Plate III. 
4. DEVONSHIRE QUARRENDEN. 
[Syn. : Quarrington; Red Quarrenden ; Sack Apple .] 
The Devonshire Quarrenden is supposed to be a very old variety, but there is no record of it 
previous to 1693, when it is mentioned by Ray. It seems to have been unknown to Switzer, 
Langley, and Miller; and, except by Mortimer, it is not noticed by any subsequent writer till within 
a very recent period. The only early catalogue in which it is mentioned is that of Miller and Sweet, 
of Bristol, in 1790. It does not seem to have been grown in any of the London nurseries until the 
beginning of the present century. 
Description .—Fruit ; rather below medium size, oblate and sometimes a little angular in its 
outline. Skin ; smooth and shining, entirely covered with deep purplish red, except where it is 
shaded by a leaf or twig, and then it is of a delicate pale green, presenting a clear and well-defined 
outline of the object which shades it. Eye ; quite closed with very long tomentose segments, and 
placed in an undulating and shallow basin, which is sometimes knobbed, and generally lined with thick 
tomentum. Stalk ; about three-quarters of an inch long, fleshy at the insertion, deeply set in a round 
funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh ; white tinged with green, crisp, brisk, and very juicy, with a rich 
vinous and refreshing flavour. 
A very valuable and first-rate dessert apple. It ripens on the tree in the first week of 
August, and lasts till the end of September. 
The tree attains a considerable size, is particularly hardy, and a most prolific bearer. It 
succeeds well in almost every soil and situation, and is admirably adapted for orchard planting. It 
grows in perfect health and luxuriance in almost every latitude of Great Britain, from Devonshire to 
the Moray Frith. Throughout Herefordshire the Devonshire Quarrenden is the pride of many a 
cottage garden, and the richly-coloured fruit which loads its boughs is a source of considerable 
profit to the good housewife. The fruit too is generally larger in size in Herefordshire than in its 
native county. 
