70 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



few minute dots. Eye, small and closed. Stalk, very short, imbedded 

 in the narrow cavity. Flesh, yellow, very tender, and brisk. 



An excellent cooking apple ; in use from October till December, 



A Sussex apple, much grovm about Horsham. 



Herefordshire Golden Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 



Herefordshire Pearmain. See Boyal Pearmain. 



Herefordshire Queening. See Crimson Queening. 



Herefordshire Red-streak. See Red-streak. 



HERMANN'S PH'PIN. — Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 broad, and the same in height; roundish, and irregularly formed. 

 Skin, yellow, tinged with green on the shaded side, but striped and 

 mottled with dark crimson on the side next the sun, and thickly strewed 

 with russety dots round the eye. Eye, open, with long green acumi- 

 nate segments, which are recurved at the tips, and set in a deep and 

 slightly plaited basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a round, 

 deep, and even cavity, which is lined with rough grey russet, extending 

 over almost the whole of the base. Flesh, yellowish white, very 

 tender and juicy, but with little flavour. 



An apple of very ordinary quality, which seems only suitable for 

 culinary purposes ; it is in use from October to January. 



This is a Somersetshire apple, which I received from the late Mr. James Lake, 

 of Bridgewater. 



Hicks's Fancy. See Early Nonpareil. 



HOARY MORNING {Dainty Apple ; Downy ; Bam Rawlings ; New 

 Margil). — ^Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches 

 and three qustrters high ; roundish, somewhat flattened and angular. 

 Skin, yellowish, marked with broad pale red stripes on the shaded side, 

 and broad broken stripes of bright crimson on the side next the sun ; 

 the whole surface entirely covered with a thick bloom, like thin hoar 

 frost. Eye, very small, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, 

 short, inserted in a wide and round cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 tinged with red at the surface under the skin, brisk, juicy, rich, and 

 slightly acid. 



A beautiful and very good culinary apple of second-rate quality ; it 

 is in use from October to December. 



HOLBERT'S VICTORIA.— Fruit, small and ovate. Skin, yellow, 

 covered with pale grey russet. Eye, small and slightly open. Stalk, 

 short. Flesh, yellowish, firm, very juicy, vinous, and aiomatic. 



An excellent dessert apple of the first quality. December to May. 



HOLLANDBTJRY {Horsley Pippin ; Kirh-'s Admirable ; Hawberry 

 Pippin).— Fi-ait, very large, three inches and three quai-ters wide, and 

 three inches high ; roundish and flattened, with irregular and promi- 

 nent angles or ribs extending from the base to the apex. Skin, deep 



