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vated in the common orchards of that island. It is oval in 

 form, slightly flattened at both ends : the eye is very small, 

 placed in a confined cavity ; stalk very short, and deeply 

 inserted ; skin, where shaded from the sun, of a pale yellow, 

 but the whole nearly covered with brilliant red, which in less 

 exposed parts is broken into stripes, through which the 

 ground colour is seen. The flesh is very white, extremely 

 tender, with a mild and very agreeable juice. It keeps well 

 till the end of the season, and is a very handsome and plea- 

 sant Apple for the dessert. 



Thomas Netherton Parker, Esq. of Sweeney, in Shrop- 

 shire, sent specimens of a Seedling Apple raised by him at 

 that place in the year 1807, and which has in consequence 

 been named the Sweeney Nonpareil. It is somewhat of the 

 Nonpareil form, but more irregular, and considerably larger. 

 The skin is green, with spots and patches of russet all over 

 it ; but it sometimes puts on the brilliant colour of a fine 

 Nonpareil; in some seasons it exhibits an exuberance of 

 juice in semi-pellucid patches, which occasionally rise above 

 the regular surface of the Apple; some specimens are en- 

 tirely covered with russet. The flesh is firm and crisp, with 

 abundance of juice, in which a powerful acid is combined 

 with much sugar. The combination of these qualities in 

 an unusual degree of strength, occasions much difference of 

 opinion in estimating the value of this variety, but all agree 

 as to its excellence for culinary purposes ; as it melts per- 

 - fectly when baked, and retains a fine flavour. The tree puts 

 forth its blossoms early ; the wood, leaves, and blossoms are 

 nearly the same as those of the Nonpareil. The fruit is fit 



