48 THE FEUIT MANUAL, 



A pretty dessert apple ; ripe in the end of August and beginning 

 of September. In shape and size, as well as colour, it considerably 

 resembles the Devonshire Quarrenden, but the colour is much paler 

 and brighter than in that variety. 



An American apple said to have been raised in Ontario County, New York j but 

 some think it is a native of Connecticut. 



EAKLY JULIEN— Fruit of medium size, two inches and three 

 quarters wide and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, slightly 

 flattened, and prominently ribbed from the eye downwards to the base. 

 Skin, smooth, pale yellow, with an orange tinge next the sun, strewed 

 all over with minute dots and a few whitish specks. Eye, closed, with 

 broad segments, and set in a deep, irregular, and angular basin. 

 Stalk, short, not extending beyond the base, and inserted iu a deep and 

 angular cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, very juicy, and with a 

 brisk, pleasant, and balsamic flavour. 



An excellent early culinary apple, of first-rate quality, ripe in the 

 second week of August. It might with propriety he called the Summer 

 Hawthornden, as it equals that esteemed old variety in aU its properties. 



The tree is healthy and hardy, but not a large grower. It is, how- 

 ever, a good bearer, though not so much so as the Hawthornden, and 

 is well adapted for growing as a dwarf. 



Early Margaret. See Margaret. 



EARLY NONPAEEIL {Hicks' Fancy; New Nonpareil; Stagg's 

 Nonpareil). — Fruit, small, roundish, narrowing towards the eye. Skin, 

 greenish yellow, changing to deep yellow as it attains maturity, russety, 

 and spotted with grey spots. Eye, open, set in a wide basin. Stalk, 

 short, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, juicy, brisk, 

 and aromatic. 



This is a very nice tender-fleshed dessert apple, and very juicy. In 

 use from October to December. 



Early Red Juneating. See Margaret. 

 Early Red Margaret. See Margaret. 



EARLY SPICE. — Fruit, of medium size, two inches and three 

 quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, and 

 somewhat angular. Skin, smooth, of an uniform pale yellow or straw 

 colour, and thinly strewed with greenish dots. Eye, small and open, 

 with long, reflexed segments, and set in a small basin. Stalk, three 

 quarters of an inch long, deeply inserted in a rather angular cavity, 

 which is thickly lined with russet. Flesh, white, tender, marrowy, and 

 very juicy, with a pleasant, refreshing, and sub-acid flavour. 



An excellent early culinary apple, which is well suited for baking, 

 and is also good as an eating apple. It is ripe in the first week of. 

 August, but soon becomes woolly after being gathered. 



Early Striped Juneating. See Margaret. 



