THE APPLE. 



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green ; form oblate ; size rather below mediumi 

 In use in August and September. Quality value- 

 able as an early dessert apple, and also for 

 culinary purposes. Tree hardy, attaining rather 

 more than medium size, and a most abundant 

 bearer, well adapted to cottage gardens and 

 market purposes. Mr Hogg remarks of it, that 

 " it succeeds well in almoiit every soil and situ- 

 ation, and is admirably adapted for orchard 

 planting. In almost every latitude in Great 

 Britain, from Devonshire to the Moray Firth, 

 I have observed it in perfect health and luxuri- 

 ance, producing an abundance of well-ripened 

 fruit, which, though not sc» large nor so early 

 in the northern parts, still possessed the same 

 richness of flavour as in the south." Synonyms 

 — Sack apple, lied quarrenden. 



Dickson's r.mpereur. — Size large ; quality good ; 

 form oblong ; colour pale green ; tree hardy and 

 productive ; fit for both culinary and dessert 

 purposes. In use from October to the end of 

 January. 



Butch mignonne. — Colour yellowish red ; form 

 roundish ; quahty first-rate. In use from De- 

 cember till April. Of foreign origin, probably 

 the north of Germany. Tree of moderate 

 growth, and an abundant bearer. Synonym — 

 Stettin pipptn. 



Easter pippin. — Colour green ; form round- 

 ish ; size under medium ; quality first-rate ; an 

 abundant bearer. Tree veryrobust while young, 

 and seldom productive until they have attained 

 ten or twelve years of age. Its greatest merit is 

 its property of keeping better than almost any 

 other apple. We have had them in excellent 

 condition the second year, by being merely kept 

 in a pit similar to potatoes. It does not ap- 

 pear, from what we have seen, to be adapted to 

 the climate of Scotland. Its synonyms are — 

 Claremont pippin, French crab. Ironstone pippin, 

 YovTy's long keeping, Winter greeriing. 



EcclenmUe seedling. — An Irish apple of great 

 merit. It originated at a place of that name 

 about fifteen years ago. Tree healthy. Fruit 

 large, somewhat resembling the Hawthornden. 

 Keeps till January, and in high estimation as 

 a kitchen fruit. Ripens well as a, standard in 

 the Dalkeith gardens. 



Emperor Alexander.— CoXout greenish yellow, 

 with a few faint streaks of red on the shaded 

 side, bright crimson unon an orange ground on 

 the side exposed to the sun ; form ovate ; size 

 above medium. In use from September to De- 

 cember. Tree hardy, making strong wood, and 

 a good bearer. Quality excellent for culinary- 

 purposes ; its great beauty and size render it 

 valuable for the market. Of Russian origin ; 

 and although brought into notice in 1817 by the 

 late Mr Lee of Hammersmith, is supposed to 

 have been introduced many years before, as 

 there can be little doubt of its being identical 

 with the Phoenix apple figured by Brookshaw in 

 1808. Siynonyma— Russian emperor, Aporta. 



Fill-basket (Hogg).— Colour pale dull green- 

 ish yellow on the shaded side, streaked with 

 patches and pencilings of pale red on the sunny 

 side, the whole covered with russety dots ; form 

 conical, round at the base, flattened at the top, 

 and angular at the sides ; size medium. In use 



from October to January. Quality excellent 

 for culinary purposes. Tree hardy, and a great 

 bearer. It is much cultivated in the vicinity of 

 Lancaster, and is consequently hardy in consti- 

 tution. To distinguish this from the Kentish 

 fill-basket, it has been suggested to denominate 

 our present subject Lancashire fill-basket. 



Flower of Kent. — Colour greenish yellow, with 

 many green dots on tlie shaded side ; dull red, 

 marked with streaks of brighter red, and dotted 

 with light grey dots on the side exposed to the 

 sun ; form roundish, considerably flattened, 

 with obtuse angles extending into the eye where 

 they form knots on the apex ; size large. In 

 use from November to January. Quality, a 

 culinary fruit of the highest order. Tree strong 

 in growth, and hence better adapted for orchard 

 culture than for private gardens. It is a showy 

 fruit, and a good bearer. One of our oldest 

 English varieties, being mentioned by Park- 

 inson. 



Forge. — Colour of a fine golden yellow, mot- 

 tled with crimson on the shaded side ; dark 

 red, marked with patches of deep crimson on 

 the side exposed to the sun; form roundish, 

 slightly ribbed ; size medium. In use from 

 October to January. Quality excellent, either 

 for the dessert, kitchen, or cider. Tree hardy, 

 healthy, and quite free from canker and disease, 

 and withal an abundant bearer. Mr Hogg has 

 recently brought this excellent apple into notice, 

 and expresses surprise that so beautiful " a fruit 

 should have hitherto escaped the notice of 

 pomologists, it being so universally grown, and 

 generally popular in the district to which it be- 

 longs. In the north-eastern parts of Sussex 

 and the adjoining county of Smrey it is exten- 

 sively cultivated ; and I believe," he says, 

 " there is scarcely a cottager's garden where it 

 is not to be met with, it being considered to sup- 

 ply all the qualifications that a valuable apple 

 is supposed to possess." 



OUliflower. — Colour streaked with yellow ; 

 form roundish ; quality second-rate ; size me- 

 dium. In use from October till Febmary. 



Gloria mundi. — Colour pale yellow; form 

 roundish ; quality first-rate ; size very large. 

 In use from November till January. This most 

 valuable apple deserves more general cultiva- 

 tion. It appears to be of American origin, but 

 on this Mr Hogg has thrown some doubts, and 

 hence the synonyms — Baltimore, American 

 gloria mundi, Neic York gloria mundi, Ameri- 

 can mammoth. Tlie English synonyms are — 

 Glazenwood gloria mundi, Monstrous pippin. Ox 

 apple, Josephine. 



Glory of England. — Another valuable culin- 

 ary apple brought into notice by Mr Hogg, who 

 describes it as follows : " Fruit large, 3^ inches 

 wide, and over 24 inches high ; ovate, somewhat 

 of the sh.ape of the Emperor Alexander ; ribbed 

 on the sides, and terminated at the eye by a 

 number of puckered-like knobs ; skin dull 

 greenish yellow, with numerous whitish specks, 

 particularly round the eye, and covered with 

 large dark russety dots, and linear marks of rus- 

 set ; but on the side exposed to the sun it is of 

 a deeper yellow, with a few broken streaks and 

 dots of crimson. Eye small and slightly closed, 



