PLATE XXXIX. 
2. SLEEPING BEAUTY. 
The origin of this Apple is nowhere given. It is extensively cultivated in Lincolnshire. 
Description. —Fruit: medium sized, roundish and somewhat flattened, slightly angular on the 
sides, and undulating round the eye ; in some specimens there is an inclination to an ovate or even 
conical shape, in which case the apex is narrow and even. Skin : pale straw coloured, smooth and 
shining, occasionally washed on one side with delicate lively red ; very thinly sprinkled with minute 
russety dots. Eye: large, somewhat resembling Trumpington , with broad flat and incurved 
segments, which dovetail, as it were, to each other, and set in a shallow, uneven and plaited basin. 
Stalk : from a quarter to half an inch long, slightly fleshy, inserted in a narrow, round and rather 
shallow cavity, which is tinged with green, and lined with a delicate pale brown russet. Flesh : 
yellowish white, crisp, tender and juicy, with a fine poignant and agreeably acid flavour. 
A most excellent and valuable apple for all culinary purposes, and especially for sauce. It is 
in season from November to the end of February. This Apple resembles Dumeloiv s Seedling very 
closely at first sight, and has much the same character, but it is nevertheless a perfectly distinct 
variety. 
The tree is very hardy and bears well in almost every situation. It grows freely and does 
best as a standard. 
