PLATE LIX. 
i. NEWLAND SACK. 
The origin of this apple is uncertain. It is supposed to have sprung from a pip in the 
refuse heap of the cider mill at Newland Court, near Great Malvern, towards the end of last 
century. The farm was at that time occupied by Mr. Creswell, who discovered its merit, and 
grafted it freely. 
Description. —Fruit: above medium size, somewhat oval in shape, obtusely ribbed and 
uneven about the stalk and the eye. Skin : greenish yellow in the shade, when ripe ; slightly 
marked with russet, and with a more or less deep blush of red on the side next the sun, the whole 
surface strewed with dark russet dots. Eye : closed, set in an irregular basin. Tube : long, 
funnel-shaped ; stamens marginal. Stalk : about three-quarters of an inch long, deeply inserted in 
an uneven cavity. Flesh : tender, sweet, and of good flavour. Cells : wide open ; cell walls, 
oblong, obovate or elliptical. 
An excellent culinary apple, in season throughout the winter, and keeps well until May, 
without any tendency to decay, even when bruised. “ It is the best family apple known,” says Mr. 
Baron Webster. The smaller apples are sold as dessert fruit, and as they grow yellow in spring, 
are good eating apples. They are very attractive in appearance from their irregular shape and 
russety character. 
The tree is large and spreading. It is very hardy and crops well. 
The Newland Sack apple is much grown at Newland and in the adjoining parishes. It is 
the mainstay of Mr. Baron Webster’s fruit farm at Newland. He wishes “ that all his trees 
were of this variety, and buys all the fruit he can get, for it always gives satisfaction.” 
