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disappointed. In the kitchen, for tarts, sauces, jellies, mar- 
malades, and a multitude of other preparations. Applies are 
always in request. In agriculture, on a more extended scale, 
for the production of a wholesome beverage, the cultivation of 
the Apple assumes a more important feature ; and even in the 
arts, it is valuable, its malic acid having been used to some 
extent in dying. 
The various purposes to which this valuable fruit is appli- 
cable have directed attention to the cultivation of numerous 
varieties, some of them having proved the best adapted to one 
purpose, whilst others have been valued for their fitness for 
other uses. Woodville’s Matchless, now figured, is, in some 
districts, esteemed as a dessert Apple ; its flesh is sub-acid, 
juicy, and agreeable, but it does not reach our estimate of a 
first-rate fruit for the table ; it has, however, its merits, for it 
keeps well — our drawing haring been made in April; and it is 
generally useful in the kitchen, but is somewhat too mild for 
all purposes. It never assumes a high colour on the exposed 
side, but attains a softened tint of reddish brown on its ground 
colour of greenish yellow, with a good sprinkling of fine russet 
flakes and specks. It is not till late in the season that it loses 
its more prominent green colour, and assumes the subdued 
yellow of full ripeness. 
For the specimen from which our drawing was made, we 
are indebted to the obliging attention of Mr. Rivers, of Saw- 
bridgeworth ; who says, the tree is of free and healthy growth, 
rather spreading, and a good bearer. For orchards it succeeds 
well on the Crab-stock, and on Paradise-stocks for garden 
dwarfs. Its strong constitution makes it prefei'able to some 
superior varieties for planting in tenacious soils, where the 
subsoil is of clay. We recommend it rather as a profitable 
orchard Apple than for garden culture. 
