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THE PHUIT MANUAL. 



some celebrity by the middle of last century. The Ashmead's Kernel has long 

 been a favourite apple in all the gardens of West Gloucestershire, but it does not 

 seem to have been known in other parts of the country. Like the Kibston Pippin 

 it feems to hare remained long in obscurity, before its value was generally 

 appreciated ; it is not even mentioned in the catalogue of the extensive collection 

 which was cultivated by Miller and Sweet, of Bristol, in 1790. I find it was 

 cultivated in the Brompton Park Nursery in 1780, at which time it was received 

 from Mr. Wheeler, nurseryman, of Gloucester, who was author of " The Botanist's 

 and Gardener's Dictionary," published in 1763, and great-grandfather of the 

 present proprietor of the nursery. 



Astrachan. See White Astrachan. 



AUGUSTUS PEAKMAIN.— Fruit, below medium size; pearmain- 

 shaped, regular and handsome. Skin, thick and membranous, yellow in 

 the shade, and marked with a few broken stripes of red ; but red, streaked 

 all over with deeper red on the side next the sun ; it is dotted with 

 grey dots, and sometimes marked with patches of grey-coloured russet, 

 which is strewed with scales of a darker colour. Eye, small and 

 closed, with long segments, set in a narrow and even basin. Stalk, 

 very short, not protruding beyond the base, and having the appearance 

 of a knob obliquely attached. Flesh, tender, juicy, brisk, and vinous, 

 with a pleasant aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple, generally of only second-rate quality ; but in some 

 seasons it is of a rich flavour and of first-rate quality. 



It is in use from November to Christmas. 



Autumn CalviUe. See Galville Bouge d'Autonme. 

 Autumn Red Calville. See Calville Rouge d'Autonme. 

 Autumn Pearmain. See Summer Pearmain. 



BACHELOE'S GLORY. — ^Fruit, large, three inches wide, and two and 

 three quarters high ; roundish and irregularly ribbed, generally higher 

 on one side of the eye than the other. Skin, smooth and shimng, 

 striped with deep golden yellow, and crimson stripes. Eye, closed, 

 with broad flat segments, and set in a plaited, irregular, and angular 

 basin. Stalk, about half an inch long, deeply inserted in a funnel- 

 shaped cavity, which is lined with rough scaly russet. Flesh, yellow, 

 tender, juicy, and pleasantly flavoured. 



A second-rate fruit, suitable either for the dessert or culinary pur- 

 poses ; in use from October to November. 



This is a variety grown in the neighbourhood of Lancaster, where it is much 

 esteemed, but in the southern districts, where the more choise varieties can be 

 brought to perfection, it can only rank as a second-rate fruit. 



Bache's Kernel. See Best Bache. 



BADDOW PIPPIN {D'Arcy Spice; Spring Bibston).—Fivdt, medium 

 sized ; roundish or rather oblate, with prominent ribs on the sides 

 which terminate in four, and sometimes five, considerable ridges at the 

 crown, very much in the character of the London Pippin. It is some- 

 times of an ovafe shape, caused by the stalk being prominent instead 

 of depressed, in which case the ribs on the sides, and ridges round the 



