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, conical, even, and regularly shaped. Skin, green at
first, but changing as it ripens to yellow, with a few large crimson
spots, on the side exposed to the sun, and marked with small patches
of thin delicate russet. Eye, small and open, even with the surface,
and surrounded with a few shallow plaits. Stalk, three quarters of an
inch long, inserted in a small, and shallow depression, which, together
with the base, is entirely covered with russet. Flesh, greenish-yellow,
firm, crisp, and very juicy, brisk, sugary, and vinous.
A delicious little dessert apple of the first quality, in use from
November to May.
The tree is hardy, a free upright grower, and a good bearer. It attains
about the middle size. If grafted on the paradise stock it is well
suited for espaliers, or growing as an open dwarf.
This excellent variety was introduced to notice by Gervase Coe, of Bury
St. Edmonds, who raised the Golden Drop Plum. It has been said that it
is a very old variety, which has existed for many years in some Essex
orchards, but was propagated by Coe as a seedling of his own.
76. COLE.--Hort.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 172. Lind. Guide, 13. Down.
Fr. Amer. 71.
SYNONYME.--Scarlet Perfume, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._
FIGURE.--Pom. Mag. t. 104. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxvii. f. 3.
Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter broad, and two and a half
high; roundish, considerably flattened, almost oblate, and angular on
the sides. Skin, yellowish, almost entirely covered with deep crimson,
and slightly marked with russet. Eye, large and closed, set in a wide
and open basin. Stalk, long, covered with down, and inserted in a close
narrow cavity, with a fleshy prominence on one side of it. Flesh,
white, firm, juicy, and sweet, with a rich, brisk, and pleasant flavor.
A first-rate early kitchen apple, and second-rate for the dessert. It
is in use during August and September, and will even keep as long as
Christmas, if well preserved.
The tree is hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer, and on account of the
size of the fruit should be grown rather as a dwarf than a standard.
77. COLONEL HARBORD’S PIPPIN.--Lind.
IDENTIFICATION.--G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. vol. iv., p. 65. Lind.
Guide, 66. Hort Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 174.
Fruit, large, about three inches and a half wide, and the same in
height; conical, and angular on the sides. Skin, pale yellowish-green,
partially russeted on one side. Eye, large, set in a rather shallow
basin, surrounded with plaits and wrinkles. Stalk, half an inch long.
Flesh, white, tinged with green, soft, and very juicy, with a brisk
tart flavor.
An excellent culinary apple of the first quality; in use from November
to March. It originated at Blickling Hall, in Norfolk.
78. COLONEL VAUGHAN’S.--H.
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