. The apple and its varieties: being a history and description of the varieties of apples cultivated in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain. Apples. 60 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC, thin pale brown russet. Flesh, white, slightly tinged with red under the skin on the side next the sun, firm, crisp, and brittle, very juicy, with a sweet, brisk, and fine strawberry flavor. A very excellent dessert apple ; ripe in the end of Sep- tember and during October, at which season it is very common in Covent Garden Market. In some parts of Kent this excellent little apple is pro- duced in large quantities f
. The apple and its varieties: being a history and description of the varieties of apples cultivated in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain. Apples. 60 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC, thin pale brown russet. Flesh, white, slightly tinged with red under the skin on the side next the sun, firm, crisp, and brittle, very juicy, with a sweet, brisk, and fine strawberry flavor. A very excellent dessert apple ; ripe in the end of Sep- tember and during October, at which season it is very common in Covent Garden Market. In some parts of Kent this excellent little apple is pro- duced in large quantities for the supply of the London mar- kets, but it is one which is not met within general cultivation. 79. CONTIN REINETTE.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Trans, vol. vii., p. 339. Hort. Soo. Cat. ed. 3, n. 645. Fruit, medium sized; roundish, somewhat resembling the old Non- pareil. Skin, deep dull yellow on the shaded side, and fine red where exposed to the sun. Flesh, yellowish, firm, highly flavored, and plea- santly acid. A dessert apple of first-rate quality, peculiarly adapted for cultiva- tion in the northern districts of Scotland. It is in use during October and November. The tree is very hardy, an excellent and sure bearer, but a slender grower. It was raised by Sir George Stuart Mackenzie, Bart., of Coul, in Ros- shire, a gentleman who for a long series of years devoted his time and talents to the advancement of horticulture. 80. CORNISH AROMATIC—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 181. Lind. Guide, 42. Down. Fr. Amer. 81. Stnonyme.—Aromatic Pippin. JRog. Fr. Cult. 87. FiaoHFis.—Pom. Mag. t. 58. Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xix, f. 3. Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish, angular, slightly flattened, and narrow- ing towards the eye. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, and covered with large patches of pale brown russet, which, extend all over the base, and sprinkled with, green and russety dots -, but of a be
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