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PLATE XXXVIIL 
1. SYIiE-HOUSE RUSSET. 
A Yorkshire apple, rather flat in form, a little under the medium size; the eye is 
placed in a wide cavity; the colour yellowish, with a good deal of light brown russet; 
the flesh firm, and richly flavoured. This is a very excellent dessert apple from No¬ 
vember till February. 
The tree is of spreading growth and hears well. Flowers, pink and white. 
2. DELAWARE, or TRUMPINGTON. 
Received from Mr. Padley at the Royal Gardens, Hampton Court, about the year 
1819, under the name Delaware, as from America; hut is also grown about Cambridge, 
and has the name Trumpington Apple. It is of medium size and flat form, has five 
prominences round the eye, which is seated in a broad cavity. It is of a rich golden 
colour, blotched with deep red, and has a very unique and striking appearance on the 
tree when ripe. The flesh is firm, rich, and highly flavoured: this is a very desirable 
apple for the dessert from October till Christmas. The tree grows diffusely and hears 
well. 
The blossoms are white, with lilac. 
3. RUSSIAN TRANSPARENT. 
Cultivated at Spring Grove, by the late Sir Joseph Banks. It is a large handsome 
apple, of a globular shape; the eye small and encompassed with five ribs; the stalk 
slender, and deeply inserted; the colour golden yellow, faced with a flush of rose 
colour, and speckled with darkish points. The fruit is not so transparent here as it 
is said to be in Russia: it has a sweet and rather peculiar flavour, and is a good 
sauce apple in November and December. The tree grows large and broad, but is not 
a great bearer, at least while young. It is very free from canker. 
4. THE KING OF PIPPINS. 
Is of middle size and oblong shape, the eye a good deal depressed, of a clear golden 
yellow colour, with a flush of fine red, a little striped on the exposed side. The fruit 
is rich and juicy, equally adapted to the table or kitchen use : this is a first-rate sort, 
which no garden should he without. It is of upright growth, and bears well, but 
like other superior kinds is rather apt to blight in unfavourable seasons. 
