PLATE LXXIII. 
2. SMALL’S ADMIRABLE. 
This apple was raised by Mr. F. Small, Nurseryman, of Colnbrook, near Slough (c. 1850). 
Description .—Fruit : above medium size, roundish ovate and flattened, obtusely angular on 
the sides. Skin : of an uniform lemon yellow colour when ripe. Eye : small, closed, and set in a 
rather deep basin. Stalk: an inch long, slender. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp, sweet, and 
agreeably acid with a delicate perfume. 
An excellent kitchen and dessert apple, in season during November and December. The 
fruit bears a close ressemblance to the Stirling Castle apple. 
The tree has naturally a dwarf bushy habit. If grafted on the paradise stock, and grown as 
a dwarf bush, it comes easily into bearing, and bears very freely. It is ill adapted for pruning, for 
it bears chiefly at the ends of the young shoots, instead of on spurs. It is an excellent variety 
for cottage growth. 
