British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great BritainHogg, Robert
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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain
Hogg, Robert
Apples
Fruit, small, two inches wide, and the same in height; oval, even, and
regularly formed, with five obscure ribs round the eye. Skin, green,
becoming yellow as it attains maturity, marked with imbedded green
specks, and numerous very minute dots. Eye, half open, set in a round,
and plaited basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, and
inserted in a round, narrow cavity, which is lined with rough russet.
Flesh, greenish-white, soft and juicy, but with little or no flavor.
An apple of which it is difficult to say to what use it is applicable,
having nothing whatever to recommend it; it is ripe in November.
232. MONKTON.--H.
Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and two
inches high; oblate, slightly ribbed on the sides, and ridged round
the eye. Skin, entirely covered with beautiful red, which is marked
with spots, and broken stripes of deep crimson; the color on the shaded
side is paler than on the side exposed to the sun; it is strewed all
over with russety dots, and round the stalk, and in the basin of the
eye it is of a clear waxen-yellow. Eye, small and open, with broad,
erect segments, set in a moderately deep basin. Stalk, short and thick,
inserted in a rather shallow cavity, which is lined with thick grey
russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and brisk.
A beautiful cider apple, raised at Monkton, near Taunton, in
Somersetshire.
233. MOORE’S SEEDLING.--H.
Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches high;
conical and angular, flattened at the base. Skin, greenish-yellow on
the shaded side; and marked with broken streaks of red where exposed to
the sun, interspersed with numerous large dark spots. Eye, small and
open, set in a plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a small,
narrow cavity, and surrounded with a patch of russet. Flesh, yellow,
tender, rather sweet and pleasantly flavored.
A good culinary apple; ripe in October, and keeps till December.
234. MORRIS’S COURT OF WICK.--H.
Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter broad, and an inch and three
quarters high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped, very
closely resembling its parent, the old Court of Wick. Skin, pale green
on the shaded side; but washed with light red next the sun, which is
covered with darker red spots, and marked with thin grey russet, round
the eye. Eye, open, with reflexed segments, equally as characteristic
as that of the old Court of Wick, and placed in a wide, shallow basin.
Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, firm but
tender, with a profusion of rich, vinous, and highly flavored juice.
A delicious dessert apple, excelling even the old Court of Wick; it is
in use from October to February.
This variety was raised some years ago, by Mr. Morris, a market
gardener at Brentford, near London.
235. MORRIS’S NONPAREIL RUSSET.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 743?
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