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 and conical. Skin, smooth, clear yellow, tinged with pale
crimson, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, with
short segments, placed in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, short and
slender, inserted in a deep, round, and wide cavity. Flesh, tender,
almost transparent, juicy, sugary, and well flavored.
A culinary apple, in use from September to November.
363. TRUMPETER.--H.
SYNONYME.--Treadle-Hole, _in Lancaster_.
Fruit, large, two inches and three quarters wide, and three inches
high; oblong, irregularly shaped, angular on the sides, and prominently
ribbed round the eye. Skin, pale green, with a tinge of yellow on the
side exposed to the sun. Eye, small, closed, and set in a deep and
angular basin, surrounded with four or five prominent knobs. Stalk,
about five-eights of an inch long, slender for the size of the fruit,
and inserted in a deep irregular cavity, which is lined with rough
cracked russet. Flesh, greenish-white, crisp, very juicy, and sweet,
with a brisk and pleasant sub-acid flavor.
A very excellent apple either for the dessert or culinary purposes,
much esteemed in the orchards about Lancaster; it is in use from
October to January.
364. TRUMPINGTON.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 44.
SYNONYMES.--Delware, _Ron. Pyr. Mal._ 75. Eve, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._
FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxviii. f. 2.
Fruit, small, two inches and three-eights wide, and one inch and
five-eights high; oblate, even and handsomely shaped. Skin, of a fine
deep golden-yellow, tinged and mottled with pale red on the shaded
side; but of a fine bright red, which extends over the greater part,
where exposed to the sun. Eye, large and closed, with broad, flat,
ovate segments, set in a wide and somewhat undulating basin. Stalk, a
quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide, and deep cavity, which
is tinged with green, and lined with russet. Flesh, white, firm, and
pleasantly flavored.
A pretty dessert apple of second-rate quality; in use from September to
Christmas.
365. TULIP.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 841.
SYNONYMES.--Tulp, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Tulpen, _Ibid._ Dutch Tulip,
_Ron. Cat._
Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half at the widest
part, and two inches and a half high; ovato-conical, regularly and
handsomely shaped, ridged round the eye. Skin, fine deep purple,
extending over the whole surface of the fruit, except on any part
which may be shaded, and then it is yellow. Eye, open, with short,
ovate segments, set in a furrowed and plaited basin. Stalk, about
half-an-inch long, straight and slender, inserted in a deep, and rather
angular cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, crisp, juicy, sweet, and
slightly sub-acid.
A beautiful and handsome dessert apple, but only of second-rate
quality; in use from November to April.
366. TURK’S CAP.--Hort.
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