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green, (like the Hawthornden apple), tinted with fine red, 

 almost scarlet, and short dappled streaks of dark red, on 

 the side next the sun. But the difference of colour is very 

 remarkable, some being nearly pale all over, others having 

 three-fourths of their skin covered with scarlet, which is 

 placed on different parts of the fruit, according as they 

 have grown exposed to the sun. The core is very small, 

 in proportion to the size of the fruit, and not so hollow, 

 as is usual in large apples. The flesh was not firm ; this, 

 however, was probably the effect of being long kept, packed : 

 but the flavour was very vinous, and saccharine : when 

 dressed, it was peculiarly good. The engraving is from a 

 sketch made from one of the apples. Trees of the kind were 

 brought to this country about twelve years since, and are 

 in the Hammersmith Nursery, but they have not produced 

 fruit equal in size to that imported. It will perhaps be 

 necessary to train them to a wall, in some measure to 

 compensate for the want of the heat of a Russian summer. 



At the same meeting some Apples, from the Isle of 

 Wight, were presented by Mr. William Wilkins, of New- 

 port. He called them the Orange Apples, and stated, that 

 they have been long cultivated in the island. They very 

 much resemble the old Golden Pippin, in appearance and 

 size: are very rich and sweet, and fit for the table from 

 September to January. It is stated, on supposed good 

 authority, that the first tree of the kind was brought over 

 from Normandy, and is now growing in the garden at 

 Wroxall Cottage, near the Under Cliff, in the island. 



