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; The tree is a free grower, and perfectly hardy. It attains about the 

 middle size, and is an excellent bearer. When grown on the paradise 

 stock it is well adapted for dwarf training, and forms a good espalier. 



Independently of being one of the best dessert apples, it is also one of the best for 

 cider ; and from the great strength of its juice, the specific gravity of which is 

 1085, it has been called the Brandy Apple, 



GOLDEN liNOB. — ^Fruit, below medium size ; roundish. Skin, 

 pale green, becoming yellowish green as it attains maturity, much 

 covered with russet ; on the side next the sun it is yellow with an 

 orange tinge. Eye, open, generally with long segments. Stalk, very 

 short. 



A good late-keeping dessert apple ; in use from December to March. 



The tree is a strong grower, hardy, and a great bearer. 



GOLDEN MONDAY.— Fruit, small, roundish, and flattened. Skin, 

 clear golden yellow, with markings of russet. Eye, small, and rather 

 open. Stalk, very short. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, sugary, 

 briskly flavoured, and with a nice aroma. 



A kitchen apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



GOLDEN NOBLE. — Fruit, large ; round, and narrowing towards 

 the eye ; handsome. Skin, smooth, clear bright yellow, without any 

 blush of red, but a few small reddish spots and small patches of russet. 

 Eye, small, set in a round and deep basin, surrounded with plaits. 

 Stalk, short, with a fleshy growth on one side of it, which connects it 

 with the fruit. Flesh, yellow, tender, with a pleasant acid juice, and 

 baking of a clear amber colour, perfectly melting, with a rich acidity. 



A valuable culinary apple ; in use from September to December. 



This was first brought into notice by Sir Thomas Harr, of Stowe Hall, Norfolk, 

 whose gardener procnred it from a tree supposed to be the original, in an old 

 orchard at Downham, and communicated it to the Horticultural Society of London 

 in 1820. 



GOLDEN NONPAREIL.— Fruit, smaller than the old Nonpareil ; 

 roundish-ovate. Skin, deep yellow when ripe. Flesh, firm, juicy, 

 with a rich, sugary, and fine flavour. 



A first-rate dessert apple ; in use from December tiU February. 



GOLDEN PEARMAIN {Ruckman's Pearnmin). — Fruit, medium 

 sized, about two inches and a half in diameter, and the same in height ; 

 abrupt pearmain-shaped, irregularly ribbed on the sides, and uneven at 

 the apex. Skin, pale yellow, strewed with patches of russet, and 

 covered with minute russety dots on the shaded side, but deep 

 reddish orange, streaked with deeper colour, and strewed with 

 minute russety dots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 large and open, with reflexed segments, and set in a wide, deep, and 

 angular basin. Stalk, slender, three quarters of an inch long, and 

 obliquely inserted, with frequently a fleshy protuberance on one side of 

 it, in a rather shallow cavity, which is lined with green russet. Flesh, 



