POMONA HEREFORDIENSIS. 



I. 



THE REDSTREAK. 



" whme piilpous fruit 



" With gold irradiate and vermiliott shines.'" Philips, 



The Redstreak, or Redstrake as our ancestors wrote it, ap- 

 pears to have been the first fine cider apple that was culti- 

 vated in Herefordshire, or probably in England ; and it may 

 even be questioned whether excellent cider was ever made, 

 in any country, previous to the existence of this apple. 

 The Redstreak is unquestionably a native of Herefordshire, 

 and the credit of having raised it from seed, in the begin- 

 ning of the 17th century, has been generally given to Lord 

 ScuDAMORE, from whom it was, when first cultivated, called 

 " Scudamores Crab and if that nobleman did not raise it 

 from seed, it appears extremely probable that he found 

 the original tree growing upon his estate ; and he certainly 

 first pointed out the excellence of the fruit to the Hereford- 

 shire Planters.* 



Ti 'ees of the Redstreak can now no longer be propagated ; 

 and the fruit, like the trees, is affected by the debilitated old 

 age of the variety, and has in a very considerable degree 



* Evelyn's Pomona. 



