Plate XXI. 
4. GOLDEN KNOB. 
[Syn : Kentish Golden Knobi] 
The precise history of this variety is not recorded. It has been extensively cultivated in 
the Kentish orchards, says Mr. Lewis A. Kellick, where there are many trees, some 100 years old. 
It is figured by Ronalds, PI. xxxii. 
Description. —Fruit: below middle-size, roundish. Skin : pale green, becoming yellowish 
green as it attains maturity, much covered with russet; on the side next the sun it becomes yellow 
with an orange tinge. Eye : open generally, with long segments. Stalk : very short. Flesh : 
firm, with a brisk, juicy, sweet and pleasant flavour. 
A good late keeping dessert apple, in season from December to March. It is one of the 
most remunerative sent to the London market, and at Christmas will bring as good a price as the 
Ribston Pippin , the Golden Harvey , and other choice sorts. 
The tree is very hardy, grows to a very large size, with a drooping umbrageous character, 
and bears freely. It will succeed as a standard, but is well adapted on the paradise stock for dwarf 
growth as a pyramid or espalier. 
