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APPLE. 



rousiy, and generally bearing profusely ; and well 

 calculated for the market gardener. In strong loam, 

 near London, the tree is liable to canker ; it there- 

 fore should be placed in lightish loam on a dry bot- 

 tom. For espalier or dwarf training it should be 

 worked on the paradise stock. 



35. Hoary Morn. — In use from November to the 

 end of January. The first notice the author had of 

 the existence of this variety of apple, was seeing it 

 about the village of Newton, midway between Barn- 

 staple and Torrington in Devonshire. On inquiring 

 about the derivation of the name, was told that it 

 resisted hoarfroU better than others, and therefore 

 was called hoary morn. The fruit, however, has 

 merit, as it has been called dainty in some cata- 

 logues. It is of a large size, nearly round, with a 

 few faint angles : colour marbled-red nearly all over x 

 the eye small, and the stalk short; the latter cir- 

 cumstance is the cause of its suffering less from gales 

 of wind than other long-stalked dangling kinds of 

 fruit. The pulp is firm and of a yellow cast, the 

 juice rich and pretty plentiful when well ripened. It 

 sometimes bears a fine bloom, like the Alexander be- 

 fore mentioned. 



It may be necessary here to inform the young 

 reader what is meant by bloom of the fruit, as it may 

 be mistaken for the flowers of the tree. This bloom 

 on the fruit, so visible on the unripe cucumber and 

 on all the plums, is a kind of exudation proceeding 

 through the skin, and remaining on the surface of 

 the fruit itself. It is easily rubbed off; but^ when 



