XXVIII. 
THE COWARNE RED. 
Though this Apple is greatly inferior to many of the older 
varieties, it has been, during the progressive decay of those, of 
much value to the Herefordshire Planters; for it has afforded 
very large and well formed trees, and an abundant produce 
of fruit. Its age cannot be accurately ascertained; but it 
does not occur in any old catalogue of fruit, and the growth, 
and vigour of the trees appear to indicate that scarcely more 
than a century has elapsed since it first sprang from seed. It 
is consequently still capable of being cultivated with success; 
but its merits are not nearly equal to those of several other 
varieties, which have recently been obtained from seed. 
The specific gravity of the juice of the Cowarne Red, which 
I obtained from different soils and situations, never exceeded 
106"9. The variety derives its name from that of the parish 
in which it was first cultivated. 
