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8 THE APPLE. 
with red, and quality of the highest, one of the very best and most 
useful dessert apples. October to January. 
Sam Young. —Very highly flavoured, tender, and juicy; colour yel¬ 
lowish, with russet spots. November to February. 
Boston Russet. —;Eiesembling somewhat in general character, and also 
in flavour, the Eibston Pippin. January to April. 
Bulce of Devonshire. — Crisp, juicy, high-flavoured, medium size. 
February to May. 
Pearson’s Plate. —Bather small, but handsome, excellent dessert apple. 
December to March. 
Keddlestone Pippin. —Beautiful yellow or golden colour, specked with 
russet, flesh juicy and highly aromatic. A general favourite. 
Allen’s Everlasting. —A good deal like the Sturmer Pippin, and an 
equally useful and excellent variety; one of the best late dessert apples. 
May and June. 
Lord Burghley. —A flrst-rate dessert apple ; fruit medium-sized, golden 
yellow. In season from December to May. 
Those who have space for three dozen of dessert apples may add the 
following : 
Cornish Aromatic. — Medium size, rich, juicy, and excellent. In 
season December. - 
Mother Apple. —Bather tender, juicy, melting, and rich. October to 
November. 
.Ingestrie Red. —Very pretty bright red next the sun on a yellow 
ground, the flesh pale yellow, the flavour brisk and sparkling, like the 
Golden Pippin in quality. 
Ingestrie Yellow or Golden. —This is also a first-rate dessert apple, and 
is in season from the beginning of September to the end of November. 
y Court Pendu Plat. —Flesh yellow, flavour somewhat acid, a most 
useful late apple. In season from November to April. 
Dredge’s Fame. —A good-sized handsome dessert apple, greenish silver 
in colour, mottled with pale red next the sun; flavour highly aromatic, 
rich, and sugary. In season from December to March, and good for 
cooking as well as dessert. 
Lamh Abbey Pearmain. —A fine medium-sized apple; flesh yellowish 
green, crisp, juicy, and sweet. In season from December to April; one 
of the most useful late dessert apples. 
Early Nonpareil. —A most useful dessert apple, with all the good 
qualities of the Nonpareil. October to December. 
Winter Strawberry. —This is a most useful dessert apple of a pleasing 
colour, yellow striped with red, of medium size, and a most pleasant 
brisk aromatic flavour. In season from November to March. 
