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sun. Eye, open. Stalk, half an inch long, slender. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, firm, crisp, sweet, and with a fine brisk sub-acid flavour, hke 

 that of Manks Codlin. 



An excellent culinary or dessert apple ; ripe in October. The tree 

 is a constant bearer. 



It is now much grown in some of the market-gardens about London, 

 its fine colour making it attractive in the markets. 



This was raised by Mr. Higgs, gardener to K. Barchard, Esq., Putney Heath, 

 Surrey. 



BAKON WARD. — Fruit, below medium size ; ovate. Skin, smooth 

 and shining, of a fine uniform deep yellow colour. Eye, sUghtly open, 

 and not much depressed. Stalk, short. Flesh, tender, crisp, juicy, and 

 agreeably acid. January till May. 



This is an excellent apple for culinary purposes, but its small size is 

 a great objection to it. It keeps well without shrivelling. 



BARTON'S INCOMPARABLE.— Fruit, below medium size; in shape 

 somewhat like a Golden Knob, ovate or conical, with prominent ribs on 

 the sides, which terminate in five ridges round the eye. Skin, yel- 

 lowish green, covered with patches of pale brown russet, thickly strewed 

 with large russety fireckles, like the Barcelona Pearmain, and tinged 

 with orange next the sun. Eye, small, partially open, with reflexed 

 segments, set in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, nearly three 

 quarters of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and round cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, tender, crisp, brittle, very juicy, and when eaten is 

 quite a mouthful of lively, vinous juice. 



A dessert apple of the highest excellence ; in use from October to 

 February. 



The tree is a good and healthy grower, attains a considerable size, 

 and is an excellent bearer. 



This variety seems to be but little known, and considering its excellence rarely 

 cultivated. I am not aware that it exists in any of the nurseries, or that it was at 

 any period extensively propagated. The only place where I ever met with it was, 

 in the private garden of the late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, whence I procured 

 grafts from a tree in the last stage of decay. 



BAXTER'S PEARMAIN. — Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 wide, and three inches high ; roundish ovate, and slightly angular. Skin, 

 pale green, but tinged with red, and marked with a few indistinct 

 streaks of darker red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, ppen, with 

 long spreading segments, and placed in a moderately deep basin. 

 Stalk, short and thick, not deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, firm, 

 brisk, and sugary, and with an abundance of pleasantly acid juice. 



An excellent apple, suitable either for culinary purposes or the des- 

 sert ; in use from November to March. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, a most abundant bearer, and even in 

 seasons when other varieties fail this is almost safe to ensure a plen- 

 tiful crop. It is extensively cultivated in Norfolk, and deserves to be 

 more generally known in other districts of the country. 



