APPLES. 137 



SIR WILLIAM GIBBON'S.— Fruit, very large, three inches and 

 three quarters wide, and three inches high ; calville-shaped, being 

 roundish-oblate, with several prominent angles, which extend from the 

 base to the apex, where they terminate in five or six large unequal 

 knobs. Skin, deep yellow, tinged with green, and strewed with minute 

 russety dots on the shaded side, but deep crimson, streaked with dark 

 red, on the side exposed to the sun. Bye, open, with short ragged 

 segments, set in a deep, wide, and in-egular basin. Stalk, very short, 

 imbedded in a deep and angular cavity, which is lined with russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, juicy, and sUghtly acid, with a pleasant 

 vinous flavour. 



A very showy and excellent cuUnary apple; in use from November to 

 January. 



SLEEPING BEAUTY. — Fruit, medium sized; roundish, and some- 

 what flattened, slightly angular on the sides, and undulating round the 

 eye ; in some specimens there is an incUnation to an ovate or conical 

 shape, in which case the apex is narrow and even. Skin, pale Straw- 

 coloui-ed, smooth and shining, occasionally washed on one side with 

 dehcate lively red, very thinlj' sprinkled with minute russety dots. 

 Eye, large, somewhat resembling that of Trumpington, with broad, 

 flat, and incurved segments, which dove-tail, as it were, to each other, 

 and set in a shallow, uneven, and plaited basin. Stalk, from a quarter 

 to half an inch long, slightly fleshy, inserted in a narrow, round, and 

 rather shallow cavity, which is tinged with green, and lined with delicate 

 pale brown russet. Flesh, yeUowish white, crisp, tender, and juicy, 

 with a fine poignant and agreeably acid flavour. 



A most excellent, and very valuable apple for all culinary purposes, and 

 particularly for sauce ; it is in use from November tUl the end of February. 



The tree is a most excellent bearer, and succeeds weU in almost 

 eveiy situation. 



This excellent apple bears such a close resemblance to Dumelow's 

 Seedling, that at first sight it may be taken for that variety ; from 

 which, however, it is perfectly distinct, and may be distinguished by 

 the want of the characteristic russet dots on the fruit, and the spots on 

 the young wood of the tree. It is extensively cultivated in Lincoln- 

 shire for Qie supply of the Boston markets. 



Small Eibston. See Margil. 



SMALL STALK. — ^Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, 

 and two inches high; roundish, slightly angular on the sides, and 

 knobbed at the apex. Skin, dull greenish yellow, with a tinge of 

 orange on the side next the sun, and thickly covered with reddish 

 brown dots. Eye, small and closed, with long flat segments, and 

 placed in an angular basin. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, in- 

 serted in a wide and rather shallow cavity. Flesh, white, tender, 

 juicy, and well flavoured. 



A good apple for ordinary purposes, much grown about Lancaster. 

 It is in use during September and October. 



