. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 196 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 360. TOKER'S INCOMPARABLE. Fruit, very large, three inches and three quarters broad, and two inches and three quarters high, in shape, very much resembling the Gooseberry Apple ; ovate, broad and flattened at the base, and with five prominent ribs on the sides which render it distinctly five-sided. Skin, smooth and shining, of a beautiful dark green, which assumes a yellowish tinge as it ripens; and with a slight trace of red, ma
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 196 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 360. TOKER'S INCOMPARABLE. Fruit, very large, three inches and three quarters broad, and two inches and three quarters high, in shape, very much resembling the Gooseberry Apple ; ovate, broad and flattened at the base, and with five prominent ribs on the sides which render it distinctly five-sided. Skin, smooth and shining, of a beautiful dark green, which assumes a yellowish tinge as it ripens; and with a slight trace of red, marked with a few crimson streaks, where exposed to the sun. Eye, large, and nearly closed, with broad flat segments, set in a saucer-like basin, which is surrounded with knobs, formed by the termination of the ribs. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with a little rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, and marrow-like, with a brisk and pleasant acid. A first-rate culinary apple, grown in the Kentish orchards, about Sittingbourne and Faversham; in use from November to Christmas. 361. TOWER OF GLAMMIS.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 835. Leslie & Anders. Cat. 43. Caled Hort. Soc. Mem. vol. iv. 474. Synontmes.—Glammis Castle, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Late Carse of Gowrie, Ibid. Carse of Gowrie, Caled. Hort. Soc. Mem, vol. i. 325. The Gowrie, in Clydesdale Orchards. Fruit, large ; conical, and distinctly four-sided, with four prominent. angles, extending from the base to the apex, where they terminate in four corresponding ridges. Skin, deep sulphur-yellow, tinged in some. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hogg, Robert, 1818-1897. London, Groombridge and sons; [etc. , etc. ]
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