Plate XVI. 
and aromatic. Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight found its specific gravity to be 1085, exceeding that of 
any other apple he had examined. The cider made from it has so much strength, as to give the 
apple its favorite local name of Brandy Apple. It must be confessed however that its richness and 
flavour are most commonly lost in the manufacture. When however in a good season, the sweetness 
and aroma are happily retained, the cider is as rich as it is potent, and tradition tells that it has 
not unfrequently been exchanged, bottle for bottle, for the best old port wine. 
The tree grows freely to a medium size with slender drooping branches, and is perfectly 
hardy; but it is rather fickle in bearing. On the paradise stock it is well adapted for dwarf training, 
forms a good espalier, and bears with more certainty. “ No garden, however small, should be 
without it ” says Lindley. 
The Golden Harvey has been figured in Knight’s “Pomona Herefordiensis” (1812,) PI. xxii.; 
in Ronalds’ “ Pyrus Mains Brentfordiensis (1836,) PI. xxiii. ; and in Lindley, “ Pomological 
Magazine ,” PI. 39. 
