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No 168

Metoisee French Crab (Red)

E. 34.

This apple is good for baking; and makes
a pretty good show on the table. It 
keeps the longest of any apple in England,
being in eating from April to Christmass.
(Forsyth pa. 40.)

It is a middling sized apple of an oblong form, red,
with blotches of a dark red mingling with yellow, and diminishing towards
the blossom end with small yellow spots.
(resembling a Spittzbergen) a remarkably short stem, (this description
taken from an apple produced from an imported
tree in my garden. Feb 12. 1808). The flesh rich juicy
and well flavored. The tree is handsome, of a strong
growth and very regular. The foliage dark and luxuriant.
It is a very valuable apple <s>both</s> for its appearance
its taste and fitness for keeping.

1815   [sketch of apple] 
        