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, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and
three quarters high; roundish, and flattened, with five obscure ribs,
on the sides, extending into the basin of the eye. Skin, smooth,
thinly strewed with redish-brown dots, and a few faint streaks of pale
red on the shaded side; and of a beautiful deep red, covered with
yellowish-grey dots, on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with broad
reflexed segments, set in a round and moderately deep basin. Stalk,
short, inserted in a round and deep cavity, lined with rough russet,
which extends in ramifications over the base. Flesh, yellowish, tender,
and pleasantly sub-acid.
A good culinary apple, in use from October to Christmas.
314. SACK AND SUGAR.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 761. Rog. Fr. Cult. 41.
FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. i. f. 1.
Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and an inch
and three quarters high; roundish, inclining to oval, with prominent
ridges round the eye. Skin, pale yellow. Eye, large, and open with
erect segments, and rather deeply placed in a round, wide, and angular
basin. Flesh, white, soft, tender, very juicy, sugary, and pleasantly
flavored.
A good early apple, either for culinary purposes or the dessert; ripe
in the end of July and beginning of August, and continuing during
September.
The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and an immense bearer, so much
so, as to be injurious to the crop of the following year.
This apple was raised nearly half a century ago, by Mr. Morris, a
market gardener, at Brentford, and is sometimes met with under the name
of _Morris’s Sack and Sugar_.
315. SAINT JULIEN.--Calvel.
IDENTIFICATION.--Cal. Traité, iii. 27. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 764.
Pom. Mag. iii. 165.
SYNONYMES.--Seigneur d’Orsay, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Concombre des
Chartreux. Heilige Julians apfel.
Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three
quarters high; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, and angular on
its sides. Skin, yellowish-green, covered with large patches of ashy
colored russet, and in dry warm seasons, sometimes tinged with red.
Eye, open, set in a rather shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch
long, slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white,
firm, juicy, sugary, and richly flavored.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from December to
March.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer.
316. SAM YOUNG.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 324. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3,
n. 768. Lind. Guide, 97. Down. Fr. Amer. 134.
SYNONYME.--Irish Russet, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. i. 985.
FIGURE.--Pom. Mag. t. 130
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