SELECTION OF DESSERT APPLES. 



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Macleans Favourite. Middle size, roundish, yellow, crisp, rich, with the 

 flavour of the Newtown Pippin ; November till February ; tree moderately 

 vigorous, a good bearer. 



Clay gate Pearmain. Middle size, pearmain shaped, greenish yellow and 

 brownish red, rich, with a Ribston pippin flavour ; November till March ; 

 tree hardy. 



Ribston Pippin^ syn. Glory of York. Above the middle size, roundish, 

 greenish yellow and red, crisp, juicy, peculiarly rich and high flavoured; 

 November to March ; a good bearer, a spreading tree, deserving a wall, 

 where it will not otherwise succeed. 



Court of Wick, syn. Wood's Huntingdon. Below the medium size, ovate, 

 yellow and some red, firm, juicy, and rich ; a very excellent fruit ; October 

 to April ; tree hardy, a good bearer. 



Pearsons Plate. Under the middle size, oblate, yellow, green, and red, 

 of first-rate quality ; December to March ; a good bearer, and remarkably 

 handsome apple. 



Golden Harvey., syn. Brandy apple. Small, roundish, yellowish russet, 

 firm, exceedingly rich, and high flavoured ; in this respect a fruit of the very 

 highest excellence ; December to May ; the tree is slender, upright, and a 

 moderate bearer. 



Hughes s Golden Pippin. Small size, roundish, yellow, firm, j uicy, rich ; 

 December to February ; a good bearer, and a moderately vigorous tree. 



Pitmaston Nonpareil. Middle size, roundish, pale green with slight rus- 

 set, rich nonpareil flavour ; December till February ; a good bearer. 



Braddick's Nonpareil. Nearly middle size, roundish^ green, and bright 

 brownish red, partakes of nonpareil flavour; January till April ; tree a 

 most abundant bearer. 



Herefordshire Pearmain^ syn. Old Pearmain. Above the middle size, 



Fig. 359. Pearmain-shape, exemplified in the Herefordshire Pearmain Apple. The Pearmain 

 shape is understood to be a truncated cone, with the base rounded, and projecting tnore towards 

 the stalk on one side than the other. 



