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green as it ripens, and with a faint tinge of thin red where exposed 

 to the sun. Eye, open, with long, reflexed, acuminate segments, placed 

 in a shallow basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, 

 inserted in a round and even cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, and crisp, 

 with a brisk, sugary, and rich flavour. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality, nearly allied to the Golden 

 Pippin ; it is in use from October to February, 



Eve Apple. See Manks Codlin. 



Eve Apple, See Margaret, 



FAIR MAID OF TAUNTON.— Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and an inch and three quarters high ; ovato-oblate, and rather 

 irregularly formed. Skin, smooth and shining, thick and membranous, of 

 a pale straw colour, and with a faint tinge of red on the side exposed to 

 the sun ; thickly strewed all over with smallrussety dots. Eye, somewhat 

 closed, with broad, flat segments, which are reflexed at the tips, and 

 set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a wide 

 cavity, which is lined with rough brown russet. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, tender, very juicy, sweet, and though not richly yet pleasantly 

 flavoured. 



A dessert apple, but not of the first quality ; in use from November 

 to February. 



FAIRY. — Fruit produced in clusters of from three to five, much in 

 the same way as clusters of cherries ; small, rather flattened at both 

 ends, very even and regular in the outline. Skin, smooth and shining, 

 covered with bright' lively crimson, shaded with streaks of a deeper 

 tinge, and on the unexposed side it is lemon yellow. Eye, closed, set 

 prominently, almost level with the surface, and surrounded with plaits. 

 Stalk, sometimes less than a quarter of an inch long, and frequently 

 straight, slender, and as much as an inch or more, inserted in a small, 

 shallow cavity, which is russety. Flesh of a fine deep yellow, firm, 

 crisp, very juicy, with a rich brisk flavour, and fine delicate aroma when 

 eaten with the skin on. 



A pretty little apple which comes into use in December, and lasts 

 till April. 



This waa raised by Mr. Jennings in his nursery at Shipston-on-Stour, from seed 

 of the Scarlet Siberian Crab or Cherry Apple. The seed was sown with no inten- 

 tion of raising new varieties of irnit, but for stocks on which to graft the ordinary 

 varieties of apples. One of these showing signs of fruit, Mr. Jennings grafted it 

 upon a free apple stock. 



Fall Pippin. See Rdnette Blanche d'Espagne. 



FARLEIGH PIPPIN. — Fruit, medium sized ; oblong-ovate, and 

 with prominent ribs on the sides, which terminate at the crown in bold 

 ridges. Skin, yellowish green on the shaded side, and brownish red 

 where exposed to the sun. Eye, deeply set in an angular basin. 

 Flesh, greenish, firm, rich, and sugary, 



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