PLATE LXXI. 
6. HAMBLEDON DEUX ANS. 
[Syn : Dusand ; Dew sum ; few sums 
This variety is supposed to have originated about the middle of last century (c. 1750), at 
Hambledon, a village in Hampshire, where there are several trees of great age now in existence. 
Description .—Fruit : large, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, 
rather broadest at the base. Skin : greenish yellow in the shade, and dull red, streaked with broad 
stripes of deeper and brighter red, on the side next the sun. Eye : small and closed, set in a rather 
shallow basin. Stalk : short, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh : greenish white, firm, crisp, not 
very juicy, but richly and briskly flavoured. 
One of the most valuable of culinary apples. It has a peculiar and distinct flavour not 
unworthy of the dessert table. It is in season from January, to May or June. It keeps excellently, 
and may be preserved with care for a couple of years as its name denotes. This is a very 
favorite apple with the Sheffield fruiterers, who purchase it readily in March, or April, at 5s. the 
14 lbs. 
The tree attains above the medium size. It is very hardy, and bears well. It flourishes in 
the more northerly districts of England. 
