. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 76 107. EARLY NONPAREIL.—Lind. Identification.—Lind. Plan. Or 1796. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 467. Liiul. Guide, 88. Rog Fr. Cult. 67. Synonymes. — Stagg's Nonpareil, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. New Nonpareil, Ibid. Summer Nonpareil, Ron. Cat. Hicks's Fancy, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 4. Lacy's Non- pareil, ace. Rogers. Figure.—Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. ii. f. 6. Fruit, medium sized ; somewhat oblato-ovate. Skin, dull yellow, covered with thin brownish grey russet, and marked with
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 76 107. EARLY NONPAREIL.—Lind. Identification.—Lind. Plan. Or 1796. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 467. Liiul. Guide, 88. Rog Fr. Cult. 67. Synonymes. — Stagg's Nonpareil, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. New Nonpareil, Ibid. Summer Nonpareil, Ron. Cat. Hicks's Fancy, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 4. Lacy's Non- pareil, ace. Rogers. Figure.—Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. ii. f. 6. Fruit, medium sized ; somewhat oblato-ovate. Skin, dull yellow, covered with thin brownish grey russet, and marked with large russety dots. Eye, open, placed in a small, round, and ra- ther shallow basin. Stalk, half - an - inch long, inserted in a narrow, deep, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, ten- der, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a brisk and rich aromatic fla- vor, resembling the old Nonpareil. A delicious apple for the dessert, and of the first quality ; it is in use during October and November, after which it becomes dry and meally. The tree is a free and upright grower, perfectly hardy, an early and abundant bearer; even in the nursery quarters it produces freely when only two years from the graft. It is well adapted for dwarf and espalier training, when grown on the paradise stock. This esteemed variety was raised about the year 1780, by a nursery- man of the name of Stagg, at Caister, near Yarmouth, in Norfolk. The name of Hicks's Fancy was given to it by Kirke, formerly a nursery- man at Brompton, near London, from the circumstance of a person of the name of Hicks, giving it the preference to the other varieties which were fruited in the nursery. An instance of the absurd system by which the names of fruits have been 108. EARLY SPICE.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 786. Fruit, of medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, and somewhat angular. Skin, smooth, of an uniform pale yello
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