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, very large, oblong, a little irregular, tapering to the eye.
Skin, smooth, pale lemon-yellow, often with a blush next the sun.
Stalk, long, and slender, in a deep cavity. Calyx, closed, and set in a
rather narrow, plaited basin. Seeds, in a large hollow capsule or core.
Flesh, tender, juicy, crisp, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor; before
fully ripe, it is considerably acid. November to March.
Wood, yellowish, and tree vigorous, with spreading, drooping branches.
A regular and excellent bearer, and worthy of a place in every
orchard--_Down. Fr. Amer._ 100.
940. YOUNG’S SEEDLING.
A medium sized apple, of second-rate quality, suitable for kitchen
purposes, and useful also in the dessert; the shape is roundish; skin,
green on the shaded side, and red on the other; in use from January
till June.--_H. S. C._ n. 888.
941. ZIMMT REINETTE.
SYNONYMES.--Zimmtfarbige Reinette; Kaneel Renet.
A medium sized dessert apple, of good quality; round, handsome, and
regularly shaped, the skin is greenish yellow, very much covered with
cinnamon-colored russet, the flesh is yellowish-white, fine, juicy,
rich, sugary, vinous, and aromatic; ripe in December, and continues
till May.
942. ZOETE PETER LELY.
A small dessert apple, of first-rate quality; the shape is oblate,
and the skin is covered with russet; it is in use from November till
February. It is small, but good, with a Russet Nonpareil flavor.--_H.
S. C._ n. 892.
LISTS OF SELECT APPLES.
These lists are adapted to various latitudes of Great Britain, and are
intended as a guide to the formation of large, or small collections of
the most choice and useful varieties.
I. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND.
And not extending farther north than the range of Derby.
1. SUMMER APPLES.
A. DESSERT.
Borovitsky
Devonshire Quarrenden
Early Harvest
Irish Peach
Joanneting
Kerry Pippin
King of the Pippins
Margaret
Summer Golden Pippin
B. KITCHEN.
Carlisle Codlin
Cole
Duchess of Oldenburgh
Dutch Codlin
Keswick Codlin
Manks Codlin
Springrove Codlin
2. AUTUMN APPLES.
A. DESSERT.
Augustus Pearmain
Borsdorffer
Bowyer’s Russet
Breedon Pippin
Brookes’s
Broughton
Colonel Vaughan’s
Cornish Aromatic
Downton Pippin
Early Nonpareil
Golden Winter Pearmain
Moore’s Seedling
Proliferous Reinette
Ribston Pippin
Red Ingestrie
Yellow Ingestrie
B. KITCHEN.
Biggs’s Nonesuch
Catshead
Cellini
Emperor Alexander
Flower of Kent
Gravenstein
Golden Noble
Gooseberry Apple
Harvey Apple
Harvey’s Wiltshire Defiance
Hawthornden
Kentish Fill-basket
Mère de Ménage
Waltham Abbey Seedling
Wormsley Pippin
3. WINTER APPLES.
A. DESSERT.
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