Varieties of Fruits, 



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winter. It is of the middle size, of an oval form, with the eye 

 considerably depressed. Stalk short, deeply inserted ; skin, 

 yellow, with a mixture of green, but nearly covered with 

 rough russetty warts ; flesh yellowish, crisp, not juicy, but 

 sweet, and high flavoured. This is a valuable variety, on 

 account of its extreme hardiness, and is a pleasant table fruit. 

 It is known in the neighbourhood of Midhurst under the 

 name of the Knobby Russet. 



The Rev. William Thomas Bree, of Allsley, near Co- 

 ventry, exhibited at the last Meeting in May, 1820, specimens 

 of an Apple, called the Hanwell Souring, a remarkably good 

 keeper. It is of the middle size, conical, very angular on 

 the sides; eye deeply sunk, in a contracted cavity; stalk 

 short, very deeply inserted in a wide, even basin ; skin 

 green, with a blush of dull red where exposed, profusely 

 spotted with minute brown spots, and a little russetted round 

 the stalk ; flesh, white, very crisp, with a rich acid juice. 

 It is scarcely in perfection till the late season at which it was 

 exhibited, and then possesses more acidity than any Apple 

 which keeps to so late a period. 



