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and mottles of red, the whole Burfaoe strewed with light grey rnssety 

 dots. Eye, small and closed, very slightly depressed, and surrounded 

 with plaits. Stalk, nearly an inch long, inserted in a deep and russety 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish, tender, sweet, juicy, and without any pre- 

 dominance of acid. 



An American dessert apple which is of no merit in this climate. 

 It is in use from October to January. 



FOREST STYRE (Stire). — Fruit, below medium size ; roundish, 

 inclining to oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, pale 

 yellow, with a blush of red on the side which is exposed to the sim. 

 Eye, small and closed, with short obtuse segments, set in a shallow 

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

 Flesh, firm. 



Specific gravity of the juice from 1076 to 1081. 



This is a fine old Gloucestershire cider apple, which is extensively 

 cultivated on the thin limestone soils of the Forest of Dean. The 

 cider that it produces is strong bodied, rich, and highly flavoured. 



The tree produces numerous straight, luxuriant, upward shoots, 

 like a pollard willow; it runs much to wood, and in deep soils attains 

 a considerable size before it becomes fruitful. 



FORGE. — Fruit, medium sized, roundish, and obscurely ribbed. 

 Skin, of a golden yellow colour, mottled with crimson on the shaded 

 side, and dark red covered with dark crimson streaks on the side next 

 the sun. Eye, small and closed. Stalk, very short. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, tender, juicy, sweet, and finely perfumed. 



A useful kitchen apple. The tree is a great and constant bearer. 

 October to January. 



This is the cottager's apple par excellence in that part of Snssex which is conter- 

 minous to Surrey and Kent. It is said to have originated near one Of the old 

 forges in the iron districts of Sussex near East Grinstead. 



FORMAN'S CREW. — Fruit, below medium size, oval, broadest at 

 the base, and flattened at both ends. Skin, yellow and russety, with 

 reddish brown on the side next the sun. Stalk, short. Eye, small. 

 Flesh, greenish yellow, juicy, rich, and highly flavoured. 



One of the best dessert apples, with the flavour of Nonpareil and 

 Golden Pippin. November to April. The tree is a great bearer, but 

 is tender and subject to canker. It is well adapted for dwarf bushes, 

 and espaliers when grafted on the paradise stock. 



This variety was raised by Thomas Seton Forman, Esq., Pennydarron Place, 

 near Merthyr Tydvil. 



FORMOSA. — Fruit, medium sized, roundish, and rather irregular 

 in its outUne, being somewhat ribbed ; sometimes inclining to oblate. 

 Skin, greenish yellow on the shaded side, but almost entirely covered 

 with crimson, and streaked with the same colour on the side next the 

 sun. Eye, closed, set in an even basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 



