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flavoured. It is a very bright-coloured, beautiful-looking 

 apple ; a bright yellow-green, with a rosy cheek ; large 

 for an early apple, round, and a little flattened at the 

 ends. The eye is nearly closed by the segments of the 

 calyx, and the stalk is short. It is an eating apple, and 

 is ripe in August. It is known also as the early Crofton, 

 is a capital bearer, and will keep in use for a month. 



The White Astrakan is another very nice early eating 

 apple, ripening early in August. It is whitish-green in 

 colour, and smooth and delicate, with a bloom upon the 

 skin, and a rosy tint on one side. The flesh is white, 

 sometimes transparent, crisp, tender, juicy, and very 

 pleasant and delicate in flavour. The eye is depressed in 

 a small hollow, and the stalk thick and very short. Other 

 names for it are Glace de Zelande, Transparent de Mos- 

 covie, and Fyrus Astracanica, It will keep above a fort- 

 night ; it is a hardy tree and a good bearer, and, as its 

 name imports, it came originally from Eussia. There 

 is also a red Astrakan, which comes in at the same time, 

 and is very nice also. 



The Eed Quarenden is a deservedly popular early 

 apple. It is below middle size, but a little larger than 

 the Juneating, and of a uniform deep crimson, with 

 green dots, and sometimes green on the shady side. The 

 flesh is tinged with green, and the apples should be eaten 

 soon after they are gathered, when they are crisp, juicy, 

 and pleasant in flavour. The fruit from one good tree 

 will keep in use for six weeks. The eye has a calyx, 

 closed by long segments, and is surrounded by little 

 knotty protuberances ; and the stalk is short, thick, and 

 deeply inserted. It ripens the middle of August, but 

 need not be gathered until after the fruit begins to 

 fall. It is well known as the Devonshire Quarenden ; 

 but it does not seem to be much known in that county, 

 but rather to be popular in Somersetshire and Glouces- 

 tershire. The Sack apple is another of its names. The 

 tree bears well, and deserves a place in any garden. 

 There is also a White Quarenden, which ^ ripens in 

 eptember. 



The Summer Golden Pippin deserves a place as a 



