XXVIII. 



THE COWARNE RED. 



Though this Apple is greatly inferior to many of the older 

 varieties, it has been, during the progressive decay of those, of 

 much value to the Herefordshire Planters ; for it has afforded 

 very large and well formed trees, and an abundant produce 

 of fruit. Its age cannot be accurately ascertained ; but it 

 does not occur in any old catalogue of fruit, and the growth, 

 and vigour of the trees appear to indicate that scarcely more 

 than a century has elapsed since it first sprang from seed. It 

 is consequently still capable of being cultivated with success; 

 but its merits are not nearly equal to those of several other 

 varieties, which have recently been obtained from seed. 



The specific gravity of the juice of the Cowarne Red, which 

 I obtained from different soils and situations, never exceeded 

 1069. The variety derives its name from that of the parish 

 in which it was first cultivated. 



