PLATE LXXII. 
favourite cider apple of Devonshire at the beginning of the present century. There was a celebrated 
orchard at Heathfield, near Milverton, from which it is said that the cider was supplied by a 
Rev. Mr. Cornish, for the Queens household, at £10 ios. the hogshead. “I find nothing 
extraordinary in it” says Mr. Stafford in his book on Cyder Making (1753), “ ’tis true it has a 
vinous pipinary golden flavour,” and so authorities differ. The analysis, however, proves its merit. 
The tree is very hardy, and bears well, but it has not been much cultivated of late years. 
