PLATE XXXV. 
3. STRIPED BEEFING. 
[Syn : Striped Beaufind\ 
This noble Apple was found growing in 1794 in the garden of William Crow, Esq., at 
Lakenham, near Norwich, by Mr. George Lindley, who introduced it to notice. It does not seem 
to have been in general cultivation until 1847, since it was never mentioned in any of the Nursery 
Catalogues, nor was it in that of the London Horticultural Society. Dr. Hogg obtained grafts of 
it at this time, and propagated and distributed them through several of the principal nurseries of the 
kingdom, and thus caused it to be more generally known and cultivated. 
Description .—Fruit : of the largest size ; beautiful and handsome, roundish and somewhat 
depressed. Skin : bright lively green, almost entirely covered with broken streaks and patches of 
fine deep red, and thickly strewed with russety dots ; in some specimens the colour extends almost 
entirely round the fruit. Eye : large and open, like that of the Blenheim Orange , with short, erect 
ragged segments, set in a deep irregular and angular basin. Stalk : half an inch long, imbedded its 
whole length in the cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. 
One of the handsomest and best culinary apples. It is in season from October until May. 
The tree is hardy, an excellent bearer, and of large growth. 
