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russet over the base. Eye, open, with broad reflexed segments, and 

 set in a deep basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a shallow cavity. 

 Flesh, white, stained with red under the skin, on the side next the sun, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured. 



This is a beautiful httle apple, extensively grown in Somersetshire, 

 where in the present day it is considered the most valuable cider apple. 

 It keeps till Christmas. 



Kirke's Admirable. See Hollandbury. 



Kirke's Golden Reinette. See Golden Reinette. 



Kirke's Lemon Pippin. See Lemon Pippin. 



KIRKE'S LORD NELSON.— Fruit, large, three inches and a 

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

 narrowing a little towards the apex. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, 

 streaked all over with red. Eye, open, with short reilexed segments, 

 and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short and slender. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, firm, juicy, and aromatic, but wants acidity. 



An inferior variety, neither a good dessert apple, nor at all suitable 

 for culinary purposes ; it is in use from November to February. 



Knight's Codlin. See Wormsley Pippin. 



Knightwick. See Court of Wick. 



KNOBBED RUSSET {Knobby Russet; Old Maid's; Winter 

 Apple). — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish-oval, and very uneven on its 

 surface, being covered with numerous knobs, or large warts, some of 

 which are the size of peas. Skin, greenish yellow, and covered with 

 thick scaly russet. Eye, set in a deep basin. Stalk, inserted in a 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, sweet, and highly flavoured, but 

 not very juicy. 



A singular looking dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; it is in use 

 from December to March. 



This variety was introduced to the notice of the London Horticnltural Society in 

 1819 by Mr. Haslar Capron, of Midhvirst, in Sussex. 



KNOTT'S KERNEL. — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish and flattened, 

 or obtusely ovate, the sides having five prominent angles which are most 

 acute from the middle to the crown. Skin, with a citron-coloured 

 ground, considerably covered with numerous broken stripes of dark 

 purphsh red, which extend more or less over the whole surface, but are 

 fewer and paler on the shaded side. Eye, of moderate size, with 

 reflexed segments, set in a narrow plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, 

 thickened at the insertion, set in a wide, deep, and funnel-shaped 

 cavity, which has but slight traces of russet. Flesh, white, tender, 

 crisp, juicy, and sweet, with a brisk acidity. 



A useful early culinary apple ; in use September and October. The 

 tree is a free bearer. 



This is much grown in the orchards of Worcestershire. 



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