. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 140 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 235. MORRIS'S NONPAREIL RUSSET.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 743? Synonyme and Figure.—Nonpareil Russet, Eon. Ptjr. Mai. 25, pi. xiii. f. 3. Fruit, small conical and irregularly formed, being generally larger on one side than the other, and having the eye placed later- ally. Skin, green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, strewed with silvery scales, and marked with green dots. Eye, small and open,
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 140 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 235. MORRIS'S NONPAREIL RUSSET.—Hort. Identification.—Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 743? Synonyme and Figure.—Nonpareil Russet, Eon. Ptjr. Mai. 25, pi. xiii. f. 3. Fruit, small conical and irregularly formed, being generally larger on one side than the other, and having the eye placed later- ally. Skin, green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, strewed with silvery scales, and marked with green dots. Eye, small and open, with segments re- flexed at the tips, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted in an oblique cavity. Flesh, green- ish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, / briskly flavored, and charged J IV / with a pleasant aroma. W'Ss. An excellent dessert apple, of the first quality ; in use from October to March, and will keep even as long as May and June. Can this be the same as the Morris's Nonpareil Russet, of the London Horticultural Society's catalogue, which is*said to be oblate ? I know that the variety described above is the true one, the friend from whom I received it having procured it from Mr. Morris himself. This variety was raised by Mr. Morris of 236. MORRIS'S RUSSET.—H. Fruit below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; round, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, covered with a coat of smooth, thin, brown russet, with occasionally a bright, fiery-crimson flame breaking out on the side next the sun, some- times so large as to form a fine, smooth, and varnished crimson cheek. Eye, large and open, set in a small and shallow basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a rather small cavity. Flesh, firm, but tender, juicy, brisk and sugary, charged with a very rich, and powerful aromatic flavor. This is a dessert apple, of the highest excellence, and ought certainly to form one in every collection, however smal
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