PLATE LXV. 
i. SCARLET CROFTON. 
[Syn : Saul Applel\ 
An apple of Irish origin, but without any known history. It is a very old variety. 
Description. — Fruit: medium sized; oblate, slightly angular on the sides. Skin: covered 
with yellow russet, except on the side next the sun, where it is bright red with a mixture of russet. 
Eye : set in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk : short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh : 
firm, crisp, juicy, sugary and richly flavoured. 
A delicious dessert apple of first-rate quality. It is in season from October to December, or 
even in January, and does not become mealy. 
The tree is hardy and bears freely. It makes a good orchard tree, and its fruit sells well in 
the market. It forms a flat-headed tree, with long slender and pendulous shoots, at the extremities 
of which the fruit is chiefly produced. 
