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eye, are less apparent. Skin, deep lively green, changing as it ripens 

 to yellowish green, on the shaded side, hut covered on the side next 

 the sun with duU red, which changes to orange where it blends with 

 the yellow ground ; the whole considerably marked with thin brown 

 rnsset, and russefcy dots. Eye, rather large and open, with short seg- 

 ments, and set in an angular basin. Stalk, very short, not more than 

 a quarter of an inch long, and inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish white, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, and with a particularly rich 

 and vinous flavour, partaking somewhat of the Nonpareil and Ribston, 

 but particularly the latter. 



This is a first-rate dessert apple ; in use in November, and possessing 

 the desirable property of keeping till April or May. 



This variety originated in the garden of Mr. John Harris, of Broomfield, near 

 Chelmsford, and was first introduced to public notice in the autumn of 1848. 



BALCHIN'S PEARMAIN. — Roundish in shape, but narrowing a little 

 towards the apex, which gives it somewhat of the Pearmain character, 

 and one side of the apex is higher than the other. Skin, smooth and 

 lemon yellow, with a few scattered broken streaks of pale crimson on 

 the shaded side, and a light crimson cheek marked with broken stripes 

 of darker crimson on the side exposed to the sun ; the whole surface 

 is strewed very thinly with small brown dots. Eye, smaU and open, 

 with erect pointed segments, and set in a deep and wide basin. Stalk, 

 short and slender, the cavity of which is very shallow and straight, 

 not unlike that of Kerry Pippin. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, very juicy, 

 sugary, and well flavoured. 



An excellent apple, either for the dessert or kitchen purposes, the 

 great recommendation of which is that it keeps in sound condition till 

 May. So highly was it appreciated by the Fruit Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society that it was awarded a first-class certificate 

 in 1867. 



This was raised by Mr. Balchin, Master of the Union, Dorking. 



BALDWIN {Red Baldwin; Butter's; Woodpecker). — Fruit, large, 

 three inches and a half wide, and about three inches high ; ovato- 

 conical. Skin, smooth, yellow on the shaded side, and on the side 

 next the sun deep orange, covered with stripes of bright red, which 

 sometimes extend over the whole surface to the shaded side, and 

 marked with large russety dots. Eye, closed, set in a deep, narrow, 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, and inserted in 

 a deep cavity, from which issue ramifying patches of russet. Flesh, 

 yellowish, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid, with a rich and agreeable 

 flavour. 



A culinary apple, in season from November to March. The tree is 

 vigorous, and an abundant bearer; but, like the generahty of the 

 American sorts, it does not attain the size or flavour in this country 

 which it does in its native soU. 



This is considered one of the finest apples in the Northern States of America, 

 and is extensively grown in Massachusetts, for the supply of the Boston market. 



