Plate XXI. 
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8. LODGEMORE NONPAREIL. 
[Syn : Lodgemore Seedling ; Clissold’s Seedling. ] 
This Nonpareil was raised by Mr. Cook, of Lodgemore, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, 
about the year 1808. His garden was afterwards rented by Mr. Clissold, a nurseryman at Stroud, 
who propagated and sold it as a seedling of his own. 
Description. —Fruit: about medium size, two and a half inches wide and nearly two inches 
high ; roundish ovate and regular in outline. Skin : rich golden yellow when fully ripe, dotted 
with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye : slightly 
closed, with broad, flat, leafy segments, and set in a narrow basin. Stalk : a quarter of an inch 
long, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, and with a fine aroma. 
A dessert apple of great excellence, and one of the very best late sorts. It is in season 
from February to June or even July. 
The tree is hardy and bears freely. 
