402 Notice of new or remarkable Varieties of Fruits, 



Its form and qualities are so accurately described by Mr. Coxe, 

 in his work on American Fruit Trees *(p. 127), that the pas- 

 sage is here extracted. " This Apple possesses great beauty 

 and exquisite flavour; it is said to have originated in the 

 vicinity of Albany. In size it is a large Apple ; in form ob- 

 long, a fair smooth skin ; the colour a lively and brilliant red, 

 approaching to a scarlet, with numerous small yellow spots ; 

 the flesh is yellow and singularly rich, juicy, and sprightly ; 

 the stem is of moderate length, planted in a deep hollow, the 

 end projecting a little beyond the level of the fruit : its ma- 

 turity is about Christmas." 



John Braddick, Esq. sent to the Meeting on the 17th of 

 December, specimens of a very fine Apple, grown in his 

 gardens at Thames Ditton, having the name of the Claygate 

 Pear main. It was the produce of a bud taken from a seed- 

 ling tree in a hedge row in the hamlet of Claygate, near 

 Thames Ditton. It is a large and very handsome Pearmain. 

 The skin is of a dull yellow, nearly covered with broad 

 stripes of deep red ; the flesh is yellow, rather dry, like all 

 Apples of this class, but sweet and very rich. It keeps well, 

 and may be considered as a valuable addition to our stock of 

 Table Apples. 



Custard Apple. 

 In April, 1823, Earl Powis sent from his seat at Walcot 

 Hall, Shropshire, two fruit of the Custard Apple (Anona 

 squamosa) perfectly well ripened in the stove there. One of 

 the fruit had attained a size nearly equal to that which they 



* A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees and the management of Orchards 

 and Cider. By William Coxe, Esq. Philadelphia, 1817- 8vo. 



