. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. V4 BEITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. angular basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, somewhat sugary, and pleasantly sub-acid. An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use during August and September. The tree is healthy and vigorous, and a good bearer. According to Lindley this variety is sometimes called Glory of the West, but that is quite a different apple, see No. 141. 104. DUTCH MIGNONNE.—Hort. Identification.
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. V4 BEITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. angular basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, somewhat sugary, and pleasantly sub-acid. An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use during August and September. The tree is healthy and vigorous, and a good bearer. According to Lindley this variety is sometimes called Glory of the West, but that is quite a different apple, see No. 141. 104. DUTCH MIGNONNE.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Trans, vol. iv., p. 70. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 225. Lind. Guide, 44. Down. Fr. Amer. 107. Synonymes.—Christ's Golden Reinette, Lipp. Taschenb. p. 405. Reinette Doree, Mayer. Pom. Franc, t. xxx. but not of Knoop or Duhamel. Grosze oder dop- pelte Casseler Reinette, Diet Kernobst. iv. 140. Paternoster Apfel, Audibert. Cat. Pomme de Laak, ace. Pom. Mag. Stettin Pippin, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Dutch Minion, Ron. Pyr. Mai. Hollaiidische Goldreinette, ace. Ditt. Handb. Figure.—Pom. Mag. t. 84. Ron. Pyr. Mai. t. xxvi. f. 1. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, even and handsomely shaped, narrow- ing a little to- wards the apex, where it is some- times slightly ribbed. Skin, dull greenish- yellow, marked all over with broken streaks of pale red and crimson, with traces of russet, and numerous russety dots, which are thick- est round the eye. Eye, small and closed, with short and point- ed segments, placed in a deep and narrow ba- sin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a round and deep cavity, which, with a portion of the base, is lined with rough russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, rich, sugary, and aromatic. A very valuable and delicious dessert apple; in use from December to April. The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and a very abundant bearer. It attains about the middle size when fully grown. The shoots are thickly set with fruit spurs. It is well adapted for
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