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2. GOOSEBERRY APPLE. 
The origin of this Apple is not given in any of the leading pomological works. It is not the 
Gooseberry Apple of Ronalds, which is a small dessert apple. 
Description. —Fruit: above medium size, sometimes large, three and a half inches wide, and 
two inches and three-quarters high ; roundish, sometimes quite flattened, with obtuse ribs on the 
sides which extend to the crown, where they form flat ridges. Skin : deep, lively green, with a 
tinge of brownish red next the sun, and strewed with large grey dots. Eye : half open, not deeply 
sunk. Stalk : short, sometimes a mere knob. Flesh : greenish white, very tender, juicy and with 
a fine agreeable and subdued acidity. 
A very valuable late keeping culinary apple, which comes into use in November, and 
continues with common care “ till apples come again.” 
The tree is hardy and prolific. It is a very valuable apple for the Orchardist on account of 
its long keeping property. It is extensively cultivated in Kent and Sussex, and especially about 
Faversham and Sittingbourne, for the supply of the London market. 
