Plate VI. 
i. KESWICK CODLIN. 
This excellent apple was first discovered growing amongst a quantity of rubbish behind a 
wall at Gleaston Castle, near Ulverstone, and was first brought into notice by one John Sander, a 
nurseryman at Keswick, who, having propagated it, sent it out under the name of Keswick Codlin. 
Description. —Fruit; above medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and the same 
in height; conical angular in its outline, the angles on its sides running to the crown, where they 
form rather acute ridges round the eye. Skin ; rather pale yellow on the shaded side, but deeper 
yellow with an orange or blush tinge on the side next the sun. Eye; closed with long narrow 
segments, and set in a pretty deep and rather puckered basin. Stalk ; about a quarter of an inch 
long, downy, inserted in a deep cavity, which is marked with russet. Flesh ; pale yellowish white, 
very juicy, tender and soft, with a brisk and pleasant flavour, but becomes mealy after being kept 
for a month. 
One of the most valuable of our early culinary apples, It may be used for tarts so early as 
the end of June, but it is in perfection during August and September. 
In the Memoirs of the Caledonian Florticultural Society, Sir John Sinclair says: “The 
Keswick Codlin tree has never failed to bear a crop since it was planted in the episcopal garden at 
Rose Castle, Carlisle, twenty years ago (1813). It is an apple of fine tartness and flavour, and may 
be used early in Autumn. The tree is a very copious bearer, and the fruit is of good size, 
considerably larger than the Carlisle Codlin. It flourishes best in a strong soil.” 
