XIX. 



THE OLD QUINING. 



Many varieties of apples have been classed together 

 under the name of Quining, in Herefordshire ; it is a kind of 

 generic name, including many species, all of which are dis- 

 tinguished by their angular shape, and generally by a very 

 strong aromatic smell, and flavour. The apple which is de- 

 lineated in the annexed plate possesses great excellence for 

 the dessert, when first gathered from the tree ; and it was 

 highly estimated by the planters of the 17th century, as a 

 cider apple : but it is now in the last stage of decay : and 

 like the Redstreak and Golden Pippin, has survived its 

 good qualities for the press. This apple appears in some 

 old Catalogues under the name of Queening ; but it is always 

 called Quining, and I believe the name rather to have been 

 derived from Coin, an angle, than from Queen ; and it is 

 not improbably an imported variety. The specific gravity 

 of its expressed juice is about 1073. 



