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A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from December to 

 March. 



The tree is hardy, healthy, and an abundant bearer, attaining about 

 the middle size ; it is well adapted for growing on the paradise stock. 



TEN SHILLINGS. — ^Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 broad, and two inches high ; roundish- oblate, with obtuse angles on 

 the sides. Skin, greenish yellow, almost entirely covered with pale 

 brown russet, but with orange streaked with red on the side next the 

 sun. Eye, large, with long narrow segments, which are not conver- 

 gent, set in an angular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a 

 moderately deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, sweet, and 

 slightly acid. 



A second-rate dessert apple ; ripe ia November. 



TENTERDEN PARK. — Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 a half broad, by two inches high ; roundish, incliniag to ovate. Skin, 

 smooth and glossy, as if varnished, yellowish green where shaded, and 

 entirely covered with deep red, which is marked with streaks of still 

 deeper red, where exposed to the sun. Eye, large, half open, with 

 broad, flat segments, set in a rather shallow, round, and saucer-Uke 

 basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a round and shallow cavity, which 

 is slightly marked with russet. Flesh, greenish white, tender, crisp, 

 brisk, and juicy, but with no particular richness of flavour. 



A second-rate dessert apple, of neat and handsome appearance ; iu 

 use from October to February. 



TEUCHAT'S EGG {Chucket Egg). — Fruit, below medium size, 

 varying in shape from ovate to conical, and irregularly ribbed on the 

 sides. Skin, pale yellow, washed with pale red, and streaked with 

 deep and lively red. Eye, partially closed, with long, broad segments, 

 placed in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in 

 a close, shallow cavity, with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it, 

 and surroimded with rough russet. Flesh, tender, juicy, and pleasantly 

 flavoured. 



A second-rate dessert apple, peculiar to the Scotch orchards of 

 Clydesdale and Ayrshire ; ripe in September. 



Teuchat signifies the Pee-wit or Lapwing. 



Thickset. See Cluster Golden Pippin. 



Thorle Pippin. See Whorle Pippin. 



TOKEE'S INCOMPARABLE. — Fruit, very large, three inches and 

 three quarters broad, and two inches and three quarters high, ia shape 

 very much resembling the Gooseberry Apple ; ovate, broad and 

 flattened at the base, and with five prominent ribs on the sides, which 

 render it distinctly five-sided. Skin, smooth and shining, of a beautiful 

 dark green, which assumes a yellowish tinge as it ripens, and with 

 a slit'bt trace of red, marked with a few crimson streaks, where exposed 

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