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ADDITIONAL VARIETIES OF APPLES. 



The following is an enumeration of apples ■which are known to exist 

 in Great Britain, but of the great majority of which I have no personal 

 knowledge. They are either recorded in other works on pomology, or 

 have been communicated to me by correspondents. The most of these 

 have only a local reputation, and do not possess sufficient merit to make 

 them attractive out of their own districts. A great number are conti- 

 nental varieties, which have chiefly been introduced through the in- 

 strumentality of the London Horticultural Society, in whose garden they 

 are only to be found ; and many of these are worthy of being more 

 generally known. There are also several varieties which have come under 

 my notice, since the preceding part of this work was published ; but of 

 the greater part enumerated, I have had no opportunity of seeing the 

 fruit ; the descriptions, therefore, are either from the works in which 

 they ai-e recorded, or the correspondents with whom I have communicated; 

 my object in supplying these additional varieties, being to furnish a 

 complete record of all that are known to exist in Great Britain so far as 

 that can be ascertained. 



402. ACHMORE. 



A Scotch apple of medium size, and conical shape, green on the 

 shaded side, and red next the sun ; of second-rate quality as a dessert 

 fruit, and in season during December and January. — H. S. C. n. 2. 



403. ADAM'S APPLE. 



A worthless variety, unless for cider ; it is of medium size, oblong, 

 dark red, and in use during December and January. — IT. S. C. n. 



404. ATKIN'S SEEDLING. 



A medium sized apple, of first-rate quality either as a culinary or 

 dessert fruit ; the shape is roundish, the color greenish yellow ; in 

 use in November. The tree is hardy, a free bearer, and nearly allied 

 to the Hawthornden. — Lmos. Cat. 



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