THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



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114. Royal George. — Fruit large, oval, yeilow and green ; flesh firm and sugary; 

 beautiful fruit ; keeps well ; is in eating from January till June. Tree handsome, 

 and a great bearer. 



115. Red Bay. — An esteemed Herefordshire fruit. Fruit large, oblong, whitish 

 ^vhere shaded, streaked with red next the sun ; beautiful ; flesh firm and juicy ; keeps 

 from October till March. Tree handsome, and great bearer. 



116. RiBSTON.— (See Pi>/3m, Ribston.) 



117. Syke-house. — A Yorkshire apple, from Syke-house In Yorkshire. Fruit 



niiadle-sized, orange towards the sun and sometimes inclining to red, yellow when 

 much shaded; flesh firm and juicy ; keeps till April. Tree large and spreading, a 

 great bearer. 



118. Spice Apple. — Fruit middle-sized, angular, yellow; flesh firm and sugary; 

 in eating from January till March. Tree middle-sized ; great bearer. 



119. Skerm's Kernel. — Fruit middle-sized, beautifully streaked with red, deep- 

 est towards the eye, and a good deal of yellow towards the foot-stalk ; conical ; flesh 

 firm and aromatic; keeps from July till April. Tree large and much spreading; 

 good bearer. 



120. Spanish Onion. — Fruit rather below the middle size, round, russet where 

 shaded, dull red towards the sun ; flesh firm and sweet, an excellent fruit ; keeps 

 from October till March. Tree hardy, spreading, and a good bearer. 



121. Transparent Apple. — Introduced from Russia. Is rather curious; is 

 showy upon the table, but not good flavored. 



122. Ward. — Fruit under the middle size, flattish, fine red and yellow-green; 

 flesh firm and juicy ; is in eating from January till July; a valuable apple. Tree 

 slender, twiggy, and a good bearer. 



123. Wheeler's Extreme. — An English seedUng. Fruit under the middle size, 

 flattish, russet in the shade, streaked with red towards the sun ; flesh crisp and 

 sugary ; in eating from December till April, or later. Tree hardy, and a great 

 bearer. 



124. White Must. — An esteemed Herefordshire fruit. Fruit middle-sized, 

 greenish yellow, but red towards the sun; flavor rather tart, but agreeable; is in 

 eating from January till April. 



125. Petit Jean Apple. — Introduced from Jersey, (where it appears to have 

 been long cultivated and admired,) by General Le Couteur. Fruit oval, slightly 

 flattened at both ends, eye small, placed in a confined cavity ; stalk short and deeply 

 inserted ; color pale yellow where shaded, of a bright red where exposed to the sun ; 

 flesh very white, extremely tender, with a mild and agreeable juice ; keeps till the 

 end of the season. 



CULINARY OR KITCHEN APPLES. 



126. Pippin, Holland. — Middle-sized, flattish, of a yellow and green color; 

 ripens in October, and keeps till April ; is a good bearer, and free growing tree. 



127. Pippin, London, Five-crowned Pippin. — Size large, of a round and rather 

 flattened form ; color green, striped with red ; ripens in November, and keeps till 

 April; a handsome spreading tree, and great bearer. 



128. Pippin, Pound. — Fruit large, conical; color greenish yellow; ripens in 

 January, and keeps till April. Tree vigorous, with large leaves, a rather indifferent 

 bearer. 



