PLATE XXXV. 
i. COLLEGE APPLE. 
Nothing definite is known with reference to the origin of this Apple. It was imported into 
Herefordshire by the late Mr. W. H. Apperley, of Withington (c. 1820-30), who obtained the 
grafts, with some others, from Somersetshire. This specific name is believed to have been given to 
it in Herefordshire. 
Description. —Fruit: about three inches high, and two and three-quarters wide, conical, or 
pearmain shaped, even and regular in its outline, resembling an obtuse Adams Pearmain in figure. 
Skin : smooth and shining, streaked all over with bright crimson on a golden yellow ground, and with 
patches of brown russet on the base surrounding the stalk. Eye : small, set in a narrow shallow 
basin, surrounded with ridges; segments convergent, with divergent tips ; tube, funnel shaped ; 
stamens, marginal. Stalk : a fleshy knob, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a very 
shallow and narrow cavity. Flesh : yellowish, soft, and briskly acid. Cells of the core closed. 
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This Apple is very attractive in appearance, and sells well in the market. It cooks well and 
keeps until Christmas or longer with proper care. 
The tree is healthy and strong. It bears well, and has been gradually spreading through 
Herefordshire, from its centre at Withington Court. 
