81. DUMELOW'S SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 529. Dumelow's Crab. Ib. Wellington Apple. Ib: Fruit above the middle size, round, flattened at both ends. Eye large and open, rather deeply sunk. Stalk very short. Skin clear yellow, with a blush of light red where exposed to the sun; the whole surface sprinkled with small brown spots. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a brisk acid juice. An excellent culinary apple from November to April. Raised some years ago by a Mr. Dumelow, a nurseryman near Derby. It is well known in the counties of Derby, Lancaster, and Nottingham, by the name of Dumelow's Crab. Its fruit was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society, in 1820. 82. DUTCH MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 70. Pom. Mag. t. 84. Christ's Golden Reinette. Taschenb. p. 405. to the Pom. Mag. Paternoster Apple. Stoffels, and Thouin, according Audibert. Fruit above the middle size*, very regularly formed, rather narrower at the crown than at the base. Eye generally close, deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin dull yellow, sprinkled with numerous, small, russetty, green, and white spots; on the sunny side of a rich, deep, dull red, streaked and mottled. Flesh very firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, with a delicious aromatic, sub-acid flavour. A dessert apple from November till May or June. I have now by me, October 1830, a fruit of this apple, grown in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, which measures three inches and a quarter deep, and four inches in diameter. This very valuable apple was brought from Holland into the neighbourhood of Norwich by the late Thomas Harvey, Esq., and planted in his garden at Catton about fifty years ago, where two or three of the trees are now growing, and in the possession of Thomas Cobbold, Esq. They are very hardy, and bear abundant crops. The Copmanthorpe Crab, mentioned in the Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 315, has been said to be the same as this. A closer examination of the two may possibly set this opinion aside; as it appears improbable that an apple raised within a few miles of York, should have been so extensively, so well, and so long known on the continent. 83. EASTER PIPPIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815. French Crab. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 49. Hort. Soc. Cat. 348. Claremont Pippin, Young's Long Keeping, } of some Gardens. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, about two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter, perfectly free from angles on its sides. Eye small, almost closed, flat, surrounded by a few very small, angular, crumpled plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, deeply inserted, not protruding beyond the base. Skin rather thick, deep clear green, with numerous white dots interspersed; on the sunny side, shaded with a pale livid brown; but the whole becomes yellow with keeping. Flesh very hard, pale green, or yellowish white. Juice not plentiful, sub-acid, with a slight aromatic flavour. An excellent culinary apple, from November till the November following. This appears to have been an imported variety; it has been known in this country at least forty years, and is sold in many nurseries by the name of French Crab. What this appellation has to do with it, or why it was given, I am at a loss to imagine; since it has no more the appearance of a crab, in any one respect, than any other apple in our collections. Such a misnomer ought to be abolished as most absurd. The name of Easter Pippin was suggested to me more than twenty years ago by the late Dr. Rigby of Norwich, whose high professional acquirements and classical taste, ranked him among the first men of his time. It is a most valuable fruit, of great specific gravity, a most hardy tree, an abundant bearer, and keeps longer than any other apple I have ever met with. I had some perfectly sound, and very firm fruit of it, in March 1822, which were grown in 1820: the colour then was that of a pale orange. 84. EMBROIDERED PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 302. Fenouillet Jaune. Duhamel, No. 12. Drap d'Or. Duhamel, No. 12. Knoop. Pom. p. 59. t. 10. Pomme de Caractère. Ib.. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, about two inches and a half deep, and two inches and a quarter in diameter; a little broader at the base than the crown; and regularly formed without angles. Eye small, a little depressed. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin greenish white when first gathered, turning to a bright yellow, strongly marked with a sort of broken ramified net-work of deep grey russet, hence the last synonyme from Knoop. Flesh white, somewhat tough, and, with keeping, elastic. Juice not plentiful, but saccharine, and of an excellent and singularly perfumed flavour. A dessert apple from December to April. This is a very excellent apple, of foreign origin, very hardy, and an abundant bearer; it requires to be well ripened upon the tree, otherwise it is apt to be clung, tough, and leathery. 85. EYER'S GREENING. G. Lindl. Plan of an Or chard, 1796. Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat round flattish figure. Eye large and hollow. Skin pale green, tinged with brown on the sunny side, and thinly spotted with grey russetty specks. Flesh pale green, firm, with a sweetish sub-acid juice. A dessert and culinary apple from November till March. 86. FAIL-ME-NEVER. Nursery Catalogues. Never-fail. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 629. Fruit above the middle size, somewhat flat, with five prominent narrow ribs. surrounding the crown. Eye small, with the segments of the calyx closed, seated in a shallow, deeply plaited basin. Stalk half an inch long, not protruding beyond the base. Skin red, shaded with a deeper colour, and full of small russetty specks. Flesh white. Juice sugary and of a pretty good flavour. A culinary apple from November till March. This is said to be a Scottish apple. It is a small growing tree, very hardy, and an abundant bearer. 87. FEARN'S PIPPIN. Pom. Mag. t. 67. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 43. Fruit middle-sized, round, and flattened. Eye large, shallow, with scarcely any appearance of plaiting. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin deep red on the exposed side, with numerous whitish dots; on the shaded side greenish yellow, partially tinged with brownish red. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, rich and pleasant. A dessert apple from November till March. This very handsome and excellent apple has been known in the London nurseries but a few years. It makes a handsome tree, is very hardy, and an abundant bearer. It highly deserves an extended cultivation. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 67. and Vol. ii. p. 103. 88. FENOUILLET ROUGE. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 6. Bardin. Ib. Courtpendu de la Quintinye. Ib. Fruit middle-sized, of a regular round, flattish figure, about two inches deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye shallow. Stalk very short, scarcely a quarter of an inch long, and sunk in a small cavity. Skin somewhat grey, deeply coloured with red on the sunny side. Flesh firm, with a rich, highly-flavoured, sugary juice. A very handsome dessert apple from December to January. 89. FULWOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 351. Fruit large, of an uneven figure, with broad irregular ribs on its sides, three inches and a half in diameter, and two inches and a half deep. Eye rather large, closed, not deep, surrounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits. Stalk short, slender, deeply inserted in a narrow, uneven cavity. Skin grass-green, freckled with red specks; on the sunny side stained with deep salmon-colour, and dashed with broken stripes of dull, dark, muddy red. Flesh pale green, or greenish white, very firm and crisp. Juice plentiful, slightly saccharine, with a very brisk acid, and slight pleasant perfume. A culinary apple, from November till March or April. This very much resembles the Striped Beaufin in shape and colour, but is materially different. It is not quite so large, a little more flat, has a closed eye, a much firmer flesh, a more abundant juice, and a much higher flavour. It is supposed to have originated at Fulwood, near Sheffield; or Fulwood, near Preston, in Lancashire. 90. GOGAR PIPPIN. Fruit rather small, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 370. round, and somewhat flat, about two inches and a quarter broad, and one inch and three quarters deep. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, placed in a round shallow basin. Stalk |