Plate XVII. 
i. ECKLINVILLE SEEDLING. 
This Irish apple was raised at Ecklinville four miles from Portaferry, and eighteen miles from 
Belfast, by a Scotch gardener named Logan, some 60 years since. 
Description. —Fruit: large, roundish and flattened, even in its outline, but slightly angular 
round the eye. Skin : bright, rather deep lemon colour with a tinge of green, strewed but not thickly 
with large russet dots, and with a crimson blush on the side exposed to the sun. Eye : large with 
closed segments/deeply set in an angular basin. Stalk : half an inch long, slender, not protruding 
beyond the flat base of the fruit. Flesh : white, tender and full grained, with a brisk acidulous 
flavour. 
This is an excellent and handsome culinary apple, in season from October to Christmas. The 
tree has a good habit of growth and is a great bearer. It is an excellent variety for the market, 
and is now extensively grown in the three kingdoms. 
