36 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



COLE. — Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter broad, and two 

 and a half high ; roundish, considerably flattened, almost oblate, and 

 angular on the sides. Skin, yellowish, almost entirely covered with 

 deep crimson, and slightly marked with russet. Eye, large and closed, 

 set in a wide and open basin. Stalk, long, covered with down, and 

 inserted in a close, narrow cavity, with a fleshy prominence on one 

 side of it. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and sweet, with a rich, brisk, and 

 pleasant flavour. 



A first-rate early kitchen apple, and second-rate for the dessert. It 

 is in use during August and September, and will even keep as long aa 

 Christmas if well preserved. . 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer; and on account 

 of the size of the fruit should be grown rather as a dwarf than a 

 standard. 



Colonel Vaughan's. See Kentish Pippin. 

 Combermere Apple. See Mere de Menage. 

 Concombre Ancien. See Reinette Blanche d'Espagne. 

 Concombre des Chartreuses. See St. Julien. 

 Copmanthorpe Crab. See Butch Mignonne. 



COBNISH AEOMATIC.-Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 wide, and two mches and three quarters high ; roundish, slightly flat- 

 tened, and narrowing towards the eye. Skin, yellow on the shaded 

 side, and covered with large patches of pale brown russet, which extend 

 aU over the base, and sprmkled with green and russety dots • but of a 

 beautiful bright red, which is streaked with deeper red, and strewed 

 with patches and dots of russet, on the side exposed to the sun Eye 

 small and closed, with long flat segments, which are reflexed" at the 

 tips and set in an irregular basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and 

 na,rrow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, 

 jmcy, rich, and highly aromatic. 



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

 to Christmas. The tree is a free grower and an exceUent bearer. 



CORNISH GILLIFLOWER.-Fruit, large; ovate, angular on the 

 sides, and ribbed round the eye, somewhat like a Quoining. Skin, 

 dull green on the shaded side, and brownish red streaked with brighter 

 red on the side nex the sun ; some parts of the surface marked with 

 thin russet. Eye^ large and closed, set in a narrow and angular basin. 



S m T T ^[ ^i' '"""^ ^°'"g' '""^^'^^^ ^^ a rather shallow 

 cavity. _ Flesh, yeUowish, firm, rich, and aromatic 



This is one of our best dessert apples, remarkable for its rich and 

 aromatic flavour; it is m use from December to May. The tree is 

 hardy and a free grower, attaining the middle size, but not an abun- 

 dant bearer ; i produces its fruit at the extremities of the last year's 

 wood, and great care should, therefore, be taken to preserve the bearing 



