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it is distinctly four-sided. Skin, smooth and shining, yellow on the 

 shaded side, and the whole of the exposed side covered with brilliant 

 dark crimson, shining as if varnished, and which shades off in streaks 

 of bright crimson. Eye, large and open, with long, broad, and ragged 

 segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted 

 in a wide and shallow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a brisk and pleasant 

 flavour, slightly perfumed. 



An apple much esteemed in Scotland as a first-rate variety, both for 

 the dessert and culinary purposes ; but it does not rank so high in the 

 south ; it is in use from November to February. 



SCARLET NONPAREIL. — Fruit, medium sized ; globular, narrow- 

 ing towards the apex, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, 

 yellowish on the shaded side, but covered with red, which is streaked 

 with deeper red, on the side next the sun, and covered with patches 

 of russet and large russety specks. Eye, open, set in a shallow and 

 even basin. Stalk, an inch or more in length, inserted in a small 

 round cavity, which is lined with scales of silvery grey russet. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary. 



A very excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from 

 January to March. 



The tree is hardy, a good grower, though slender in its habit, and 

 an excellent bearer. 



The Scarlet Nonpareil was discovered growing in the garden of a publican 

 at Esher, in Surrey, and was first cultivated by Grimwood, of the Kensington 

 nursery. 



SCARLET PEARMAIN (BelVs Scarlet Pearmain ; Bell's Scarlet; 

 Hood's Seedling ; Oxford Peach). — Fruit, medium sized, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; conical, regularly 

 and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, tender, and shining, of a rich, 

 deep, bright crimson, with stripes of darker crimson, on the side next 

 the sun, and extending almost over the whole surface of the fruit, 

 except where it is much shaded, and there it is yellow, washed and 

 striped with crimson, but of a paler colour, intermixed with a tinge of 

 yellow, on the shaded side, and the whole surface sprinkled with 

 numerous grey russety dots. Eye, open, with long reflexed segments, 

 set in a round, even, and rather deep basin, which is marked with lines 

 of russet. Stalk, from three quarters to an inch long, deeply inserted 

 in a round, even, and funnel-shaped cavity, which is generally russety 

 at the insertion of the stalk. Flesh, yellowish, with a tinge of red 

 under the skin, tender, juicy, sugary, and vinous. 



A beautiful and handsome dessert apple of first-rate quality; in 

 use from October to January. The tree is a free and vigorous grower, 

 attaining about the middle size, and is an excellent bearer. It suc- 

 ceeds well on the paradise stock, on which it forms a good dwarf or 

 espaUer tree. 



