APPLE. 



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yellowish brown, shaded with russet, and faint red 

 on the sunny side. The flesh is firm, somewhat 

 yellow, and its juice is agreeable. The tree is hardy, 

 and a vigorous grower, and fit either for garden 

 training, or for orchard standards. As it is a good 

 bearer, it is worth the attention of the market gar- 

 dener. 



68. Scarlet Nonpai^eiL— One of the most beautiful 

 of its family, and fit for use from Christmas to 

 March. The fruit is nearly round, of a fine deep 

 red next the sun, and dark green, turning at last to 

 yellow, on the other. The eye is larger and more 

 hollow than its parent, and the whole fruit is also 

 larger. The pulp is very firm, the juice rich and 

 abundant ; but inferior in flavour to the old sort, 

 though it comes the nearest to that fruit of any of 

 its varieties. The tree is hardy, and makes a good 

 orchard tree of the second class. If grafted on the 

 paradise stock, it bears early, and yields fair fruit ; 

 but they do not keep so long, nor is the flavour so 

 high, as when grown on the crab stock. 



To the market gardener who happens to have a 

 light dry loamy soil, this sort of apple would doubt- 

 less pay well ; the fruit being frequently sold in 

 Covent Garden Market towards the end of February, 

 at two guineas per bushel ! 



This is one of the best apples which have been 

 raised from seed within the memory of man. The 

 late respectable nurseryman of Kensington, Mr, Grim- 

 wood, senior (now Malcolm and Co.), had the good 

 fortune to detect this apple in a garden at Esher in 



