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fcuriosity. It is in use from November to April, but is very apt to 

 become mealy. The habit of the tree is similar to that of the Api, but 

 it is rather a larger grower. 



Api Petit. See Api. 



Api Eouge. See Api. 



Aporta. See Emperor AUxander. 



Arbroath Pippin. See Oslin. 



Arley. See Wyhen Pippin. 



AROMATIC RUSSET.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 half wide, and about two inches and a quarter high ; roundish ovate, 

 and flattened at both ends. Skin, greenish yellow, almost entirely 

 covered with brownish grey russet, strewed with brownish scales on 

 the shaded side, and slightly tinged with brownish red, strewed with 

 silvery scales on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and open, 

 with broad recurved segments, and set in a rather shallow basin. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and round cavity. Flesh, greenish 

 yellow, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary, and richly aromatic. 



A very richly flavoured dessert apple of the first quality, in use from 

 December to February. 



The tree is very hardy and an abundant bearer. 



The GoMen Eusset is often confounded with this, but the former is covered with 

 cinnamon coloured russet and has often a bright red cheek next the sun as if 

 varnished. 



ASHMEAD'S KERNEL. — Fruit, below medium size, round and 

 flattened, but sometimes considerably elongated. Skin, light greenish 

 yellow, covered with yellowish brown russet, and a tinge of brown next 

 the sun. Eye, small and partially open, placed in a moderately deep 

 basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, rich, and highly aromatic. 



A dessert apple of the very first quality, possessing all the richness 

 of the Nonpareil, but with a more sugary juice. It comes into use in 

 November, but is in greatest perfection from Christmas till May. 



The tree is very hardy, an excellent bearer, and will succeed in 

 situations unfavourable to the Nonpareil, to which its leaves and shoots 

 bear such a similarity, as to justify Mr. Lindley in believing it to be a 

 seedling from that variety. 



This delightful apple was raised at Gloucester, about the "beginning of last 

 century, by Dr. Ashmead, an eminent physician of that city. The original tree 

 existed within the last few years, in what had originally been Dr. Ashmead's 

 garden, but was destroyed in consequence of the ground being required for build- 

 ing. It stood on the spot now occupied by Clarence Street. 



It is difiBcult to ascertain the exact period when it was raised ; but the late Mr. 

 Hignell, an eminent orchardist at Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, informed me, 

 that tba first time he ever saw the fruit of Ashmead's Kernel, was from a tree in 

 the nursery of Mr. Wheeler, of Gloucester, in the year 1796, and that the tree in 

 question had been worked from the original, and was at that time upwards of 

 thirty years old. From this it may be inferred that the original tree had attained 



