Chapter VIII: Section II: Sphæroidea.--Spherical Apples (6)

Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and two inches and a quarter high; oblate, and ribbed on the sides. Skin, smooth and shining, greenish-yellow, marked with a number of imbedded dark-green specks; washed with red on the side next the sun, and with a circle of red rays round the base. Eye, partially closed, with broad and flat segments; set in an angular and plaited basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a round and rather deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet, brisk, and pleasantly aromatic.

An excellent culinary or dessert apple, highly esteemed about Lancaster, where it is much grown; it is in use from October to Christmas.

The habit of the tree is drooping, like that of the Weeping Willow.

204. LADY’S FINGER.--Fors.

IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 111.

Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three quarters high; pyramidal, rounded at the base, distinctly five sided, flattened at the apex, where it is terminated in five prominent knobs, with a smaller one between each. Skin, smooth, dull greenish-yellow, strewed with minute, grey russety dots; tinged on the side next the sun with a dull blush, which is interspersed with spots of deep lively red. Eye, small and partially closed, set in a small and regularly notched basin. Stalk, slender, short, and obliquely inserted under a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, and pleasantly acid.

A culinary apple much grown about Lancaster; it is in use from November, to March or April.

This is a very different apple from the _White Paradise_, which is sometimes called “The Lady’s Finger.”

205. LAMB ABBEY PEARMAIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. v. p. 269. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 2, 549. Lind. Guide, 74. Diel Kernobst. vi. B. 84.

SYNONYME.--Laneb Abbey Pearmain, _McInt. Orch._ 24.

FIGURES.--Hort. Trans. vol. v. t. 10, f. 2. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxi. f. 2.

Fruit, small; roundish or oblato-oblong, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth greenish-yellow on the shaded side, but becoming clear yellow when at maturity; on the side next the sun it is dull orange, streaked and striped with red, which becomes more faint as it extends to the shaded side, and dotted all over with minute, punctured, russety dots. Eye, rather large, and open, with long, broad segments, reflexed at the tips, and set in a wide, deep and plaited basin. Stalk, from a quarter to half-an-inch long, slender, deeply inserted in a russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk, and rich vinous flavor.

A dessert apple of first-rate quality, and very valuable, both as regards the richness of its flavor, and the long period to which it remains in perfection; it is in use from January, and keeps till April without shrivelling.

The tree is healthy, a free grower, and good bearer.

This variety was raised in the year 1804, by the wife of Neil Malcolm Esq. of Lamb Abbey, near Dartford in Kent, from the pip of an imported fruit of the Newtown Pippin.

206. LARGE YELLOW BOUGH.--Down.

IDENTIFICATION.--Down. Fr. Amer. 74.

SYNONYMES.--Large Early Yellow Bough, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. Sweet Bough, _acc. Kenrick_. Early Bough, _Ken. Amer. Or._ 26. Bough, _Coxe, View_, 101. Sweet Harvest, _acc. Down._

Fruit, above medium size; oblong oval, handsomely and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, pale greenish-yellow. Eye, set in a narrow and deep basin. Stalk, rather long. Flesh, white, very tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a rich, sweet, sprightly flavor.

A dessert apple of first-rate quality. Ripe in the beginning of August. The tree is a vigorous and luxuriant grower, and a good bearer.

207. LEMON PIPPIN.--Fors.

IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 112. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 406. Lind. Guide, 75. Down. Fr. Amer. 115. Rog. Fr. Cult, 81.

SYNONYMES.--Kirke’s Lemon Pippin, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 551. Quince, _Rog. Fr. Cult._ 66. Englischer Winterquittenapfel, _Diel Kernobst._ ii. B. 21.

FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 37. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. ix. f. 4.

Fruit, medium sized; oval, with a large fleshy elongation covering the stalk, which gives it the form of a lemon. Skin, pale yellow tinged with green, changing to a lemon yellow as it attains maturity, strewed with russety freckles, and patches of thin delicate russet. Eye, small, and partially open, with short segments, and set in an irregular basin, which is frequently higher on one side than the other. Stalk, short, entirely covered with a fleshy elongation of the fruit. Flesh, firm, crisp, and briskly flavored.

A very good apple, either for culinary or dessert use; it is in season from October to April, and is perhaps the most characteristic apple we have, being sometimes so much like a lemon, as at first sight to be taken for that fruit. Forsyth says it is excellent for drying.

The tree does not attain a large size; but is healthy, hardy, and a good bearer.

It is uncertain at what period the Lemon Pippin was first brought into notice. Rogers calls it the “Quince Apple,” and, if it is what has always been known under that name, it must be of considerable antiquity, being mentioned by Rea, Worlidge, Ray, and almost all the early writers; but the first instance wherein we find it called Lemon Pippin, is in Ellis’s “Modern Husbandman” 1744, where he says it is “esteemed so good an apple for all uses, that many plant this tree preferable to all others.”

208. LEWIS’S INCOMPARABLE.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 356. Ron. Pyr. Mal. 59.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxx. f 2.

Fruit, large, three inches wide and two inches and three quarters high; conical, broad at the base and narrow at the apex, which is generally higher on one side than the other. Skin, deep lively red, streaked with crimson on the side next the sun; but yellow, faintly streaked with light red on the shaded side, and strewed with numerous minute russety dots. Eye, small and open, with broad, and slightly connivent segments, set in a rather narrow, and somewhat angular basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a wide, and deep cavity, which is lined with thin grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a brisk and slightly perfumed flavor.

A useful apple either for culinary purposes or the dessert but only of second-rate quality; it is in use from December to February.

The tree attains the largest size, is strong, vigorous, and an abundant bearer.

209. LINCOLNSHIRE HOLLAND PIPPIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, 409.

SYNONYME.--Striped Holland Pippin. _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 1075. _Lind. Guide_, 23.

FIGURES.--Brook. Pom. Brit. pl. xc. f. 1. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xiv. f. 4.

Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a half wide, and three inches and a quarter high; roundish, inclining to ovate, and somewhat angular on the sides. Skin, yellow on the shaded side; but orange, streaked with crimson, on the side next the sun, and studded all over with numerous imbedded green specks. Eye, small, set in a rather deep basin. Stalk short, inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, white and pleasantly sub-acid.

A very pretty, but very useless apple, fit only for kitchen use, and then only of second-rate quality; it is in season from November to February.

210. LOAN’S PEARMAIN.--Ray.

IDENTIFICATION.--Raii. Hist. ii. 1448. Lang. Pom. 134. t. lxxvi. f. 2. Switz. Fr. Gard. 138. Mill. Dict. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 550.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxii. f. 3.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; abrupt pearmain-shaped. Skin, greenish-yellow, with a few faint streaks of red, and strewed with numerous large russety dots on the shaded side; but deep orange mottled and streaked with crimson, and covered with patches of thin grey russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with reflexed segments, set in a wide, even, and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a rather shallow cavity, with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, greenish-white, tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a sugary and pleasant flavor.

An excellent old dessert apple; in use from November to February.

This is a very old variety. It is first mentioned by Ray, but is not enumerated in Meager’s list.

211. LONDON PIPPIN.--Lind.

IDENTIFICATION.--Lind. in Hort. Trans. vol. iv. p. 67. Fors. Treat. ed. 7, 112. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 410. Rog. Fr. Cult. 93.

SYNONYMES.--Five-Crowned Pippin, _Fors. Treat._ ed. 3. 99. Royal Somerset, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 971. New London Pippin, _Ibid._ 562.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xiv. f. 2.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish, and flattened, with a few ribs on the sides which increase in size towards the crown where they terminate in five prominent and equal ridges, from which circumstance it has been called the Five-Crowned Pippin. Skin, at first pale yellowish-green, changing to pale yellow or lemon color, with brownish-red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a rather shallow basin. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, crisp, tender, and juicy, with a brisk and pleasant flavor.

An excellent culinary apple, and serviceable also for the dessert; it is in use from November to April, when it is perfectly sound and shows no symptoms of shrivelling.

The tree attains about the middle size, is not a strong grower, but quite hardy, and an excellent bearer.

Although there is no record of this variety in the writings of any pomological author before Mr. Lindley, it is nevertheless a very old English apple. In an ancient note-book of an ancestor of Sir John Trevelyan, Bart., of Nettlecombe, in Somersetshire, so early as 1580, the “Lounden Peppen” is mentioned among the “names of Apelles which I had their graffes from Brentmarch, from one Mr. Pace.” From this we may learn, that we are not to take for granted the non-existence of any variety, simply because there is no notice of it, previous to the period when it may have been first recorded, in works on pomology.

212. LONG NOSE.--H.

Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half high, and about the same in width at the base; conical, with prominent angles on the sides. Skin, smooth and shining, grass green, changing to greenish yellow, with a cloud of bright red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, fleshy at the insertion, sometimes with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it, and inserted in a narrow, shallow, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp, and tender, with a slightly sweet but rather indifferent flavor.

An apple of little merit, being of no value either for culinary purposes or the dessert; it is in season from October to December, and is met with in the Berkshire Orchards.

213. LONGSTART. H.

SYNONYME.--Westmoreland Longstart.

Fruit, medium sized; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, somewhat like the old Nonpareil in shape. Skin, almost entirely covered with red, which is streaked with deeper red; except on the shaded side where there is a patch of greenish-yellow, tinged with thin red. Eye, partially open, with broad, flat segments, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, white, crisp, tender, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor.

A very excellent culinary apple; comes into use during October, and lasts till Christmas.

This variety is much grown about Lancaster, and some parts of Westmoreland, where it is a great favorite among the cottagers.

214. LONGVILLE’S KERNEL.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 411. Lind. Guide, 32. Down. Fr. Amer. 90.

SYNONYME.--Sam’s Crab, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 1021.

FIGURE.--Pom Mag. t. 63.

Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; ovate, slightly angular, but handsomely shaped. Skin, greenish-yellow, tinged with red, and streaked with dark red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, with short erect segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellow, firm, sweet, slightly acid, and with a perfumed flavor.

A dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality; in use during August and September.

According to Mr. Lindley “It is said that this apple was originated in Herefordshire, where it is at present but little known: it is very handsome, and of considerable merit.”

215. LUCOMBE’S PINE-APPLE.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 585.

SYNONYMES--Pine Apple, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 789. Pine Apple Pippin, _Ibid._ 790.

FIGURE.--Maund. Fruit, 49.

Fruit, rather below medium size; ovate or conical, slightly and obscurely ribbed about the eye. Skin, of an uniform, clear, pale, yellow, but with an orange tinge on the side next the sun, the whole surface thinly strewed with pale-brown russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with somewhat ovate segments, set in a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, stout, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender and delicate, juicy and sugary, with a rich aromatic flavor, resembling that of a pine apple.

A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from the beginning of October to Christmas.

This desirable apple was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter, and is well worthy of general cultivation.

216. LUCOMBE’S SEEDLING.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 416. Lind. Guide, 52. Rog. Fr. Cult. 49.

FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 109. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xiv. f. 3.

Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish, and angular. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, strewed with dark dots, and imbedded green specks on the shaded side; but bright red, which is streaked with crimson, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in an angular and plaited basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and pleasantly flavored.

A culinary apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to February.

The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attains a large size, and is an excellent and early bearer.

This variety as well as the preceeding was raised in the Exeter nursery.

217. MADELEINE.--Calvel.

IDENTIFICATION.--Calvel. Traité. iii. 24.

SYNONYMES.--Margaret, _Mill. Dict._ Summer Pippin, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3.

Fruit, rather below medium size; roundish. Skin, yellowish-white, with numerous imbedded pearly specks, with an orange tinge next the sun, and sometimes marked with faint streaks of red. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow basin, and surrounded with several unequal plaits. Stalk, short and slender, not extending beyond the base, and inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, very crisp and tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored.

An early dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality; ripe in the middle and end of August.

The tree is a free grower, and is readily distinguished by the excessive pubescence of its leaves and shoots.

Mr. Lindley in the “Guide to the Orchard” considers this variety as identical with the Margaret of Ray, which is a mistake. It is no doubt the Margaret of Miller, but certainly not of any English author either preceeding, or subsequent to him. It is to be observed that the lists of fruits given by Miller in his Dictionary are chiefly taken from the works of the French pomologists, while the fruits of his own country are almost wholly neglected; and the only reason I can assign for him describing this variety for the Margaret is, because our own Margaret being by some authors called the _Magdalene_, he might have thought the two synonymous.--See Margaret.

218. MAIDEN’S BLUSH.--Coxe.

IDENTIFICATION.--Coxe, View, 106. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 420. Fors. Treat. 213. Down. Fr. Amer. 90.

Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish and flattened. Skin, of a fine, rich, pale-yellow color, tinged with a blush of beautiful red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, pretty large and closed, set in a round, even, and rather deep basin, Stalk, short, inserted in a deep, and round cavity. Flesh, white, tender, brisk, and pleasantly acid.

A very beautiful culinary apple, but not of first-rate quality. It is in use during September and October.

The tree is a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer.

This variety is of American origin. It is highly esteemed in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia, and considered one of the best culinary apples in America; it is also much used for drying, for which purpose it is considered the best. It is not however held in great repute in this country, its size and color being its chief recommendation.

219. MANKS CODLIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. 161. Lind. Guide, 32. Rog. Fr. Cult. 66.

SYNONYMES.--Irish Pitcher, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. Irish Codlin, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 178. Eve, _in Scotland_. Frith Pippin, _acc. Lind. Guide_.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. iii. f. 1.

Fruit, large; conical, and slightly angular. Skin, smooth, greenish-yellow at first, but changing as it ripens to clear pale-yellow, tinged with rich orange-red on the side next the sun; but sometimes, when fully exposed, assuming a clear bright-red cheek. Eye, small and closed, set in a small, plaited, and pretty deep basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, more or less fleshy, sometimes straight, but generally obliquely inserted, and occasionally united to the fruit by a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, brisk, juicy and slightly perfumed.

A very valuable early culinary apple, of first-rate quality. It is ripe in the beginning of August, and continues in use till November.

The tree is very hardy, and healthy, but not a large grower. It is a very early and abundant bearer, young trees in the nursery quarters generally producing a considerable quantity of fruit, when only two years old from the grafts. It is well suited for planting in exposed situations, and succeeds well in shallow soils. It forms a beautiful little tree when grafted on the paradise stock, and is well adapted for espalier training.

220. MANNINGTON’S PEARMAIN.--H.

Fruit, medium sized; abrupt pearmain-shaped. Skin, of a rich golden-yellow color, covered with thin brown russet, on the shaded side; but covered with dull brownish-red, on the side next the sun. Eye, partially closed, with broad flat segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted in a moderately deep cavity, with generally a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, and very sugary; with a brisk and particularly rich flavor.

This is one of the best and richest flavored of our dessert apples. It is only of recent introduction; but will no doubt, ere long, prove one of the most popular, as it is one of the most valuable varieties in its class; not only on account of its excellence, but for the long period during which it is in perfection; it comes into use in October and November, and continues in good condition till March.

A communication of some importance has been forwarded to me by Mr. Cameron of Uckfield, by whom this variety was first propagated. He says the fruit should be allowed to hang late on the tree before it is gathered, so as to secure its peculiar richness of flavor, and long period of duration; for if gathered too soon, it looses much of its fine richness and is very apt to shrivel.

The tree does not attain a large size, but is perfectly hardy, and an early and excellent bearer; young trees, only two or three years from the graft, producing a considerable crop of handsome, well-grown fruit.

This esteemed variety originated about the year 1770, in a garden now in the possession of Mr. Mannington, a respectable butcher at Uckfield in Sussex. At the time it was raised the garden belonged to Mr. Turley, a blacksmith, and grandfather of Mr. Mannington. The original tree grew up at the root of a hedge, where the refuse from a cider press had been thrown; it never attained any great size, but continued to preserve a stunted, and diminutive habit of growth, till it died about the year 1820. Previous to this, however, grafts had been freely distributed to persons in the neighbourhood, many of whom were anxious to possess such a desideratum; but it does not seem to have been known beyond its own locality, till the autumn of 1847, when Mr. Mannington caused specimens of the fruit to be forwarded to the London Horticultural Society, and by whom it was pronounced to be a dessert fruit of the highest excellence. It was designated by Mr. Thompson “Mannington’s Pearmain.”

221. MARGARET.--Rea.

IDENTIFICATION.--Rea. Pom. 209. Raii. Hist. ii. 1447. Lang. Pom. 134, t. lxxiv. fig. 1. Rog. Fr. Cult. 30. Fors. Treat. 114.

SYNONYMES.--Early Red Margaret, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, n. 425. _Lind. Guide_, 8. _Down. Fr. Amer._ 73. Early Red Juneating, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 504. Red Juneating, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Striped Juneating, _Ibid._ ed. 1, 506. Early Striped Juneating, _Ibid._ Striped Quarrenden, _Ibid_, ed. 1, 823. Summer Traveller, _Ibid_, 1083. Eve Apple, _In Ireland, acc. Robertson in Hort. Trans._ iii. 452. Early Margaret, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Marget-Apple, _Meager. Eng. Gard._ Maudlin, _Switz. Fr. Gard._ 135. Magdalene, _Gibs. Fr. Gard._ 352. Marguerite, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Lammas, _acc. Fors. Treat._

FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 46. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. vi. f. 1.

Fruit, medium sized; roundish-ovate, and narrowing towards the eye, where it is angular. Skin, greenish-yellow on the shaded side; but bright-red next the sun, striped all over with darker red, and strewed with grey russety dots. Eye, half open, and prominent; with long, broad, erect segments, surrounded with a number of puckered knobs. Stalk, short and thick, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a small, and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, brisk, juicy, and vinous, with a pleasant and very refreshing flavor.

A first-rate early dessert apple; it is ripe in the beginning of August, but does not keep long, being very liable to become meally. To have it in perfection, it is well to gather it a few days before it ripens on the tree, and thereby secure its juicy, and vinous flavor.

The tree does not attain a large size, being rather a small grower. It is a good bearer, more so than the Joanneting, and is quite hardy, except in light soils, when it is liable to canker. It is well adapted for growing as dwarfs, either for potting or being trained as an espalier, when grafted on the paradise, or pomme paradis stock.

This is a very old English apple. It is without doubt the Margaret of Rea, Worldige, Ray, and all our early pomologists except Miller; Mr. Lindley, however, is of a different opinion, for he believes the Margaret of Miller to be identical with that of Ray. That this variety is the Margaret of Rea, his description is sufficient evidence. “The _Margaret or Magdelen Apple_ is a fair and beautiful fruit, yellow, and thick striped with red, early ripe, of a delicate taste, sweet flavor, and best eaten off the tree.” Ray gives _no description_ of it, but it is only reasonable to suppose, that it is this variety he refers to, seeing it is the Margaret of all authors both immediately preceeding, and subsequent to him. And indeed in no instance is that of Miller noticed by any English author, but himself, anterior to Mr. Lindley.

222. MARGIL.--Hook.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hook. Pom. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 428. Lind. Guide, 53. Down. Fr. Amer. 117. Thomp. in Gard. Chron. 1847, p. 116.

SYNONYMES.--Margill. _Fors. Treat._ 114. Rog. Fr. Cult. 48. Never Fail, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 629. Munches Pippin, _Ibid._ 623. Small Ribston, _M.C.H.S._

FIGURES.--Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 33. Pom. Mag. t. 36. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xii. f. 4.

Fruit, small, two inches and an eighth wide, and the same in height; conical, distinctly five sided, with acute angles on the side, which terminate at the crown in five prominent ridges. Skin, orange, streaked with deep red, and covered on one side with patches of russet. Eye, small and closed, compressed as it were between the angles of the basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, and rather deeply inserted in a round, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary, with a powerful, and delicious aromatic flavor.

One of the finest dessert apples, a rival of the Ribston Pippin, excelling it in juiciness, and being of a better size for the dessert; it is in use from November to February.

The tree is quite hardy, and generally an abundant bearer, except in seasons when the bloom is injured by frosts, to which it is liable. It is of a small, and slender habit of growth, and is well adapted for growing as dwarfs, or espaliers, when grafted on the paradise stock.

There seems to be no record of this variety before the publication of the _Pomona Londonensis_, although it was known for many years previously. Rogers says, he saw a tree of it growing as an espalier in the garden at Sheen, which was planted by Sir William Temple. I find it was cultivated to a considerable extent in the Brompton Park nursery, so early as 1750; it must therefore have been well known at that period; but I cannot discover any trace of its origin. It may have been introduced from the continent by George London who was for some years in the gardens at Versailles under De Quintinye, and afterwards in partnership with Henry Wise as proprietor of the Brompton Park nursery, as the name seems to indicate more of French than English origin.

223. MARMALADE PIPPIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 429. Diel Kernobst. i. B. 23.

SYNONYMES.--Althorp Pippin, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 8. Welsh Pippin, _acc. Ron. Pyr. Mal._

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxviii. f. 3.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and three quarters high; oblong, with a prominent rib on one side, and flattened at the apex, where it terminates in several prominences. Skin, very thick, hard, and membranous; deep yellow, with a brownish tinge next the sun, and strewed with numerous imbedded pearly specks. Eye, small and open, with long acuminate and reflexed segments, set in a deep, and angular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a deep, and smooth cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm and tender, sweet, juicy, and pleasantly flavored.

A culinary apple, but only of second-rate quality; it is in use from October to January.

The tree is hardy and an abundant bearer.

This variety was introduced in 1818--the year in which the original tree first produced fruit--by a Mr. Stevens of Stanton Grange, in Derbyshire, by whom it was raised from a seed of the Keswick Codling. The Marmalade Pippin of Diel which is described in the 22 vol. and which he says is an English apple, is not the same as the above, for he describes it as “a true streaked apple, and ripe in August”.

224. MARTIN NONPAREIL.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 456. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 475. Lind. Guide, 91. Rog. Fr. Cult. 68.

FIGURE.--Pom. Mag. t. 79.

Fruit, below medium size; ovate, and angular on the sides. Skin, pale yellow, sprinkled with yellowish-brown russet. Eye, large and open, set in an angular basin. Stalk, short and thick. Flesh, yellow, firm, rich, juicy and sugary.

An excellent dessert apple, but equal to the old Nonpareil; consequently can only be regarded as a second-rate variety; it is in use from December to March.

The tree is a vigorous grower, hardy and a good bearer.

This apple was received from a nursery, as a crab stock, by the Rev. George Williams of Martin-Hussingtree, near Worcester, and after producing fruit, was communicated by him to the London Horticultural Society.

225. MELA CARLA.--Gallesio.

IDENTIFICATION.--Gallesio Pom, Ital. vol. i. p. 1.

SYNONYMES.--Male Carle, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, n. 424. _Down. Fr. Amer._ 116. Malcarle, _Lind. Guide_, 52. Pomme Malecarle, _Cal. Traité_. iii. 63. Mela di Carlo, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Pomme de Charles, _Ibid._ Pomme Carl, _Ibid._ Pomme Finale, _Ibid._ Charles Apple, _acc. Hort. Trans._ vol. vii. p. 259. Der Malacarle, _Diel Kernobst._ xxi. 35.

FIGURES.--Galles. Pom. Ital. vol. i. t. 1. Hort. Trans. vol. vii. t. 7.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and the same in height; roundish, inclining to ovate, narrowing a little towards the eye, but generally of an ovate shape. Skin, thin and tender, pale green at first, changing as it ripens to fine delicate waxen-yellow, on the shaded side; but covered with fine dark crimson, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, with long acuminate segments, and set in a pretty wide, and deep basin, which is sometimes a little ribbed. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small, and smooth cavity. Flesh, white with a greenish tinge, very delicate, juicy, and tender, with a sweet and vinous flavor, and a perfume like that of roses.

A dessert apple, which, when in perfection, is of the most exquisite flavor, but being indigenous to a warmer climate, it does not attain its full maturity in this country. By the aid of a south wall, in a warm and sheltered situation, it may however be brought to some degree of perfection. At Elvaston Castle, Mr. Barron has successfully cultivated it upon earthen mounds, with an inclination to the sun, of 45°. When in perfection, its flesh is said to be as melting as that of the Beurré, and Doyenné pears; it is in use from December to March.

The tree is a strong, and vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer.

This apple is of Italian origin, and is extensively cultivated about Turin. Its name is by some supposed to have been given in honor of Charlemagne, who is said to have held this fruit in high estimation.

226. MELROSE.--H.

SYNONYME.--White Melrose, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, p. 25.

Fruit, large; roundish-ovate, inclining to conical, and broad at the base; it has an irregularity in its outline, caused by prominent ribs, which extend from about the middle, to the basin of the eye, where they form large and unequal ridges; and also by several flattened parts on the sides, giving it the appearance as if indented by a blow. Skin, smooth and shining, pale yellow tinged with green, on the shaded side; but yellow tinged with orange, and marked with crimson spots and dots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large and closed, with broad flat segments, and deeply set in a plaited, and prominently ribbed basin. Stalk, very short, not more than a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a deep, irregular cavity, in which are a few streaks and patches of rough russet. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, but tender and marrow-like, with a sweet, and pleasantly sub-acid flavor.

A very valuable and fine looking apple, of first-rate quality, suitable either for culinary purposes or the dessert; it is in use from October to January.

The tree is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, and forms a large round head. It is also an abundant and free bearer.

This is an old Scotch apple, the cultivation of which is confined exclusively to the Border counties, where it was probably first introduced by the monks of Melrose Abbey. Though it is one of the most popular apples of the Tweedside orchards, it does not seem to have been ever known beyond its own district. It is without doubt the largest, and one of the most useful apples of which Scotland can boast, and requires only to be more generally known, to be cultivated throughout the length and breadth of that country. Even in the south it is not to be disregarded, as both in size, and quality, it is one of the most attractive market apples. I have known them sold at two shillings a dozen. The figure given above is only from a medium-sized specimen of the fruit.

227. MERE DE MENAGE.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 436.

Fruit, very large; conical. Skin, red, streaked with darker red all over, except a little on the shaded side where it is yellow. Eye, set in an angular basin. Stalk, very stout, inserted in a deep cavity, so much so as to be scarcely visible. Flesh, firm, crisp, brisk and juicy.

A valuable and very beautiful culinary apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to January.

228. MINCHALL CRAB.--Fors.

IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 115. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 440. Lind. Guide, 54. Rog. Fr. Cult. 58.

SYNONYMES.--Minshul Crab, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 609. Mincham’s Crab, _Brook. Pom. Brit._ Lancashire Crab, _Ibid._ 536. Lancaster Crab, _Ibid._ 539.

FIGURES.--Brook. Pom. Brit. pl. xciii. f. 2. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxiii. f. 4.

Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish, and considerably flattened, almost oblate. Skin, yellow, covered with dark dots, and a few veins of russet; russety over the base, and marked with a few broken stripes and mottles of pale crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, with short, and ragged segments, set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a rough, and sharp acid flavor.

A culinary apple, but only of second-rate quality; it is in use from November to March.

The tree is very hardy, and is not subject to canker, or the attacks of insects. It is an abundant bearer.

This apple is extensively grown in the southern parts of Lancashire, and is a great favorite in the Manchester market, and all the other manufacturing towns of that district. It receives its name from the village of Minchall in Cheshire, where, according to Rogers, the original tree existed in 1777.

229. MINIER’S DUMPLING.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. i. 70. Fors. Treat. 114. Lind. Guide, 54.

Fruit, large, from three to three inches and a half wide, and nearly the same in height; roundish, somewhat flattened and angular on the sides. Skin, dark green, striped with darker green on the shaded side; but covered with dark red where exposed to the sun. Stalk, an inch long, rather thick, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, firm, juicy, sub-acid and pleasantly flavored.

An excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality; in use from November to May.

The tree is a strong grower, hardy, and an excellent bearer.

230. MITCHELSON’S SEEDLING.--H.

Fruit, above the medium size; somewhat ovate. Skin, of a fine deep yellow, thinly strewed with minute brown dots, interspersed with slight patches of very delicate russet; but faintly mottled with clear red, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large and open, with short stunted segments, and set in a rather deep, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a round, and even cavity, which is tinged with green, and lined with fine delicate grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, brisk, very juicy and vinous, abounding in a rich and agreeable perfume.

A very excellent apple, suitable either for culinary purposes, or the dessert; it is in use from December to February.

This beautiful apple, was raised by Mr. Mitchelson, a market gardener at Kingston-on-Thames.

231. MONKLAND PIPPIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 442.

Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in height; oval, even, and regularly formed, with five obscure ribs round the eye. Skin, green, becoming yellow as it attains maturity, marked with imbedded green specks, and numerous very minute dots. Eye, half open, set in a round, and plaited basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a round, narrow cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, greenish-white, soft and juicy, but with little or no flavor.

An apple of which it is difficult to say to what use it is applicable, having nothing whatever to recommend it; it is ripe in November.

232. MONKTON.--H.

Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches high; oblate, slightly ribbed on the sides, and ridged round the eye. Skin, entirely covered with beautiful red, which is marked with spots, and broken stripes of deep crimson; the color on the shaded side is paler than on the side exposed to the sun; it is strewed all over with russety dots, and round the stalk, and in the basin of the eye it is of a clear waxen-yellow. Eye, small and open, with broad, erect segments, set in a moderately deep basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a rather shallow cavity, which is lined with thick grey russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and brisk.

A beautiful cider apple, raised at Monkton, near Taunton, in Somersetshire.

233. MOORE’S SEEDLING.--H.

Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches high; conical and angular, flattened at the base. Skin, greenish-yellow on the shaded side; and marked with broken streaks of red where exposed to the sun, interspersed with numerous large dark spots. Eye, small and open, set in a plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a small, narrow cavity, and surrounded with a patch of russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, rather sweet and pleasantly flavored.

A good culinary apple; ripe in October, and keeps till December.

234. MORRIS’S COURT OF WICK.--H.

Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter broad, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped, very closely resembling its parent, the old Court of Wick. Skin, pale green on the shaded side; but washed with light red next the sun, which is covered with darker red spots, and marked with thin grey russet, round the eye. Eye, open, with reflexed segments, equally as characteristic as that of the old Court of Wick, and placed in a wide, shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, firm but tender, with a profusion of rich, vinous, and highly flavored juice.

A delicious dessert apple, excelling even the old Court of Wick; it is in use from October to February.

This variety was raised some years ago, by Mr. Morris, a market gardener at Brentford, near London.

235. MORRIS’S NONPAREIL RUSSET.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 743?

SYNONYME AND FIGURE.--Nonpareil Russet, _Ron. Pyr. Mal._ 25, pl. xiii. f. 3.

Fruit, small; conical and irregularly formed, being generally larger on one side than the other, and having the eye placed laterally. Skin, green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, strewed with silvery scales, and marked with green dots. Eye, small and open, with segments reflexed at the tips, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted in an oblique cavity. Flesh, greenish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, briskly flavored, and charged with a pleasant aroma.

An excellent dessert apple, of the first quality; in use from October to March, and will keep even as long as May and June.

Can this be the same as the Morris’s Nonpareil Russet, of the London Horticultural Society’s catalogue, which is said to be oblate? I know that the variety described above is the true one, the friend from whom I received it having procured it from Mr. Morris himself.

This variety was raised by Mr. Morris of Brentford.

236. MORRIS’S RUSSET.--H.

Fruit below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; round, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, covered with a coat of smooth, thin, brown russet, with occasionally a bright, fiery-crimson flame breaking out on the side next the sun, sometimes so large as to form a fine, smooth, and varnished crimson cheek. Eye, large and open, set in a small and shallow basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a rather small cavity. Flesh, firm, but tender, juicy, brisk and sugary, charged with a very rich, and powerful aromatic flavor.

This is a dessert apple, of the highest excellence, and ought certainly to form one in every collection, however small; it is in season from October to February.

This, like the two preceeding varieties, was raised by Mr. Morris of Brentford.

237. NANNY.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 452.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish, narrowing towards the apex, and somewhat angular on the sides. Skin, smooth, greenish-yellow with broken streaks of red, on the shaded side; but bright red, streaked with dark crimson, on the side next the sun; the whole strewed with russety dots. Eye, open, with flat segments, placed in an angular basin, which is marked with linear marks of russet. Stalk, short, inserted in a rather deep, round cavity, thickly lined with rough russet, which extends in ramifications over the base. Flesh, yellow, rather soft and tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored.

A dessert apple of excellent quality, and when in perfection, a first-rate fruit; it is in use during October, but soon becomes meally.

The tree attains the middle size and is a good bearer, much more so than the Ribston Pippin, to which the fruit bears some resemblance in flavor.

238. DE NEIGE.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 454. Lind. Guide, 22. Down. Fr. Amer. 91.

SYNONYMES.--Fameuse, _Fors. Treat._ 101. _Rog. Fr. Cult._ 38. Sanguineus, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. La Fameuse, _Ron. Pyr. Mal._ 1.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. i. f. 2.

Fruit, about the medium size, two inches and a half broad, and two inches high; roundish, sometimes oblate. Skin, tender, smooth and shining, of a beautiful pale waxen-yellow color, tinged with pale red, on the shaded side; but covered with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small, half open, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round, and pretty deep cavity. Flesh, pure white, very tender and delicate, sweet and pleasantly flavored.

A very beautiful and handsome apple, but not of great merit. It is suitable for dessert use, and is in perfection from November to January.

The tree is of a small habit of growth, hardy, and bears well; but in some soils it is liable to canker.

This variety is supposed to be of Canadian origin, and was introduced to this country by a Mr. Barclay, of Brompton near London. This is not the Pomme de Neige of Diel.

239. NELSON CODLIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 162.

SYNONYMES.--Nelson’s Codlin, _Lind. Guide_, 32. Backhouse’s Lord Nelson, _Ron. Pyr. Mal._ 49. Nelson. _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3.

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxv. f. 3.

Fruit, large and handsome; conical or oblong. Skin, greenish-yellow strewed with russety specks, on the shaded side; but where exposed to the sun of a fine deep yellow, covered with rather large dark spots, which are encircled with a dark crimson ring. Eye, open, with short segments, set in a deep, plaited, and irregular basin. Stalk, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a very deep, and angular cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, delicate, tender, juicy and sugary.

A very excellent apple, of first-rate quality as a culinary fruit, and also valuable for the dessert; it is in use from September to January.

This variety was discovered many years ago, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where it is now cultivated to a large extent. It was first brought into notice by John Nelson, a noted Wesleyan preacher in that part of the country, who, during his professional visits distributed grafts of it among his friends. From this circumstance it became generally known by the name of the Nelson Apple. It was called Backhouse’s Lord Nelson by Mr. Ronalds in the Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis, from having been received from the York nursery; but Mr. Backhouse, to whom it refers, disclaims having any merit either in the origin or introduction of it, and prefers retaining simply the name of “Nelson”, as a tribute to the memory of the excellent man after whom it was named.

The tree is a strong, vigorous, and healthy grower, and a most abundant bearer.

240. NEW ROCK PIPPIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. v. p. 269. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 460. Lind. Guide, 75.

Fruit, of medium size; round. Skin, dull green on the shaded side, and brownish-red where exposed to the sun, entirely covered with brown russet. Eye, deeply set in a round basin. Stalk, short. Flesh, yellow, firm, sweet, rich, and perfumed with the flavor of anise.

A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from January to May.

This variety was raised by Mr. William Pleasance, a nurseryman at Barnwell, near Cambridge, and was communicated by him to the London Horticultural Society, in 1821. It belongs to the Nonpareil family, and is valuable as a late winter apple.

241. NEWTOWN PIPPIN.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 458. Lind. Guide, 54. Down. Fr. Amer. 118. Fors. Treat. 115. Rog. Fr. Cult. 95.

SYNONYMES.--Large Yellow Newton Pippin, _Coxe View_, 142. American Newtown Pippin, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Green Newtown Pippin, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 636. Large Newtown Pippin, _Ibid._ 638. Petersburgh Pippin, _Ibid._ 780. Green Winter Pippin, _acc. Down. Fr. Amer._ Newton Pippin, _Aber. Dict._ Neujorker Reinette, _Diel. Kernobst._ v. 152.

FIGURES.--Brook. Pom. Brit. pl. xciii. f. 6. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xvii. f. 1.

Fruit, medium sized; roundish, broadest at the base, with broad obscure ribs extending to the apex, which give it an irregularity in its outline. Skin, at first dull green, but changing as it ripens to a fine olive-green, or greenish-yellow, with a redish-brown tinge next the sun, and dotted all over with small grey russety dots. Eye, small and closed, set in a small and rather shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, and inserted all its length, in a deep, round cavity lined with delicate russet, which extends over a portion of the base. Flesh, yellowish-white tinged with green, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a rich, and highly aromatic flavor.

A dessert apple, which, when in perfection, is not to be surpassed. It is in use from December to April. This description being taken from an imported specimen, it must not be expected that fruit grown in this country, will attain the same degree of perfection; for like most of the best American apples, it does not succeed in this climate. Even with the protection of a wall, and in the most favorable situation, it does not possess that peculiarly rich aroma, which characterizes the imported fruit.

The tree is a slender, and slow grower, and is always distinguished, even in its young state, by the roughness of its bark. It prefers a strong, rich, and genial soil, and, according to Coxe, does not arrive at maturity till 20 or 25 years old.

This is an old American apple. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island, U. S., and was introduced to this country about the middle of the last century. I find it was cultivated in the Brompton Park nursery so early as 1768, under the name of “Newtown Pippin from New York.” Forsyth remarks that it is said to have been originally from Devonshire, but if it were so, there would still have been some trace of it left in that county. It is extensively cultivated in New York, and all the middle states, and particularly on the Hudson, where the finest American orchards are. There are immense quantities produced which are packed in barrels and exported to Britain and other parts. The month of January, is generally the season they arrive in this country, and then they are the most attractive of all dessert apples in Covent Garden market; the name serving in many instances, as a decoy for the sale of many other and inferior varieties. The Alfriston, in many collections, is erroneously cultivated under the name of Newtown Pippin.

242. NEWTOWN SPITZENBERG.--Coxe.

IDENTIFICATION.--Coxe. View. 126. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 791. Lind. Guide, 55. Down. Fr. Amer. 139.

SYNONYMES.--Matchless, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 397. Burlington Spitzenberg, _acc. Coxe Cult_ 126. English Spitzemberg, _Ibid._

FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 144. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. x. f. 3.

Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and a quarter deep; roundish, regularly and handsomely formed, a little flattened, somewhat resembling a Nonesuch. Skin, smooth, at first pale-yellow tinged with green, but changing to a beautiful clear yellow, on the shaded side; but of a beautiful clear red streaked with deeper red, on the side next the sun, and strewed with numerous small, russety dots. Eye, open, set in a wide, and even basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, rich and pleasantly flavored.

An American dessert apple, very pretty, and handsome; of good quality, but only second-rate; it is in use from November to February.

This variety originated at Newtown on Long Island U. S. It received the name of Matchless, from the late William Cobbett, who sold it under that name.

243. NEW YORK PIPPIN.--Lind.

IDENTIFICATION.--Lind, Plan. Or. Lind. Guide, 76.

Fruit, rather large, of an oblong figure, somewhat pyramidal, rather irregular in its outline, and slightly pentangular on its sides, three of which are generally much shorter than the other, forming a kind of lip at the crown; from two inches and a half to three inches deep, and the same in diameter at the base. Eye, closed, rather deeply sunk in a very uneven irregular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted in a wide uneven cavity. Skin, dull greenish-yellow, with a few green specks, intermixed with a little skin, (thin?) grey russet, and tinged with brown on the sunny side. Flesh, firm, crisp, tender. Juice, plentiful, saccharine, with a slight aromatic flavor.

A dessert apple; in use from November to April.

An American variety of excellence. The tree grows large, and bears well. It sometimes happens with this as it does with Hubbard’s Pearmain, that smooth fruit grow upon one branch and russety ones upon another; and in cold seasons the fruit are for the most part russety.

It was named the New York Pippin by Mr. Mackie, and first propagated in his nursery, at Norwich, about forty years ago. (1831.)

Never having seen or met with this apple, I have here given Mr. Lindley’s descriptions verbatim, for the benefit of those who may meet with it; as it is no doubt still in existence in the county of Norfolk.

244. NONESUCH.--Hort.

IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 489. Lind. Guide, 20.

SYNONYMES.--Nonsuch, _Fors. Treat._ 116. _Rog. Fr. Cult._ 36. _Down. Fr. Amer._ 91. Langton Nonsuch, _Hanb. Pl._

FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxvii. f. 2.

Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, mottled with thin pale red, on the shaded side; and striped with broad, broken stripes of red next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sugary and slightly perfumed.

An excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, and, according to Mr. Thompson, excellent for apple jelly; it is ripe in September, and continues during October.

The tree is a free grower, attaining about the middle size, and is an abundant, and early bearer, young trees three years old from the graft producing an abundance of beautiful fruit.

Although an old variety, I do not think this is the Nonesuch, of Rea, Worlidge, or Ray, as all these authors mention it as being a long keeper, for which circumstance, it might otherwise have been considered the same. Rea says “it is a middle sized, round, and red striped apple, of a delicate taste, and long lasting.” Worlidge’s variety is probably the same as Rea’s he says “The Non-such is a long lasting fruit, good at the table, and well marked for cider.” And Ray also includes his Non-such among the Winter Apples.

245. NONPAREIL.--Duh.

IDENTIFICATION.--Duh. Arb. Fruit. i. 113, t. xii. f. 2. Switz. Fr. Gard. 136. Lang. Pom. 134. t. lxxix. f. 4. Mill. Dict. Fors. Treat. 117.

SYNONYMES.--Old Nonpariel, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. n. 476. _Lind. Guide_, 91. _Down. Fr. Amer._ 120. Old or Original Nonpareil, _Rog. Fr. Cult._ 70. English Nonpareil, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Hunt’s Nonpareil, _Hort Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 659. Lovedon’s Pippin, _Ibid._ 573. Reinette Nonpareil. _Knoop. Pom._ 51, t. ix. Nonpareil d’Angleterre, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 647. Duc d’Arsel, _Ibid._ 283. Grüne Reinette, _Sickler. Obstgärt._ iii. 177, t. 10. _Diel Kernobst._ v. 95. Nompareil, _Chart. Cat._ 54. Pomme-poire, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3.

FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 86. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxiv. f. 5.

Fruit, medium sized; roundish, broad at the base and narrowing towards the apex. Skin, yellowish-green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, and dotted with small brown russety dots, with occasionally a tinge of dull red, on the side next the sun. Eye, rather prominent, very slightly if at all depressed, half open, with broad segments which are reflexed at the tips. Stalk, an inch long, set in a round and pretty deep cavity which is lined with russet. Flesh, greenish, delicate, crisp, rich, and juicy, abounding in a particularly rich, vinous, and aromatic flavor.

One of the most highly esteemed and popular of all our dessert apples. It is in use from January till May.