Plate X. 
5. NELSON CODLIN. 
[_Syn : Nelson; Nelsons Codlin; Backhouses Nelson.~\ 
This much esteemed variety was first brought into notice by Mr. John Nelson, a noted 
Wesleyan preacher in the early days of Wesleyanism, who, while engaged in the work of 
evangelization in Yorkshire, used to distribute grafts among his friends ; from these circumstances 
it became known as the Nelson Apple. Mr. Hugh Ronalds, who received it from Mr. Backhouse, 
of York, published it in the Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis as Backhouse’s Lord Nelson, a name 
which the late Mr. James Backhouse disclaimed, and said he preferred that so excellent an apple 
should rather be the memorial of so excellent a man. 
Description. —Fruit, large and handsome, conical, or oblong. Skin, greenish yellow, strewed 
with russety specks on the shaded side, but when exposed to the sun, of a fine deep yellow, covered 
with rather large dark spots, which are encircled with a dark crimson ring. Eye, open, with short 
segments, set in a deep, plaited, and irregular basin. Stalk, about a quarter of an inch long, 
inserted in a very deep and angular cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, delicate, tender, juicy, and 
sugary. 
A very excellent apple; of first-rate quality as a culinary fruit, and also valuable for the 
dessert. It is in season from September to January. 
The tree is a strong, vigorous, and healthy grower, and bears abundantly. 
