short, slender, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin rather thick and

tough, of a pale green, changing to a bright yellow; on the sunny side of a beautiful bright and lively red. Flesh yellowish white, pretty firm. Juice sub-acid, combined with a little sugar, but without any particular perfume.

A culinary apple, from November till May.

A very handsome Scotch apple, from Gogar, near Edinburgh. Specimens of this were given me by Mrs. Mackie, from her nursery, near Norwich.

91. GOLDEN HARVEY. Pom. Heref. t. 22. Pom. Mag. t. 39.

Brandy Apple. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 95.

Fruit small, quite round, generally about five inches in circumference, and free from angles or irregularities of surface. Eye small, open; the segments of the calyx narrow, very short and diverging, placed in a flat, very shallow, slightly-crumpled basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender, not protruding beyond the base. Skin dull russet, with a bright yellow ground, often breaking through the russet in patches, and marbled on the sunny side with a lively shaded red. Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, very rich, juicy, spicy, and high flavoured.

A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripening in December, and keeping till May or June.

The tree is not a large grower, but very hardy; a great and constant bearer, and no garden, capable of containing ten trees, ought to be without one of it.

p. 524. round, becoming a little Eye small, not deeply

92. GOLDEN NOBLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. Fruit of a pretty large size, pointed towards the crown. sunk, surrounded by several small plaits. Stalk quite short, and thickened like that of the Kerry Pippin. Skin perfectly smooth, of a clear bright yellow, without any blush of red; but having a few small reddish spots,

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and generally two or three small patches of russet. Flesh yellow, tender, with a pleasant sub-acid juice. A culinary apple from November till March.

It bakes of a fine, clear amber colour, perfectly melting, with a rich acidity. An old tree of it is growing in the neighbourhood of Downham Market, in Norfolk, from which specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the Horticultural Society, in 1820.

93. GOLDEN REINETTE. Pom. Mag. t. 69. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 26.

Aurore,

Yellow German Reinette,

English Pippin,

Wyker Pippin,

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of some foreign collections, according to the Pom. Mag.

Fruit below the middle size, roundish, depressed. Eye large, open, seated in a broad shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, moderately thick. Skin usually smooth, with a few minute russetty spots; in the shade greenish yellow, changing to a golden yellow, with a dull red cheek slightly streaked with brighter red. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a rich sugary juice.

A beautiful and most excellent dessert apple, from October to February.

This has been many years in our gardens. It is better known and more common in the London markets than in any other part of England. It is highly deserving of cultivation.

94. GREEN NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 636.

Fruit middle-sized, about two inches or two and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half or two and three quarters in diameter, tapering a little from the base to the crown, where it is terminated by five obtuse but prominent angles. Eye small, closed by the segments of the calyx, moderately sunk in a narrow plaited basin. Stalk one inch long, slender, inserted in a

narrow deep cavity. Skin thick, dark green quite round the fruit, mottled with pale green at the base, where it has a dull dark olive colour surrounding the stalk. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice saccharine, with a brisk acid, and a slight aromatic flavour.

A dessert apple from December till May or June. Lately sent to this country by David Hosack, M. D. of New York.

95. HOLLAND PIPPIN. Miller, No. 8.

Fruit above the middle size, of a somewhat square figure, being nearly as broad at the crown as the base, and a little angular on its sides, about two inches and a half deep, and three inches in diameter. Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, sunk in a narrow regularly plaited basin. Stalk short, rather deeply sunk in a wide funnel-shaped cavity. Skin greenish yellow, interspersed with a few green dots, and tinged with pale dingy brown on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, pretty firm, tender. Juice sub-acid, mixed with a good deal of sugar, and a slight perfume.

A culinary apple from November till January.

96. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 570. Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and a half deep, and three inches in diameter, of a very regular shape, and nearly free from angles, not much unlike the Emperor Alexander Apple, particularly at the crown, where it is narrowed. Eye open, with a short recurved calyx, in a moderately deep basin, surrounded by a few puckered plaits. Stalk short, slender. Skin clear, pale yellow, deeply tinged with red towards the base; on the sunny side of a vivid red, streaked with a deeper colour, with a few small dark spots near the eye. Flesh yellowish white, firm. Juice plentiful, of a pleasant aromatic flavour.

A beautiful dessert and culinary apple from November to January.

This had its name given to it by Mr. Kirke, who received it from abroad some years ago, without any name being attached to it.

97. LONDON PIPPIN. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 67.

Five-crowned Pippin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 99. Fruit middle-sized, about two inches and three quarters in diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep, having five regularly formed, equidistant ribs, slightly marked at the base, progressively increasing to the crown, where they are acute and prominent. Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, somewhat shallow. Stalk half an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin clear, pale yellowish green, becoming pale lemon, of a dull red where exposed to the sun. Flesh firm, crisp, of a yellowish white. Juice plentiful, sub-acid, of a good-flavour. A culinary sort from October till January.

This is a real Norfolk apple; the most common and best known of any in the Norwich market. The tree is a small grower, and an excellent bearer.

98. LUCOMBE'S SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 575. Pom. Mag. t. 109.

Fruit pretty large, roundish, slightly angular, contracted at the eye, which is small, and surrounded with small plaits. Stalk short, thick, in a moderately deep cavity. Skin pale, greenish yellow, spotted with innumerable black and green specks; on the sunny side very distinctly dashed with a vivid carmine over a ground spotted with the same colour, only more faint. Flesh whitish, firm, juicy, and agreeable, but not high flavoured. A very handsome culinary fruit from October till February or March. Raised by Mr. Lucombe, of Exeter, to whom we are indebted also for the well known Lucombe's Oak.

99. MALCARLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 259. t. 7. Charles Apple. Ib.

Mela Carla.

Pomona Italiana, Vol. i. p. 1. t. 1. Fruit nearly round, inclining to ovate, with a very regular outline, about the size of a Golden Reinette. Eye small, destitute of angles, and rather deeply sunk, with a closed calyx. Stalk an inch long, slender, inserted in a small deep cavity. Skin of a delicate waxen texture, without spots, except a very faint mottling of green appearing through the skin near the eye; pale clear yellow on the shaded side, and brilliant crimson next the sun, the two colours scarcely melting into each other, but separating rather abruptly. Flesh white, tender, very delicate, sweet, with a delicate perfume, like that of roses, which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut open.

Ripe in September, and will keep till the spring. This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the Horticultural Society, and exhibited the 18th of December, 1827.

The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale, in Liguria. It is an important article of trade in the whole Genoese territory, and of exportation to Nice, Marseilles, Barcelona, and Cadiz. The climate of the Italian territory is so entirely different from that of England, that we cannot expect the delicate Malcarle should succeed here, unless trained against a south or south-east wall, and in a warm and kind soil. Its great beauty in the dessert renders it an interesting object of cultivation.

100. MARGIL. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 33. Hort. Soc. Cat. 589. Pom. Mag. t. 36.

Fruit small, ovate, about two inches or two and a half deep, and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter. Eye small, angular, as are also the sides. Stalk short. Skin light bright orange, streaked and mottled with rich red and brown, occasionally a little russetty. Flesh yellow, firm, breaking. Juice sweet, with a high aromatic flavour.