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, above medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and two
inches and a half high; roundish, and slightly ribbed on the sides.
Skin, greenish yellow, marked with distinct and well defined figures,
and reticulations of russet, like the Fenouillet Jaune, on the shaded
side, and over the base; but green, which is almost entirely covered
with a coating of smooth, thin, pale brown russet, on the side next the
sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow, and shallow basin. Stalk,
an inch long, slender and woody, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity,
which is of a green color, and very slightly marked with russet. Flesh,
yellowish, crisp, and tender, with a brisk, somewhat sugary, and
pleasant aromatic flavor.
An excellent dessert apple, of first-rate quality, in use from October
to Christmas, after which it becomes meally.
53. BURN’S SEEDLING.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 102.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches
and a quarter high; roundish, flattened at the base, and narrowing
towards the apex, sometimes inclining to conical. Skin, yellow, but
with a blush and a few streaks of red next the sun, marked with a few
patches of russet, and sprinkled with russety dots, which are thickest
round the eye. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow and irregular
basin. Stalk, short, thick and fleshy, generally obliquely inserted by
the side of a fleshy swelling, and surrounded with a patch of rough
russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and sub-acid.
An excellent culinary apple of the first quality, in use from October
to Christmas.
This variety was raised by Mr. Henry Burn, gardener to the Marquis of
Aylesbury, at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough.
54. BYSON WOOD RUSSET.
SYNONYME.--Byson Wood, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, n. 104.
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Fruit, below medium size; oblato-ovate, regularly and handsomely
shaped. Skin, green, entirely covered with ashy grey russet, and
strewed with greyish white freckles. Eye, small, and slightly closed,
set in a round and even basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted
in a rather shallow and angular cavity. Flesh, greenish, firm, crisp,
and juicy, with a brisk, sugary, and aromatic flavor.
A dessert apple of the first quality, in use from December to February.
55. CALVILLE BLANCHE D’ÉTÉ.--Knoop.
IDENTIFICATION.--Knoop Pom. 13. Chart. Cat. 56. Diel Kernobst. B. II.
7. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 109.
SYNONYMES.--White Calville, _Acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Calville Blanc,
_Jard. Franç._ 106. Wahrer Weiszer Sommer Calville, _Diel Kernobst._
B. II. 7. Weisser Sommerkalwil, _Baum. Cat._ 1850.
FIGURE.--Knoop Pom. t. 1.
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