PLATE LIX. 
4. IRISH REINETTE. 
This apple is much cultivated about Lancaster and in the county of Westmoreland, where it 
is highly esteemed. Its history seems lost. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, by two inches and 
a half high ; oblong, somewhat five-sided, with five ribs which extend from the base to the apex, 
when they run into the eye, forming five prominent ridges. Skin : yellowish green, strewed with 
minute russety dots on the shaded side, but dull brownish red on the side exposed to the sun, and 
almost entirely covered with large patches of dull leaden-coloured russet. Eye : small and closed, 
placed in a ribbed and plaited basin. Stalk : short, inserted in a round, deep and even cavity. 
Flesh : greenish yellow, firm, crisp and very juicy, with a brisk and poignant acid flavour. 
A valuable culinary apple, in season from November to February, and even longer if well 
kept. 
The tree is hardy and vigorous, and bears fairly well. 
