Plate XXIII. 
2. GOLDEN NOBLE. 
[Syn : Edelapfel gelberl\ 
The origin of this apple is not known. It was first brought into notice by Sir Thomas 
Harr, of Stow Hall, Norfolk. His gardener procured it from a tree, supposed to be the original, 
in an old orchard at Downham, and communicated it to the Horticultural Society of London in 
1820. It is probably therefore an old variety. 
Description .—Fruit: handsome, large, round, and slightly narrowing towards the eye. 
Skin : smooth, clear bright yellow, without any blush of red, but a few small reddish spots, and 
here and there a small patch of thin russet. Eye : small, set in a round and deep basin, surrounded 
with plaits. Stalk : short, with a fleshy growth on one side of it, which connects it with the fruit. 
Flesh : yellow, tender, with a pleasant acid juice, perfectly melting, with a rich acidity, and baking 
of a clear amber colour. 
A very attractive and valuable apple, in season from the end of September to the middle of 
December, and the best in its season. 
The tree grows freely and bears abundantly. It should be grown much more generally than 
it is, as well for its own great merits as for its marketable qualities. 
