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' BESS POOLE APPLE. 
it is of an excellent flavour hei'e, as late as the month of May ; 
and the tree is usually very productive, though not beginning to 
bear at so early an age as many others. The late Mr. Pearson, 
who had large orchards at Chilwell, near this plaoe, assured me 
that he, one year, sold the pi'oduce of ten trees for a hundred 
pounds ; so much were they esteemed in this county for the 
dessert.” Grown on strong soil, such as prevails in Hereford- 
shire, we can answer for its being of excellent flavour, and a 
profitable Apple to the orchardist ; for if not wanted as pot fruit, 
as, by growers, the best sorts are called, from their being sold by 
the pot measure of five pecks, it is valuable as a cider Apple. 
In a cultivated mind, for the mind hungers by being fed, 
there is always anxiety to have correct information respecting the 
origin of names, and consequently those of either flowers or fruits 
— information to which we have always given especial atten- 
tion. When, for the first time, the name of a flower is heard, 
if its meaning be not self evident, how very naturally follows 
the inquiry, “What is the meaning of such a name?” Bess 
Poole may excite such an inquiry, and the Rev. Mr. Bree, of 
Allesley, here steps in to our assistance. He says, “The Bess 
Poole is much used in this district. There has been much con- 
troversy about the origin of its name, some calling it Best Poole, 
others Bell Poole, or Powe ; whereas, in fact, it took its name 
from one Elizabeth Poole, in whose garden it was raised.” This 
is quite conclusive respecting the name in question ; and if Eli- 
zabeth was instrumental to the propagation of the Apple, she 
deserv'es that her existence be thus honourably commemorated. 
The shape of the Bess Poole is not common, its size towards 
the eye being so much less than at the base. The eye is small, 
in a narrow bason, and suri'ounded by five little spherical promi- 
nences. Its stem sometimes free, but more frequently connected 
with the side of its cavity by a fleshy protuberance, as shown in 
the engraving. Its yellow ground colour is finely specked and 
striped with bright red on its sunned side ; and its flesh white, 
tender, juicy, sweet, and possessing a fine spicy flavour. 
