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fruit are small and round, of a clear yellow when 

 ripe : the pulp firm and juicy. The tree grows 

 healthily, ranges in the second class, bears well, and 

 is not a bad apple for the dessert. The fruit require 

 to be laid up for a month or two after they are 

 gathered. 



135. Devonshire Wilding, — Is a favourite sort in 

 North Devon for the manufacture of rough cider of 

 great strength, so much relished by the labourers of 

 that country. The fruit is middle size, nearly round, 

 and flatted at the ends ; colour yellowish green, 

 dotted with brown ; the stalk short and thick, and 

 closely attached to the branch, and hanging long on 

 the tree. The pulp is firm, and well charged with a 

 sharp acid juice. When cider is made from it alone, 

 the fruit are kept for a month or two before going 

 to the mill. The tree grows strongly, and rises to 

 rank in the first class in the orchard ; and is, like 

 most of the cider apples, very seldom attacked by the 

 American insect. 



136. Styre, — A very old cider apple extensively 

 cultivated in Gloucestershire, particularly in the light 

 lands adjoining the Forest of Dean, in which place, 

 according to Mr. Knight, it produces a stronger 

 cider than it does on the deep soil of Herefordshire. 

 The fruit is about the middle size ; colour light 

 yellow, shaded with red next the sun. The tree is 

 a good bearer. Styre cider is accounted superior ; 

 and Mr. Kn'ght states, that it may be found in the 

 neighbourhood of Chepstow, in Wales, thirty and 



