Fruit, medium sized; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, somewhat like the old Nonpareil in shape. Skin, almost entirely covered with red, which is streaked with deeper red; except on the shaded side where there is a patch of greenish-yellow, tinged with thin red. Eye, partially open, with broad, flat segments, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, white, crisp, tender, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. A very excellent culinary apple; comes into use during October, and lasts till Christmas. This variety is much grown about Lancaster, and some parts of Westmoreland, where it is a great favorite among the cottagers. 214. LONGVILLE’S KERNEL.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 411. Lind. Guide, 32. Down. Fr. Amer. 90. SYNONYME.--Sam’s Crab, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 1021. FIGURE.--Pom Mag. t. 63. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; ovate, slightly angular, but handsomely shaped. Skin, greenish-yellow, tinged with red, and streaked with dark red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, with short erect segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted. Flesh, yellow, firm, sweet, slightly acid, and with a perfumed flavor. A dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality; in use during August and September. According to Mr. Lindley “It is said that this apple was originated in Herefordshire, where it is at present but little known: it is very handsome, and of considerable merit.” 215. LUCOMBE’S PINE-APPLE.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 585. SYNONYMES--Pine Apple, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 789. Pine Apple Pippin, _Ibid._ 790. FIGURE.--Maund. Fruit, 49. Fruit, rather below medium size; ovate or conical, slightly and obscurely ribbed about the eye. Skin, of an uniform, clear, pale, yellow, but with an orange tinge on the side next the sun, the whole surface thinly strewed with pale-brown russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with somewhat ovate segments, set in a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, stout, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender and delicate, juicy and sugary, with a rich aromatic flavor, resembling that of a pine apple. A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from the beginning of October to Christmas. This desirable apple was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter, and is well worthy of general cultivation. 216. LUCOMBE’S SEEDLING.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 416. Lind. Guide, 52. Rog. Fr. Cult. 49. FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 109. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xiv. f. 3.