APPLES, 26 



An excellent culinary apple of the first quality ; in use from November 

 to Christmas. 



The tree is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, and an excellent 

 bearer. 



Broading. See Broad-end. 



BBOAD-EYED PIPPIN.— Fruit, large and oblate. Skin, greenish 

 yellow in the shade, and slightly tinged with red on the side exposed to 

 the sun. Eye, large and open, set in a wide and shallow basin. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, and juicy. 



An excellent culinary apple, of the first size and quality; in use from 

 September to January, but said by Forsyth to keep till May. 



This is a very old English variety ; it is mentioned by Eay, who makes it 

 synonymous with Kirton or Holland Hppin. 



BEOMLEY. — Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches high ; roundish. Skin, of a bright lemon yellow 

 very much covered with crimson, and streaked with darker crimson, 

 extending almost over the whole surface, but paler on the shaded side. 

 Eye, open, with broad leafy segments, set in a narrow basin. Stalk, 

 short and slender, set in a round deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 firm, crisp, very juicy, and with a grateful acidity. 



This is one of the best cider apples, and as a sauce apple it is un- 

 surpassed. It keeps till February, when it is as hard and firm in the 

 flesh as it was in October. 



This is grown in the Gloucestershire orchards, where it is greatly esteemed. 



BROOKES'S. — Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in 

 height ; conical. Skin, yellow in the shade, but orange, thinly 

 mottled with red, next the sun, and considerably covered with thin 

 brown russet. Eye, open and prominent, with reflexed segments, and 

 placed in a very shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a small, 

 round, and shallow cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, 

 yeUovrish, firm, not very juicy, but with a rich, sweet, and highly 

 aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple of the first quality; in use from September to 

 February. The tree is a slender grower, and never attains a great 

 size, but is a good bearer. 



BROUGHTON. — Fruit, small, conical, and regularly formed. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow in the shade, but covered with fine, delicate, lively 

 red, which is marked with a few streaks of deeper red on the side next 

 the sun, and strewed with minute russety dots. Eye, small and 

 closed, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a round and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, 

 delicate, brisk, sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A valuable dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to 

 December. 



