or culinary purposes, 

 much esteemed in the orchards about Lancaster ; it is in use from 

 October to January. 



364. TRUMPINGTON.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 44. 



Stnontmes. — Delware, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 75. Eve, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxviii. f. 2. 



Fruit, small, two inches and three-eights wide, and one inch and 

 five-eights high ; oblate, even and handsomely shaped. Skin, of a fine 

 deep golden-yellow, tinged and mottled with pale red on the shaded side ; 

 but of a fine bright red, which extends over the greater part, where 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, large and closed, with broad, flat, ovate 

 segments, set in a wide and somewhat undulating basin. Stalk, a 

 quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide, and deep cavity, which is 

 tinged with green, and lined with russet. Flesh, white, firm, and 

 pleasantly flavored. 



