Plate XVII. 
5. HANWELL SOURING. 
This apple is said to have been raised at Hanwell, near Banbury, in Oxfordshire, and named 
from its strong acidity. It is figured in Ronalds’ “ Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis ,” PI. xxx. 
Description .—Fruit : above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and three quarters 
high ; roundish-ovate, angular or somewhat five sided, and narrow towards the eye. Skin : greenish 
yellow, and sprinkled with large russety dots, which are largest about the base, and with a faint blush 
of red next the sun. Eye: closed, set in a deep, narrow, and angular basin, which is lined with 
russet. Stalk : very short, inserted in an even funnel-shaped cavity, from which issue ramifications 
of russet. Flesh : white, firm, crisp, with a brisk and poignant acid flavour. 
A culinary apple of first-rate quality, and very distinct character. It deserves general 
cultivation. It is in season from December to March, or April, and from the strong acidity it 
possesses it retains its flavour better than any other late keeping variety. The tree is vigorous in 
growth but a little uncertain in bearing. It makes an excellent pyramid tree. 
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