PLATE LXXIII. 
i. FROGMORE PROLIFIC. 
This variety was raised in the gardens at Frogmore (c. 1865) by the late Mr. Ingram, the 
head gardener. 
Description. —Fruit: large, roundish, tapering towards the eye, very regular in outline. 
Skin : smooth, of a pale, greenish yellow, slightly streaked, and shaded with crimson on the side 
next the sun. Eye : rather small and closed, in a deeply sunk regular basin. Stalk : long, slender, 
and very deeply inserted. Flesh : white, very tender, juicy, and sweet. 
A culinary apple of excellent flavour, “ one of the finest, which is sent into the Royal 
household.” It is in season from September to Christmas. 
The tree is hardy, and very prolific, in almost all seasons, “ one of the surest bearing and 
best of autumn cooking apples.” 
