Plate XII. 
4. BEAUTY OF KENT. 
The origin of this handsome apple is not known. It is first noticed by Forsyth in his 
Treatise on Fruit Trees , but it is not mentioned in any of the nurserymen’s catalogues, either of the 
last or the early part of the present century. It was introduced to the Brompton Park Nursery 
about the year 1820, and is now very widely cultivated throughout the country. It is probably the 
Rambour Franc of the French pomologists. A very good representation of it is given in Ronalds’ 
Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis , plate xv, fig. 1. 
Description. —Fruit, large, roundish ovate, broad and flattened at the base, and narrowing 
towards the apex, where it is terminated by several prominent angles. Skin, deep yellow, slightly 
tinned with green, and marked with faint patches of red on the shaded side, but entirely covered 
with deep red, except when there are a few patches of deep yellow on the side next the sun. Eye, 
small and closed, with short segments, and set in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, short, inserted 
in a wide and deep cavity, which, with the base, is entirely covered with rough brown russet. Flesh, 
yellowish, tender, and juicy, with a pleasant subacid flavour. 
A valuable and well-known culinary apple, in season from October to February. When 
well grown it is perhaps the most magnificent apple in cultivation. Downing says of it in America, 
“ The fruit in this climate is one of the most magnificent of all apples, frequently measuring sixteen 
or eighteen inches in circumference.” 
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower. It is better adapted as a standard, than as an 
espalier or pyramid. It attains a large size, forms a very handsome tree, and bears freely. It is 
one of the most popular winter apples for culinary purposes, and one of the most desirable and 
useful either for a small garden or for more extended cultivation. It has a tendency to canker if 
not in congenial soil 
