PLATE LXVII. 
i. BARCHARD’S SEEDLING. 
This apple was raised by Mr. M. Higgs, gardener to J. H. Barchard, Esq., Putney Heath, 
Surrey (c. 1830); and a first-class certificate was awarded to it at the Horticultural Society in 
October, 1873. 
A woodcut drawing of this apple is given in the “ Florist and Pomologist,” for 1874. 
Description. —Fruit: below medium size, roundish ovate, with broad obtuse angles on the 
sides, terminating in knobs round the crown. Skin : lemon yellow, striped with crimson on the side 
next the sun. Eye : open. Stalk : half an inch long, slender. Flesh : yellowish white, firm, crisp, 
sweet, with a fine brisk subacid flavour like that of Manx Codlin. 
A culinary or dessert apple, ripe in October. The brilliant colour of the fruit renders it very 
attractive in the market, and on the dessert table, but it is most esteemed as a culinary fruit. 
The trees, as standards, assume naturally without pruning, a neat roundheaded form. The 
stems and shoots are remarkably smooth. They make excellent orchard trees, and are even very 
ornamental on lawns, from the deep red colour of the blossom, and the brilliant fruit. It is growing 
much into favour with market gardeners. 
