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PLATE XXXV. 
1. ALFRISTON. 
(A variety of the Newtown Pippin). An apple of large dimensions, oval shape, with 
some slightly projecting ribs ; pea-green colour, embroidered with a little russet. This 
is a firm useful apple, well-flavoured, and bakes well. In use in January and February. 
2. EMPEROR ALEXANDER. 
A magnificent Russian apple, imported from Riga by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 
1817, (see a description and figure in the Horticultural Society’s Transactions, vol. ii. 
p. 407,) and presented to me about the same time by Mr. Padley, of Hampton Court, 
under the name of Kiefs Koy. The fruit is frequently twelve to fifteen inches in cir¬ 
cumference at the base, of a conical figure; the eye is considerably sunk in a small 
cavity, and surrounded by several prominences ; straw-coloured, enriched with much 
scarlet striping; the stalk slender and very deeply inserted. This is perhaps the most 
elegant apple in the collection. The fruit is sweet and juicy, but not compact and 
firm in texture. Its season, October till Christmas. 
The tree grows large and broad, and bears moderately well: the leaves change in 
the autumn to a fine red hue. 
