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branches slender and rather pendulous; succeeds 

 in situations where many other sorts would not 

 grow. 



Button square. — Colour dull greenish yellow 

 where shaded, and strewed with very small 

 russet dots ; where exposed to the sun it is of a 

 dull red, dotted with black spots ; form round- 

 ish ; ovate outline veiy irregular ; size large. 

 In use from November till March. Quality 

 first-rate for culinary purposes, and very pass- 

 able as a dessert fruit. Said to have originated 

 at the village of Huttou, near Lancaster, whei'e 

 it is extensively grown. This is another valuable 

 addition to our list of apples brought into notice 

 by Mr Hogg. 



J arisen Van Welten. — Size large ; quality good; 

 an excellent bearer, and keeps in excellent con- 

 dition both for the dessert and culinary uses 

 from December to June. 



Kentish fiU-iashet. — Colour yellow, green, and 

 brown ; form roundish ; size large ; quahty first- 

 rate. In use from November till January. A 

 valuable Kentish fruit, and deserving of general 

 cultivation. Its synonyms are — Kentish pippin 

 (which, by the way, is a quite different apple), 

 Lady de Gray's, Potter's large. Hogg remarks, 

 " This is not the Kentish fill-basket of Miller or 

 Forsyth, nor yet of Rogers, the variety described 

 under this name by these authors being evi- 

 dently the Kentish codlin." 



Kentish pippin. — Colour pink, yellow, and 

 brown ; form conical; size medium. In use from 

 October till January. Altogether an excellent 

 fruit. This is also frequently called Kentish 

 fill-basket, Beauty of Kent. Along with the last, 

 deserving a place in most gardens. Tree hardy, 

 healthy, and a good bearer. This is a very old 

 variety, having been cultivated in the London 

 nurseries prior to 1670. Synonym— Red Kent- 

 ish pippin. 



Lady's finger. — Colour dull greenish yellow, 

 interspersed with small russety dots, slightly 

 tinged on the side next the sun with dull blush, 

 with numerous spots of deep red ; form pyra- 

 midal, distinctly five-sided, somewhat fiattened 

 at the eye, where it is terminated in five pro- 

 minent knobs, with a smaller one between each ; 

 size below medium. In use from November to 

 April. Quality excellent ; tree hardy and a good 

 bearer. The white Paradise pippin, often called 

 the lady's finger, is a very different fruit. 



Leadington monstrom. — Colour green ; form 

 oblong ; size very large ; quality first-rate. In 

 use from October tiU January. A hardy tree, 

 and well suited to the climate of Scotland. 

 Synonym — Green codlin. 



Lemon pippin. — Colour yellowish green ; foftn 

 oval ; size medium ; quality first-rate. In use 

 from October tiU April. Tree hardy and a 

 good bearer, and suitable to the climate of most 

 of Scotland. Synonyms— Kirk's lemon pippin; 

 Quince of Rogers. A variety of great antiquity, 

 and noticed by most of the early writers on 

 pomology. 



London pippin. — Colour yellowish; form ob- 

 late ; size medium ; quality first-rate. In use from 

 November till April. Tree hardy and an ex- 

 cellent bearer; keeps well, and is not liable to 

 shrivel. An esteemed apple in Covent Garden 



market, which is a suf&cient recommendation. 

 Known also as Royal Somerset, New London 

 pippin. Fine crown pippin. White pippin. Well 

 known in Somersetshire prior to I08O. 



Lucomb's seedling. — Colour pale greenish yel- 

 low on the shaded side, bright red on the side 

 next the sun; form roundish and angular; size 

 large; quality first-rate. In use from October 

 till February. Tree of strong and vigorous 

 growth, and a good and early bearer. Originated 

 in the nursery of Lucomb and Pince of Exeter. 



Melrose. — Colour pale yellow, tinged with 

 green on the shaded side, yellow tinged with 

 orange, and dotted over with crimson spots, 

 where exposed to the sun ; form roundish ovate, 

 inclining to conical, but very irregular in out- 

 line; size large. In use from October to 

 January. Tree healthy, hardy, and an abundant 

 and free bearer. To Mr Hogg, who has in his 

 work on " British Pomology" brought forward 

 many excellent apples which were previously 

 little known, we are indebted for a knowledge 

 of this excellent fruit. It appears to have been 

 long cultivated in the Border counties, and 

 to have been almost confined to them. It is, 

 however, doubtful if it be of Scotch origin, and 

 may probably have been introduced by the monks 

 of Melrose. Mr Hogg considers it to be " with- 

 out doubt the largest and one of the most useful 

 apples of which Scotland can boast, and requires 

 only to be more generally known to be cultivated 

 throughout the length and breadth of that 

 country." Synonym — White Melrose. 



Minchall crab. — Colour yellow ; form oblate; 

 size medium ; quality good. In use from Decem- 

 ber till February. Tree very hardy and an ex- 

 cellent bearer ; of Lancasterian origin. Synonym 

 — Lancaster crab. Extremely well suited to the 

 climate of Scotland. 



Mitchelson's seedling.— Colour deep yellow, 

 slightly mottled with carmine on a delicate rus- 

 set ground on the side exposed to the sun ; form 

 somewhat ovate; size above medium. In use 

 from December to February. Originated by a 

 market-gardener formerly of Kiugston-upon- 

 Thames. Valuable either for the table or culi- 

 nary purposes. 



Nelson. — Colour greenish yellow on the shaded 

 side, deep yellow, interspersed with largeish dark 

 spots, often encircled with a fine crimson ring on 

 the side exposed to the sun; form conical; size 

 large. In use from September to January. Tree 

 strong and of vigorous growth, very hardy, and 

 a most abundant bearer; quality first-rate for 

 culinary purposes. Of Yorkshire origin, in 

 which country it is a great favourite. Syno- 

 nyms — Backhouse's Lord Nelson, Nelson codlin. 



Nonsuch.— Co\ouT greenish brown; foi-m ob- 

 late ; size medium ; quality first-rate. In use in 

 September, and if well ripened will keep till 

 November. Tree moderate in growth, hardy, 

 and an excellent bearer. 



Nonsuch, round winter. — Colour striated ; form 

 round ; size large ; quality first-rate. In use 

 from November till March. Tree hardy, not 

 subject to canker, moderate in growth, an ex- 

 cellent bearer. 



Northern greening.— Qolourgteen; form oval; 

 size medium ; quality first-rate. In use from 



