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THE OLD QUINING. 
Many varieties of apples have been classed together 
under the name of Quining, in Herefordshire; it is a kind of 
generic name, including many species, all of which are dis¬ 
tinguished by their angular shape, and generally by a very 
strong aromatic smell, and flavour. The apple which is de¬ 
lineated in the annexed plate possesses great excellence for 
the dessert, when first gathered from the tree; and it was 
highly estimated by the planters of the 17th century, as a 
cider apple : but it is now in the last stage of decay: and 
like the Redstreak and Golden Pippin, has survived its 
good qualities for the press. This apple appears in some 
old Catalogues under the name of Queening ; but it is always 
called Quining, and I believe the name rather to have been 
derived from Coin, an angle, than from Queen; and it is 
not improbably an imported variety. The specific gravity 
of its expressed juice is about 1073. 
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