LIST OF OTHER CIDER APPLES. 
Claret-Wine Apple.— A deep purple tinted apple, 
the chief merit of which is its colour. 
Coleing. — “ Grown about Ludlow ” says Evelyn, but 
it is very little heard of in these days. 
Cook’s Kernel.—A favourite apple in some districts 
of Herefordshire. It is above medium size, second 
early, or late. The tree grows large and bears well. It 
is an excellent variety, and is said to make “ the fullest 
mouth cider of any kind.” 
Corn Apple, or Harvest Apple.— An early, red 
striped, conical apple, which makes a pleasant drink for 
hop-pickers. It has a sweet rough taste, and usually 
finds its way into the costermongers’ carts. Its cider 
is only nice when drank as soon as made. 
Darbin Red Streak. —A Somersetshire red streak 
much esteemed for its cider. 
Dean’s Apple. — A Devonshire apple of large size, 
which belongs rather to the table than to the cider press. 
Devonshire Red Streak. — An apple of middle 
size, good for cider, or pot fruit. It is much grown in 
Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, and about Ledbury. 
The tree has a drooping habit and bears well every or 
every other year. Its fruit is mid season and makes 
good cider. 
Devonshire Royal Wilding, sometimes called the 
Red Hill Crab, from the hill on the highway on which 
the original tree grows. This variety is mentioned with 
the highest praise, by Mr. Hugh Stafford of Pynes 
(1753). He denotes it as a wilding growing in “a little 
gillet of gardening ” on the highway side, one mile from 
the City of Exeter, on the border of the parish of St. 
Thomas —“Sixteen years since” (i.e. 1737);“it was grafted 
very much by the Rev. Robert Woolcombe, Rector of 
Whitestone, the adjoining parish.” Mr. Stafford was per¬ 
sonally acquainted with Mr. Woolcombe, and learnt all 
the particulars from him. Mr. Woolcombe thought it 
so superior to all other apples, that he gave it the name 
of Royal Wilding. The cyder has great roughness and 
• body. “ I will venture to affirm ” says Mr. Stafford “ that 
I have never tasted any cider equal to it (not all the 
genuine Hereford I ever drank), that of the tvine-sour 
only excepted.” He has known “ five guineas refused 
for a hogshead of its cyder, whilst common cyder sells 
for twenty shillings and South Hams from twenty to 
thirty.” When cooked, Mr. Stafford adds “it has some¬ 
thing of the rough flavour of the Quince.” The Devon¬ 
shire Royal Wilding exhibited at the Herefordshire 
Apple Shows, was a large table fruit, without the quali¬ 
ties denoted by Mr. Stafford; and the Committee tried 
in vain to procure the true variety from Devonshire. 
Dufflin. —An old Devonshire apple, formerly much 
esteemed. It is doubtful if the true variety is now to 
be found. 
Dunn’s Beloved. —A pretty, attractive apple. The 
tree bears freely. It is a good cask filler, but its juice 
is light in density, and its cider is difficult to fine. It 
quickly turns dark colour on exposure to air. The 
fruit keeps well, and should be sold as pot fruit in the 
early spring. 
Essex Kernel. —A very good, late cider apple. It 
is lemon shaped and yellow, streaked with red. It is 
rough and russety round the eye and stalk. The tree 
is large and bears well, and the fruit makes excellent 
cider of a deep yellow colour. 
Excels. —A pale, red streaked, second early apple. 
The tree is small in size but crops well. 
Farmer Hearland.— A Somersetshire apple of 
large size, and yellow colour. The tree is upright in 
growth, and bears fruit that keeps well, and is said 
to make good cider. 
Fawkes Kernel.— An apple above middle size, with 
a broad base and irregular sides. The eye is deeply 
sunk. The skin is thick, of a pale yellow colour, 
becoming orange on the sunny side, and with numerous 
small dark spots scattered over the surface. The fruit 
yields a cider of high quality, and sells readily also for 
kitchen purposes. The trees grow freely to a large size 
and crop well. It is a valuable variety, much grown 
about Dymock, Ledbury, and elsewhere. 
Fillets, or Violets, Summer and Winter.— 
Apples formerly in good repute as mentioned by 
Evelyn. They are but little esteemed now, and it is 
doubtful if the varieties shewn for them are true. 
Hatcher.— A Gloucestershire apple, green and 
russety, with red streaks on the sunny side. The tree 
is middle sized and bears abundantly. It is a late 
variety. 
Friar. — A very old variety, formerly much esteemed. 
It is mentioned by Evelyn, and figured by Mr. Thos. 
Andrew Knight, who found the specific gravity of its 
juice to be ro73. It has disappeared of late years, and 
was not exhibited in its true character. 
Fox Kernel. —A middle sized, high coloured apple, 
ovate in shape, with angular sides. The tree bears its 
beautiful fruit very freely, and thus it has kept its 
place in the Herefordshire orchards. It should however, 
be sold in the market, for it has but a poor character 
as cider fruit. 
