288 Account and Description of Ord's Apple. 



adhering to the dissepiments, the two sides of each cell or 

 core (parietes loculorum ) having evidently in an earlier state 

 grown together, and marked with ragged scars where they 

 had been torn asunder, by the swelling of the whole fruit. 

 Seeds dark-brown, obovate, somewhat triangular, and not 

 differing, that I can find, from those of several hundred other 

 varieties. 



I have no doubt that the Ord*s Apple would be greatly im- 

 proved by proper cultivation in a kind fertile soil and better 

 climate, and I venture to recommend it strongly for the 

 warmer districts of Hampshire and Devonshire, but more 

 especially to our neighbours across the channel in Normandy. 

 In the northern counties of England, and by our Caledonian 

 brethren who wish to taste its fruit in perfection, I fear it will 

 require either a wall, or be trained as a very low espalier, 

 not higher than three feet, in a warm and sheltered exposure, 

 such as is afforded by a large and high range of buildings. 



I believe that both this, and many other fruits might be 

 more perfectly ripened and improved by covering the trees 

 with mats every cold night ; the mats should be put over 

 the trees while the sun is still on the ground, at least half an 

 hour before it sets, and they should not be removed the fol- 

 lowing morning till an hour after it has risen, or longer if the 

 night has been frosty or chilled with rain and wind. 



This should be done always in wet weather, whether there 

 are intervals of sunshine or not, for there is a certain de- 

 gree of warmth imparted to the earth by the light, even in 

 cloudy and gloomy days; and Dr. Wells' important book 

 on Dew proves, that the warmth of the earth is prevent- 

 ed from radiating out of it back again into the higher 



