with a little yellow intermixed, upon the other. Flesh whitish, crisp. Juice rich, sugary, and pleasant. A very handsome dessert apple from September till December. 63. SOPS OF WINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1164. Sops in Wine. Ray. (1688). No. 21. Rode Wyn Appel. Knoop. Pom. p. 45 t. 8. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, but narrow at the crown, with a few slight angles on its sides. Eye small, closed by the calyx, and but little depressed. Stalk an inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, marked and streaked with scarlet, deep red, and blood colour; on the sunny side, especially near the crown, it is wholly deep red. Flesh soft, white, tinctured more or less with pale red to the core. Cells large, open, fiveangled. Juice sweet, but not rich. A culinary apple in October and November. 64. SUMMER PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.771. Pom. Mag. t. 116. Summer Pearmain. Miller Ed. 8. No. 3. Parmain d'Eté. Knoop, p. 17. t. 2. Royal Pearmain. Mawe, Abercrombie, Forsyth, and of the London Nurserymen. Fruit middle-sized, oblong, tapering gradually from the base to the crown. Eye small, with a slender and nearly closed calyx, in a broad shallow depression, sometimes almost level, very slightly plaited. Stalk short, obliquely inserted, somewhat like a lemon, into a fleshy continuation of the fruit. Skin bright gold colour, sprinkled all over with numerous minute brown specks; on the sunny side marbled and streaked with bright orange and scarlet. Flesh pale yellow, crisp, firm. Juice not plentiful, but rich, and of a high aromatic flavour. A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple from October till Christmas. In some seasons, however, it is in perfection in September. The branches of this tree are slender, and produce numerous fruit spurs, which render it particularly well adapted for espalier training; for which purpose it should be grafted on the Doucin stock. 65. TRANSPARENT CODLIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.. Fruit about the same size as the English codlin, but wider at the base, which is generally about two inches and three quarters in diameter, and narrower at the crown, where it is drawn almost to a blunt point; its depth is about two inches and a quarter. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, sunk rather deep in an angular, oblique basin. Stalk short and slender, deeply sunk in a wide and deep cavity. Skin smooth, bright lemon, tinged with deep salmon or pale crimson on the sunny side. Flesh very tender; in some seasons semitransparent. Juice sugary and well flavoured. A culinary fruit from the end of September till November. This very handsome and useful apple was brought into notice about twenty-five years ago by the late Timothy Tompson, Esq, of Norwich. It makes a very handsome spreading tree, and is a most excellent bearer. 66. WILLIAMS'S PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol.i. p. 69. Fruit below the middle size, of a somewhat conical figure, from two to two inches and a half deep, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye hollow, with a leafy persistent calyx. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, a little mottled with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, soft, with a very good and pleasant flavoured juice. Excellent to eat ripe from the tree, baking and roasting well till Christmas. SECT. V. Winter. Round, or nearly so. 67. BEACHAMWELL SEEDling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42. Pom. Mag. t. 82. Motteux's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42. Fruit rather below the middle size, the shape of a small Golden Reinette. Eye small, open, slightly sunk. Stalk half an inch long, moderately thick. Skin pale yellow, slightly tinged with red on the sunny side, and sprinkled with irregular brown spots. Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, and pleasant. An excellent dessert apple from November till April. Raised some years ago by John Motteux, Esq. of Beachamwell, in Norfolk, where the original tree now stands; it is a hardy sort and a very good bearer. 68. BELLEDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 65. Fruit rather below the middle size, round, free from angles, and a little narrowed towards the crown. About two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye rather small, nearly closed by short, acute segments of the calyx, in a round rather well shaped basin, surrounded by very slight obtuse plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, sunk level with the base in a funnel-shaped cavity. Skin pale grass-green, slightly tinged with pale brown where exposed to the sun, the whole interspersed with numerous imbedded grey dots. Flesh tender, crisp, greenish white. Juice plentiful, sugary, with a slight pleasant acid, and a slight aromatic flavour. A neat dessert and culinary apple, from October till Christmas. Described from a fruit grown in the Horticultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830. 69. BELLE GRIDELINE. G. Lind. Plan of an Orchard, 1796. Belle Grisdeline. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5. formed basin. Fruit middle sized, of a very regular, and perfectly round figure. Eye sunk in a somewhat deep regularly Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin yellow, marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red, intermixed with a thin grey russet. Flesh white, firm, and crisp. Juice brisk and well flavoured. A beautiful dessert apple, from November till March. This makes a very handsome middle sized tree, and is a most abundant bearer. It originated in a small garden near Surry-street Gates, Norwich, about sixty years. ago; and was first propagated by myself in 1793, when gave it the above name. The original tree, owing to improper treatment, died about seven years afterwards. 69. * BELVOIR PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Garden. I Fruit small, about the size, and very much the figure, of the Old Golden Pippin: about one inch and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, closed; the long and almost linear segments of the calyx, in a very shallow depression, surrounded by about fifteen very narrow plaits, three to each segment. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender, slightly sunk in an open, shallow, funnel-shaped cavity. Skin pale yellow; on the sunny side spotted and tinged with brownish crimson, and having a portion of thin russet round the stalk. Flesh pale yellow, firm, crisp, very tender and delicate. Juice saccharine, mixed with a slight brisk acid, rich, and very highly flavoured. A dessert apple, in perfection in November and December. This beautiful and very excellent little apple was sent me October 12, 1830, by John Motteux, Esq. of Beachamwell, in Norfolk. It appears to have originated from the Old Golden Pippin, in the garden of Sir John Thoroton, and to have improved even upon that favourite variety. It ought to be grafted upon the Doucin stock, and trained in the garden either as an open dwarf, or as an espalier. * No. 69. is inserted twice in consequence of the Belvoir Pippin having been sent me after the numerical arrangement had been completed. 70. BIGGS'S NONESUCH. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 70. Fruit middle sized, in shape and general appearance somewhat like the Nonesuch, but broader at the base; moderately depressed about the foot-stalk, and very hollow at the crown, where the segments of the calyx remain long, and rolled back. Stalk one quarter of an inch within the base. Skin gold colour, on the side next the sun dashed with long, broad, scarlet stripes. Flesh soft, pale yellow. Juice very good, and excellent to eat as soon as gathered off the tree. A culinary apple also, from October to December. 71. BIRMINGHAM PIPPIN. Nursery Catalogues. Brummage Grummage Pippin,} of some Nurseries. Fruit small, about six inches in circumference, nearly globular, a little flattened at the crown, and having somewhat the appearance of a Golden Pippin. Eye small. Stalk very short, inserted in a very shallow cavity. Skin pale green when fresh gathered, becoming pale yellow, spotted and marbled with a thin russet. Flesh very hard and firm, pale green. Juice sub-acid, of a pleasant flavour. A very neat dessert apple, from December to June. This apple is supposed to be of Warwickshire origin, and is to be found in different parts of England under various names. It makes but a small tree. The branches are short and very stout, and its fruit is of a greater specific variety than any other apple with which I am acquainted. 72. BLENHEIM PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 81. Pom. Mag. t. 28. Blenheim Orange. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 81. Fruit large, of a roundish figure, rather broadest at the base, two and a half to three inches deep, and three to four inches across the widest part. Eye very hollow |