A
GUIDE
TO THE
ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDER; ,
OR ,„ a „ i
AN ACCOUNT
MOST VALUABLE FRUITS CULTIVATED
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
BY GEORGE LJNDLEY, C. M. H. S.
EDITED BY
JOHN LINDLEY, F. R. S., &c. &c.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-
FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION.
Containing NOTES Explanatory and Practical, with numerous additions on the
Propagation, Culture, Pruning, and Training of Standard, Open Dwarf, and
Espalier Fruit Trees, adapted to the Climate of the United States of America,
with additions of the most valuable AMERICAN FRUITS, and other matters
useful to the American Horticulturist.
BY MICHAEL FLOY,
GARDENER AND NURSERYMAN, NEW-YORK, AND C. M. OF THE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
COLLINS & HANNAY,230 Pearl-street.
1833.
•
"Entered according- to Act of Congress, the 9th of March, 1833, by
MICHAEL FLOY, in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District of
New-York."
Printed by G. F. HOPKINS &1SON.
PREFATORY REMARKS.
To the Horticultural Society of London, the botanical
world, and more especially the lovers and cultivators of good
fruit, are largely indebted.
With an unbounded zeal, and at an expense almost unli-
mited, they have procured from all parts of the world every
variety of fruit that Health or influence could obtain. These
have been planted in the Society's garden, and with praise-
worthy liberality, grafts, cuttings, and in many instances spe*
cimen trees have been gratuitously distributed to nursery-
men and other cultivators.
The catalogue published by the Society in the year 1826,
is evidence of the zeal and industry with which their labours
had been prosecuted. — It contains of Apples, 1205 names ;
of Pears, 622 ; Plums, 298 ; Peaches, 224 ; Apricots, 54;
Cherries, 2^6; Nectarines, 72 ; Grape Vines, 157; with
more than half as many names, which were even then con-
sidered as synonymes or mere duplicates of the same va-
riety, — together with (we quote from the advertisement to
the catalogue,) "nearly 1000 more of less certain authority,
all of which were actually under a state of cultivation in the
garden of the Society."
It was manifest from the very appearance of this list, that
it was altogether too large, — that a great proportion of the
names admitted into the text were mere synonymes, and that
a number were fruit of no value whatever. Indeed this was
well known to the compilers of the catalogue, who intimated
that when all the fruits came into bearing, the good would
be selected from the poorer sorts, and something like order
be restored. — Were not this to be the case, vain had been
the labours of the Society, and their catalogue a chaotic
mass worse than useless, tending only to mislead, perplex,
and bewilder.
To exemplify: Suppose from a catalogue of Pears, the
following names should be selected by a person wishing a
variety, viz: Brown Bern-re*, Beurre Gris, Beurre Rouge,
667792
PREFACE.
Beurre Dore, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre" d'Or, Beurre d'Am-
bleuse, Beurre d'Amboise, Poire d'Amboise, Isambert, Red
Beurre, Bern-re" du Roi, and Golden Beurre', White Doyenne",
Doyenne Blanc, Beurre Blanc, Bonneante, Saint Michael,
Carlisle, Citron de Septembre, Kaiserbirne, Poire a Courte
Queue, Poire de Limon, Poire de Neige, Poire de Seigneur,
Poire Monsieur, Valencia, and White Beurre'. Here is a
list of 28 kinds as the purchaser supposes, but when the trees
come to bear, he finds to his great disappointment and mor-
tification that he has only two sorts, viz. the Brown Beurr^,
and the White Doyenne.
With special reference to the correction of this evil, soon
after the publication of the Society's ca^logue, the Pomolo-
gical Magazine appeared in monthly numbers, with ample
descriptions, and embellished with beautiful coloured plates;
but the expense necessarily attendant on its publication, has
prevented, in a great degree, its circulation among those for
whose use such a work ought to have been principally adap-
ted,— the Gardener and the humble cultivator of his own
soil. As a specimen of art, however, the beauty of its typo-
graphy and engravings renders it a suitable ornament for the
library of the wealthy patron of horticultural science. But
the confusion in the nomenclature still existed, — the little
that had been done, serving only to make the confusion more
manifest.
There was wanted a union of botanical science and prac-
tical experience to take hold of the subject, to simplify and
arrange the heterogeneous mass: to describe and classify
fruits of real worth ; and with unsparing hand to lop off re-
dundancies, and banish forever, if possible, the very names,
(however pompous and high sounding) of fruits compara-
tively worthless. This has been done in the work now pre-
sented to the American public, in which the valuable kinds
of fruit are arranged, classified, and described in such a man-
ner as to be readily known and distinguished ; and worth-
less or inferior varieties having been rejected, one of the least
merits of the work is that, the amateur can readily make a
selection of different varieties, for a large or small garden,
with a certainty of getting fruits of real value, and such kinds
only, as he may wish to cultivate.
The well known abilities of Mr. Lindley for a work of
this nature, pointed him out as the most suitable person for
undertaking it. The task has been accomplished (as the
reader will perceive) in a masterly manner.
PREFACE.
The present Edition has been carefully revised, and where
the method of cultivation was not suited to this country, other
original matter has been substituted by the Editor, with ad-
ditions of the most valuable American fruits which do not
ripen so well in England, and consequently were omitted by
Mr. Lindley. In the arrangement of the work it was thought
best to divide it into two parts, the former part containing the
description, arrangement, and classification of the Fruits,
and the more fully to explain the classification of the Peach-
es and Nectarines three cuts were made from the original
paper in the Horticultural Transactions. The latter part is
entirely on the manner of cultivation so as to suit both the
northern and southern States. The alterations and addi-
tions are so numerous that it may be strictly called an Ame-
rican work, without depriving Mr. Lindley of any of his
just praise. The cause of the decay of Peach and other
Fruit Trees in the United States, with directions for their
recovery has been noticed with full directions for propagating,
pruning, and the various methods of training, as Standards,
OpenDwarfs, and Espalier Trees. This has swelled the work
about fifty pages more than was first contemplated,but it was
deemed absolutely necessary to its completion. These ad-
ditions and alterations will appear in the body of the work ;
no pains have been spared by the Editor to make it accept-
able to the public, and worthy of their patronage.
New-York, March, 1833.
PREFACE BY JHE ENGLISH EDITOR,
THE Author of the following work has been occupied, at
intervals, during nearly forty years, in preparing for the press
materials for a complete account of the fruit trees and vege-
tables cultivated* in the gardens of Great Britain. The result of
these inquiries is now presented to the reader, in a form which,
it is thought, is so condensed as to comprehend the* greatest
quantity of information in the smallest compass, and which at
the same time is sufficiently diffuse to render it possible for
the reader to acquire as much knowledge as is either impor-
tant or indispensable in regard to any particular variety.
Those points which are so peculiarly interesting to all Gar-
deners, such as the kind of stock upon which a given variety
will succeed better than upon another, — the comparative
value of each kind of fruit, — the aspect that it requires, —
the different names under which it is known in England or
elsewhere, — the books in which a faithful figure may be
found, — the purposes for which it is best adapted, — the
seasons when it is in the greatest perfection, — and topics of
a similar kind, have been in all cases treated with especial
care. This there are few men more competent to do well
than Mr. Lindley, whose long practical experience, and am-
ple opportunities of investigating such subjects personally
during a series of many years, have been such as have rarely
fallen to the lot of any one.
The forcing department has been considered foreign to the
purpose of this work, and is therefore "entirely omitted. In
recommending particular modes of cultivation, it has been
wished to present the reader with one or two methods of op-
eration, that experience has shown to be simple and effec-
tual, rather than to introduce a great number of different
plans, among which the unskilful reader can never know
which to select in preference, and where the chances are,
* In this edition, the p$rt devoted to vegetables is omitted as foreign to the
•work. Ed.
PREFACE. Vll
perhaps, in favour of his making choice of that which is least
adapted to practice.
While thus much may be said of the Author and his work,
it is at the same time necessary to explain why no mention is
made of some sorts which are common in particular districts.
In such cases it is to be understood, that the variety omitted
is considered either so like some kind already described as
to be undeserving of particular notice, or so little valuable as
to be unworthy of cultivation.
In all other respects the work speaks for itself. Under
that impression, the Editor would only add, that nothing in
the following pages is to be ascribed to himself, except the
introductory matter, and such typographical errors* as may
have remained uncorrected during the progress of the work
through the press.
London, July 1, 1831.
* These have been carefully examined and corrected. £4.
ABBREVIATIONS, AND BOOKS QUOTED.
Mfum, A memoir on the cultivation of the Vine in America and the
best mode of making wine. By John Adlum. Washington, 1828.
Alton's Epitome Epitome of the 2d Edition of the Hortus Kewensis.
By W. T. Aiton. 8vo. London, 1814.
..Baumanris Cat. Catalogue des Vegfrtaux en tout Genre disponibles
dans I'E'tablissement des Fibres Baumann, d Bolwiller. 1826.
Bon Jard. Le Bon .Jardinier. Par A. Poiteau, &.c.
Bradley. New Improvements of planting and Gardening. By Ri-
chard Bradley. 1724.
Chaptal's Tr. sur la Vigne. Traite Th6oretique et Pratique sur le
Culture de le Vigne, avec 1'Art de faire le Vin, &c. Par MM.
Chaptal, Rozier, Parmentier, et Dussieux. 2 vols. 8vo. 1801.
jCoze's View. A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the
Management of Orchards and Cider, fee. By William Coxe,
Esq. 8vo. 1817.
/• Versuch einer Systematischen Beschreibung in
DieVs Pom. Deutschland vorhandener Kernobstsorten. Von
DieVs Versuch. \ Dr. Aug. Friedr, Adr. Diel. 24 vols. small 8vo.
I 1799—1825.
Duhamel. Traite des Arbres Fruitiers. Par M. Duhamel du Mon-
ceau. 2 vols. 4to. Paris, 1768.
, Forsyth. A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees.
By William Forsyth. 8vo.
Hanbury. A Complete Body of Planting and Gardening. By the
Rev. Wm. Hanbury. 2 vols. fol. 1770.
ffitt. A Treatise on Fruit Trees. By Thomas Hitt. Third Edition.
8vo. 1768.
Hooker's Pom. Lond. Pomona Londinensis. By William Hooker.
4to. London, 1813.
Hort. Gard. Coll. A Collection of Fruit Trees in the Garden of the
Horticultural Society at Chiswick.
Hort. Soc. Cat. A Catalogue of Fruits cultivated in the Garden of
the Horticultural Society of London. 8vo. 1826.
Hort. Trans. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London.
4to. 7 vols.
Jard. Fruit. Le Jardin Fruitier. Par M. Noisette. 3 vols. 4to.
Paris, 1821.
Knoop Fruct. Fructologie, ou Description des Arbres Fruitiers.
Par J. H. Knoop. Folio. 1771.
Knoop Pom. Pomologie, ou Description des Meilleures Sortes de
Pommes et de Poires. Par J. H. Knoop. Folio. 1771.
Kraft Pom. Aust. Abhandlung von den Obstbaumen. Von Johann
Kraft. 2 vols. folio. 1792 — 1796.
Langley. Pomona, or the Fruit Garden illustrated. By Batty Lang-
ley. Folio. 1729.
i ABBREVIATIONS AND BOOKS QUOTED.
Lelieur. La Pomone Fran£aise, ou Traite de la Culture Fransaise,
et de la Taille dcs Arbres Fruitiers. 8vo. 1811.
Lindl. Geo. Cat. A Catalogue of Trees, &c. in the Nursery at Cat-
ton, near Norwich
Loud. Gard. Mag. Loudon's Gardener's Magazine.
Marlyn's Miller. Miller's Dictionary. By the Rev. Thomas Marty n .
4 vols. folio. 1807.
Ma/wt. Every Man his own Gardener. By Thomas Mawe and John
Abercrombie. 8vo. 1822.
Mayer's Pom. Franc. Pomona Franconica, Description des Arbres
Fruitiers au Jardin de Wurtzbourg. Par le Sieur Jean Mayer.
3 vols. 4to. 1776 — 1801.
Michaux. Flora Boreali Americana. By Andreas Michaux. Pa-
ris. 1803.
Miller. The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary. By Philip Mil-
ler. Folio. 1768.
^Nicol. The Gardener's Kalendar ; or a Monthly Directory of Ope-
rations in every Branch of Horticulture. By Walter Nicol.
4th Edition. 8vo. 1822.
Nois. Manuel. Manuel Complet du Jardinier. Par M. Noisette.
Parkinson. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. By John Par-
kinson. Folio. 1629.
Poit. et Turp. Trait6 des Arbres Fruitiers de Duhamel. Nouvelle
Edition, par Poiteau et Turpin. Folio. Paris, 1808, &c.
Pnm, Heref. Pomona Herefordiensis. By Thomas Andrew Knight,
Esq. 4to. 1811.
.'Pom. Mag The Pomological Magazine. 3 vols. 8vo. London.
1827 — 1830.
Pursh. Flora Americee Septentrionalis. By Frederick Pursh. Lon-
don. .1814.
Ray. Historia Plantarum, a Joh. Ray, M. D. 3 vols. folio. Lon-
don. 1st, 1686: 2d, 1688; 3d, or Supplementum, 1704.
Speedily 's Vine. A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine. By Wm.
Speechly. 4to. 1790.
Sweet's Horlus Britannicus, or a Catalogue of Plants indigenous, or
cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, &c. By Robert
Sweet, F. L. S. London. 1830.
Sioiteer. The Practical Fruit-Gardener. By Stephen Switzer. 8vo.
1724.
Taschenb. Tascheubuch des Verstandigen Gartners. Aus dem Fran-
zOsischer ttbersetzt. Von J. J. F. Lippold. Nebst bedeuten-
den Zusatzen und Verbesserungen. Von Gebrttder Bau-
mann. 8vo. 1824.
f Catalogue Descriptif Abr6g6 ; contenant une
Van Mons Jlrb. J Partie des Arbres Fruitiers qui, depuis 1798
Van Mons Cat. | jusqu'en 1823, ont form6 la Collection de J.
" B. Van Mons.
CONTENTS.
Page
PART I.
Description of Fruit.
CHAP. 1. — Almonds 1
CHAP. 2. — Apples, sorts of 3
Cider Apples 75
Additional A-
merican 84
Selection of 89
CHAP. 3. — Apricots, sorts of 91
Selection of 97
CHAP. 4. — Cherries, sorts 97
Selection of 107
CHAP 5. — Currants 108
CHAP. 6. — Figs 109
Selection of 114
CHAP. 7. — Gooseberries 115
Selection of 126
CHAP. 8. — GrapeVines 129
American 151
CHAP. 9. — Mulberries 156
CHAP. 10.— Peaches 157
Additional A-
merican 182
Selection of 190
CHAP. 11. — Nectarines 191
Selection of 202
CHAP. 12. — Classification of
Peaches and
Nectarines 202
CHAP 13.— Nuts 214
CHAP. 14. — Pears 216
Perry Pears 277
CHAP. 15.— Plums 280
Additional A-
merican 301
Page
CHAP. 16. — Gluincea . 304
CHAP. 17. — Raspberries 305
CHAP. 18. — Strawberries 305
Selection of 319
PART II.
Propagation and Cultivation
of Fruits adapted to the
American Climate.
Principles of Horticultural
operations. 321
CHAP. 1. — Apples, Cultiva-
tion of 338
Grafting 339
Transplanting 346
Open Stand-
ards 341
Open Dwarfs 342
Espaliers 344
CHAP. 2. — Apricots, Cultiva-
tion of 346
CHAP. 3. — Cherries, Cultiva-
tion of 347
Espalier 348
CHAP. 4. — Figs, Cultivation
of 350
Do. Southern
States 351
CHAP. 5. — Gooseberries, Cul-
tivation of 352
CHAP. 6. — Grapes, Cultiva-
tion of 354
Do. in the vinery 357
Selection do. 360
aii
CONTENTS.
Pag.
CHAP. 6. — Grapes.
Selection for
open trellis 360
CHAP. 7. — Mulberries, Culti-
vation of 361
CHAP. 8.— Olives, Cultivation
of 362
CHAP. 9. — Peaches and Nec-
tarines, Culti-
vation of, with
Observations on
the cause of
their decay, &c. 363
Pruning and train-
ing 367
Espaliers 368
CHAP. 10. — Almonds, Culti-
vation of 371
CHAP. 11. — Pears, cultivation
of 372
Pruning and
Training 373
Pears.
Espaliers 374
duenouille
Training^ 374
Selection of 379
CHAP. 12. — ^Plums, Cultiva-
tion of 381
Pruning and
Training 381
Espaliers 382
Selection of 383
CHAP. 13.— auinces, Culti-
vation of 383
CHAP. 14. — Raspberries, Cul-
tivation of 384
CHAP. 14. — Strawberries,
Cultivation of 386
Forsyth's Composition 389
Wash for Fruit Trees 391
Index to the different Fruita 393
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GUIDE
TO THE
ORCHARD AND FRUIT 'GARDEN.,
PART I.
DESCRIPTION OP FRUITS.
CHAPTER I.
ALMONDS.
1. COMMON ALMOND.
Amande Commune.
The nuts of the common almond are about one inch and
a quarter long, with a hard smooth shell, containing a kernel
of little value in comparison with some others. It is the
most common in France, and the young plants from it are
used for stocks to bud peaches upon.
2. HARD SHELL SWEET ALMOND.
Amande douce a Coque dure.
The nuts of these are large, full one inch and a half long,
smooth, and of a dull colour : the shell is thick and hard, the
kernel small, and not high flavoured.
This is an improved variety of the former, and differs from
it only in having larger fruit. It is a preferable sort for
stocks, and used by the more careful of their gardeners.
3. SOFT SHELL SWEET ALMOND.
Amande douce a Coque tendre.
Much resembles the last in appearance and colour, but it
has a tender shell ; one side is usually straight, and the other
rounded.
This sort is budded upon the others, and is grown in gar-
dens to produce the young almonds, which in France are
eaten fresh in July, the kernel being sweet and well flavoured.
2 ALMONDS.
4. LADIES' FINGER SWEET ALMOND.
Amande des Dames.
This is eaten dry, and cultivated as an article of com-
merce, in the southern parts of France.
The nut exceeds an inch in length, is of an oval shape,
and thicker in proportion than the others ; the shell being
light-coloured, porous, and tender ; the kernel plump, rich,
and sweet. t .
* *.5/ SuLtA-Ni ^fKE? ALMOND.
Amancle'SuItana.^ "'
. f Kis;rets'3*ihbles the amande des dames, but is smaller.
6. PlST ACTIIA GWfcET ALMOND.
Amande Pistache.
Is similar to the last, but still smaller.
The two last varieties are peculiar to the south of France,
and are not in general cultivation.
7. PRINCESS THIN SHELL SWEET ALMOND.
Amande Princesse.
This approaches to the amande des dames in its qualities
and size, but has a much thinner shell, which is rough exter-
nally, appearing as if the outer part were removed.
8. BITTER ALMOND.
Amande Amere.
Of this, which is the bitter almond, there are several va-
rieties, differing in the size of their nuts, which are dark co-
loured, with hard shells, and bitter kernels.
Propagation and Cultivation.
All the varieties of the almond in this country may be pro-
pagated by budding them upon the muscle stock, in the same
manner as directed for peaches and nectarines.
Being natives of Barbary, their cultivation for the purpose
of obtaining fruit, cannot be expected to be successful, unless
the trees are trained against an east or south-east wall.*
* Almonds NOB. I, 2, and 8, are perfectly hardy, and will stand our most severe
frosts without injury. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, are more tender ; our winters gene-
rally kill the young branches, and sometimes the whole tree. They will, there-
fore, require protection during the winter. I have cultivated them for many years,
but could never get them to fruit well ; under glass, or trained as espaliers in a
vinery, there is no doubt they would answer well, or they may be trained on a good
south wall or close board fence, and protected with a covering of mate during the
winter. As respects their cultivation, the sweet almonds ought either to be budded
on the hard shell almond stocks, or on plum stocks, which are more durable ; the
plum stock ought first to be budded with the almonds Nos. 1 or 2, and the next
year they should be budded with the sweet almonds, working them on the young
•hoot of the almond near the bottom ; the shoots of the sweet almonds are small
and delicate, and would not readily take at once on the plum stocks ; but by this
APPLES. 0
CHAPTER II.
APPLES,
SECT. I. — Summer, Round, or nearly so.
1. BOROVITSKY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 94. ; Pom. JMag.
t. 10.
Frm7middle-sized,roundish,andratherangular. Reseated
in a rather large cavity, and surrounded by a few small plaits.
Stalk about an inch long, inserted in a deep and rather wide
cavity. Skin pale green on the shaded side, sometimes
broken by a silvery appearance of the epidermis ; on the
sunny side, striped with crimson red on a ground of paler
red; rather transparent. Flesh white, firm, juicy, with a
sweet, brisk, sub-acid, very pleasant flavour.
An early dessert fruit, ripe the middle of August. This
beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens, near St.
Petersburgh, to the Horticultural Society of London, in 1824.
2. EARLY JULIEN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 216.
Fruit middle-sized, of an irregular globular form, with se-
veral ribs or angles on the sides, which become quite promi-
nent round the eye. Skin of a pale yellow, without any
mixture of colour. Flesh approaching to yellow, firm and
crisp, with a pleasant brisk juice, having much the highest
flavour of any of the very early apples.
A Scotch dessert apple, ripe the beginning and middle of
August.
3. IRISH PEACH APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 740. ;
Pom. Mag. t. 100.
Early Crofton. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 321. and 453.
Fruit middle-sized, depressed, globular, obtusely angular.
Eye nearly closed by the* segments of the calyx. Stalk
short, not deeply inserted. Skin marked with brownish red,
intermixed with some streaks of deeper red ; the shaded side
yellowish green, sprinkled with small brown dots. Flesh
white., tender, juicy, rich, and very highly flavoured.
A dessert apple, ripe in August.
4. JUNEATING. Ray (1688), No. 1. Langleu Pom.
t. 74. f. 2.
double mode of working, they will answer. The buds should be protected during
the winter, and the next spring the trees headed dewn to the bud, and planted out ac
Above to remain. Am. Ed.
4 APPLES.
Fruit small, round, somewhat flattened at both ends, about
one inch and three quarters in diameter, and one inch and a
half deep. Eye small, with a closed calyx in a depressed
wrinkled basin. Stalk slender,, three quarters of an inch
long, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow,
with a slight pale tinge of red on the sunny side. Flesh crisp,
but soon becomes mealy. Juice a little sugary, with a slight
perfume.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
5. MARGARET. Miller, No. 2.
Magdalene. Ray '(1688), No. 2.
Fruit below the middle size, two inches and a quarter in
diameter, and two inches deep, slightly angular on its sides.
Eye small, with a closed calyx, placed in a narrow basin,
surrounded by several unequal plaits. Stalk short, slender,
in a funnel-shaped cavity, even with the base. Skin pale
yellow, with numerous small pearl-coloured imbedded specks,
and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh
white, very crisp and tender. Juice plentiful, saccharine,
and highly perfumed.
A dessert apple of first rate excellence, from the middle
of August to the end.
This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER, and has been
in our gardens since the time of RAY, in 1688 ; but it is not
the Margaret of Forsyth, and of many collections of the pre-
sent day (See No. 13). The tree is readily known from
every other variety of apple, by its upright growth, by its
short erect branches, and by the excessive pubescence of its
leaves,
6. OSLIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 715. ; Pom. Mag. t. 5.
Oslin Pippin. Mcol Ed. 4. p. 164.
Oslin, or Arbroath Pippin. Forsyth. Ed. 7. p. 119.
Orgeline, or Orjeline. Ib. Ed. 5. p. 119.
Fruit roundish, depressed, without angles. Eye rather
prominent, with a few moderately sized plaits. Stalk short,
thick, not deeply inserted. Skin very thick and tough, pale
bright lemon colour when fully ripe, intermixed with a little
bright green, and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same.
Flesh inclining to yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, very rich, and
highly flavoured.
Ripe about the middle of August, and very excellent.
7. RED ASTRACAN. Hort. Trans. Yol. iv. p. 522. ;
Pom. Mag. t. 123.
Fruit rather above the middle size, roundish, slightly an-
APPLES.
gular. Eye in a tolerably deep basin, surrounded by a few
knobby protuberances. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin
greenish yellow in the shade, deep crimson on the exposed
side, and over great part of the surface spotted with russet,
with a little coarse russet surrounding the stalk. The great-
est part of the red colour is covered with a delicate white
bloom like that of a plum, which gives it somewhat the ap-
pearance of a peach. Flesh white, crisp. Juice abundant,
with a rich saccharine acid, but soon becomes mealy.
Ripe about the middle of August.
This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden, and
first fruited by William Atkinson, Esq. of Grove End, Pad-
dington, in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticul-
tural Society, in 1820.
8. RED QUARENDEN. Hooker Pom. Lond. t. 13.
Devonshire Quarenden. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 822.
Pom. Mag. t. 94.
Sack apple, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1012. according to the
Pom. JVIag.
Fruit below the middle size, oblate, or round, and depress-
ed, the outline tolerably regular. Eye slightly or not at all
depressed, entirely closed by the long segments of the calyx,
and surrounded by little knotty protuberances. Stalk thick,
rather short, deeply inserted. Skin of an uniform deep rich
crimson, with numerous green dots intermixed ; greenish
on the shaded side. Flesh greenish white ; when newly ga-
thered, crisp, very juicy, mixed with a most agreeable acid.
Ripe in August, and will keep till the end of September.
It is very much and very justly esteemed.
9. SPRING GROVE CODLIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 197.
t. 11.
Fruit of the usual codlin shape, about three inches in dia-
meter at the base, and two inches and three quarters deep,
slightly angular on its sides, and tapering to a narrow crown.
Eye closed by broad, short segments of the calyx, slightly
sunk in a narrow, oblique, plaited hollow. Stalk rather
short, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale greenish
yellow, tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh green-
ish yellow, tender. Juice saccharine, with a mixture of acid;
and a very slight perfume. It is ready for tarts in July, and
will keep till October or November.
The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by
Sir Joseph Banks, in a communication to the Horticultural
Society of London, read April 3, 1810.
1*
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10. SUMMER GOLDEN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
393. Pom. Mag. t. 50.
Fruit small, roundish-oblong, flattened at both ends. Eye
in a wide, shallow, even hollow. Stalk short, inserted in a
middle-sized cavity. Skin very smooth and shining ; on the
side next the sun bright yellow, tinged a little with orange,
which gradually fades away on the shaded side into a pale
lemon colour, and marked throughout with pale scattered
dots. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, sweet and agreeable,
without perfume.
Ripe the end of August, and will keep ten days or a fort-
night.
A very beautiful and excellent little dessert apple.
11. WHITE ASTRACAN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23. Pom.
Mag. t. 96.
Glace de Zelande. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 366,, and of
foreign gardens, according to the Pom. Mag.
Transparent de Moscovie. Ib. according to the Pom.
Mag. and the Hort. Cat.
Pyrus Astracanica, De Cand. Prod. Vol. ii. p. 635.
Fruit middle-sized, roundish, angular on the sides, and
ribbed at the apex. Eye depressed in a small hollow. Stalk
thick, and very short. Skin smooth, with a few faint streaks
of red on the sunny side, and covered with a white bloom.
Flesh snow-white, often transparent in part, tender, juicy,
crisp, very pleasant and delicate.
Ripe in August, and will keep good for only a few days.
It is a hardy tree, and a very good bearer. It has been in-
troduced from Russia, where it is said to grow wild about
Astracan, and was first brought into notice by William At-
kinson, Esq. of Grove End, Paddington.
SECT. II. — Summer. Conical or oblong.
12. DOCTOR HELSHAM'S PIPPIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.
Fruit middle-sized, more long than broad, eight or nine
inches in circumference, a little angular on the sides. Eye
small, in a rather wide and oblique basin. Stalk half an inch
long, deeply inserted. Skin yellowish green, with several
reddish spots ; on the sunny side of a fine clear red. Flesh
white. Juice sweet, with a slight aromatic flavour.
Ripe in August and beginning of September.
The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a Jargo-
nelle Pear. It is an abundant bearer, arid deserves cultivation.
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The original tree, which is a large one, was raised by the
late Dr. Helsham, and is now growing in the garden of Mr.
Etheredge, of Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk.
13. EARLY RED MARGARET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 588.
Pom. Mag. t. 46.
Margaret Apple. Langley. Pom. Lond. t. 74. f. 1.
Red Juneating. ) According to Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
Early Striped ditto. } 588.
Early Red Juneating. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 504.
Eve Apple. Of the Irish Gardens, according to the
Hort. Soc. Cat.
Margaretha Apfel. ) Of the Germans, according to
Rother Jacob's Apfel. ) the Pom. Mag.
Fruit below the middle size, roundish oblong, rather an-
gular, tapering a little to the crown. Eye contracted, plait-
ed. Stalk short, thick. Skin greenish yellow, richly and
closely streaked with deep red. Flesh wrhite, juicy, break-
ing, sub-acid, very rich and agreeable, without any perfume
or spicy flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
A very good early apple, but soon grows mealy.
14. RED CALVILLE.
Calville d'E'te. Duhamel 1 . t. 1.
Calville Rouge d'E'te. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 131.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat cordate or conical, having
alternately large and small angles terminating in the crown,
which is narrow and pointed : about one inch and three quar-
ters in diameter, and two inches deep, Eye narrow, promi-
nent, surrounded by large plaits. Stalk half an inch, rather
stout, inserted in a regular and rather deep cavity. Skin
pale red, but of a deep colour, and shaded with deeper streaks
on the sunny side. Flesh white, slightly tinged with red
next the core. Juice not plentiful, but pretty well flavoured.
Ripe in August and September.
15. REVELSTONE PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 522.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat angular on the sides, the
angular protuberances uniting round the eye in large knobs.
Stalk short and thick, inserted in a very regular cavity.
Skin greenish yellow, thickly sprinkled with yellow russety
spots, and nearly covered with a bright red. Flesh yellow,
firm. Juice not plentiful, but sweet, and of a very good fla-
vour.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September, and
will not keep long.
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16. SUGAR-LOAF PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1078.
Pom. Mag, t. 3.
Dolgoi Squoznoi. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 254., according
to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit ovate or oblong, generally tapering to the eye, which
is much hollowed, with a few slight plaits. Stalk about an
inch long, inserted in a deep, regular cavity. Skin a very
clear light yellow, with a few greenish dots ; yellow on the
sunny side, and becoming nearly white when fully ripe.
Flesh whitish, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a most agreeable,
lively, sweetish sub-acid flavour,
An excellent summer apple, ripe the beginning of August,
but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and
mealy.
This appears to be of Russian origin, having been sent
from the Taurida Gardens, at St. Petersburgh, to the Hor-
ticultural Society, London, under the name of Dolgoi Squoz-
noi, two Russian words, dolgoi, signifying long, audsquoznoi
transparent.
SECT. III.— Jlutwnnal. Round, or nearly so.
17. BERE COURT PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p. 400.
Fruit about the middle size, resembling a large and well
formed Nonesuch, but rather less flattened. Stalk slender
and deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, beautifully variegat-
ed with broken stripes of red. Flesh crisp, very juicy, with
a high flavoured acidity. It does not keep late, but is a most
valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts.
Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon, in his garden
at Bere Court, near Pangbourne, in Berkshire, and exhibited
at the Horticultural Society, London, October 15, 1822.
18. CALVILLE ROUGE DE MICOUD. Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 242.
Fruit of the first crop, depressed, spherical, nearly three
inches in diameter, and about two inches deep ; three, or
more frequently four slight ridges divide it lengthways, and
give it a somewhat square outline. Stalk moderately thick,
rather long, placed in a funnel-shaped cavity. Eye placed
in the bottom of a hollow, scooped out like a funnel, and
larger than that in which the stalk is placed, the divisions of
the calyx remaining in part when the fruit is ripe. Skin of a
very deep, dull red on the side next the sun, but less intense
on the shaded side, where it is streaked by a few lines, and
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spots of a pale red. It is tough, adhering firmly to the flesh,
of an austere taste. Flesh yellowish white, fine, breaking
with a crystalline appearance, juicy. Juice sweetish acid,
and agreeably perfumed.
Its maturity commences about the middle of July, and
continues with little interruption, till November. The fruit
of April-flowering ripen mostly in August, and are usually
eaten during harvest. Those of the second flowering suc-
ceed the first, and may be brought to table till the end of
October ; they are quite as good as the first, but are not big-
ger than a hen's egg. The fruit of the latter flowerings are
not bigger than a Pomme d'Api ; nevertheless, when they
are stopped in their growth by the frost, they may be placed
in the fruit-room, where they ripen very well, and keep till
November. This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a
delicate and sweet flavour, and it is also very agreeable when
stewed.
Mons . Andrd Thouin, from whom the above is taken, has
given an interesting account of this singular apple. The
original tree, which bears three thousand apples annually, is
growing on the farm of the Baroness de Micoud, which lies
near La Charit(§ sur Loire, in the department of the Nievre.
The first flowering takes place in April, the second in June ;
the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers. The
third and succeeding flowerings take place in August, Sep-
tember, October, and November, when they are stopped by
the severity of the frost. It is necessary to remark, that the
last flowerings are much less abundant than the two first,
and the fruit which they produce is small, and imperfectly ri-
pened. The blossoms are produced in corymbs of twelve
or fifteen flowers in the first season of blossoming, but only
from five to nine in the succeeding seasons. The colour of
the corolla is white, tinged with rose-coloured stains, espe-
cially on the edge of the petals.
Mons. Thouin very justly remarks, " that the dense, dark
green, shining foliage during three-fourths of the year, ena-
melled with numerous bunches of delicate rose-coloured
blossoms, and scattered over with fruit of diversity of colour,
render it a most interesting object of cultivation, especially as
an ornament to our lawns and shrubberies, producing an ef-
fect not less novel than agreeable."
19. CHRISTIE'S PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 155.
Fruit middle-sized, shaped like a flattish Nonesuch, about
two inches deep, and two inches and a half in diameter, quite
10
APPLES.
round, without angles. Eye small, closed by a short calyx,
moderately sunk, in a very even circular basin, perfectly free
from plaits. Stalk short, slender, rather deeply sunk, not
protruding beyond the base. Skin pale greenish yellow, be-
coming bright yellow when highly ripened, marbled and
streaked with red on the sunny side, like the Nonesuch.
Flesh pale yellowish white, tender. Juice rather thin, smart,
slightly saccharine, and of a very pleasant flavour. A culi-
nary apple in October and November.
This apple has very much the appearance of a small None-
such, from which it has probably originated. Its branches
are spurred in the same manner, and it bears equally as well
and as soon. A great many trees of it have lately been
planted by the kitchen gardeners in the neighbourhood of
London.
20. COBHAM APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 166.
Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and three
quarters deep, and three inches and a quarter in diameter ;
somewhat irregularly round, with a few obtuse angles reach-
ing to the crown, which is rather narrow and depressed.
Eye small, closed by the segments of the calyx. Stalk half
an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin dull yel-
lowish green, dashed on the sunny side with faint red, inter-
mixed with light russet. Flesh crisp, pale yellow. Juice
saccharine and aromatic.
A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas. Culti-
vated in Kent under this name. I received specimens of
this apple from Mr. Kirke of Brompton, in 1819.
21. COLE APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 190. Pom. Mag.
t. 104.
Scarlet Perfume. Of some collections.
Fruit above the middle size, about three inches and a
quarter in diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep, an-
gular in a slight degree, with a wide eye, mostly closed by
the segments of the calyx. Skin deeply stained, and streak-
ed with crimson, slightly russeted, with a small portion of it
showing through. Stalk woolly, sometimes inserted beneath
a deep lip protruding into the cavity of the base. Flesh
white, firm, juicy, sweet mixed with acid, little perfumed,
very rich and agreeable.
A very excellent autumn dessert apple, in perfection about
the end of August, and will keep sound till Christmas. It
is a healthy, hardy variety, but better adapted for dwarfs than
for standards.
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22. EMPEROR ALEXANDER. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p.
407. t. 28.
Alexander. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 6.
Aporta. According to the Hort. Cat.
Fruit very large, somewhat cordate, tapering from the
base, which is broad, to the crown, where it is small and
narrow. Eye large, and deeply seated in a perfectly smooth
round basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, not pro-
truded beyond the base. Skin greenish yellow, slightly
streaked with red, but on the sunny side beautifully marbled,
and streaked with bright red and orange. Flesh yellowish
white, crisp, and very tender. Juice sugary, and of a rich
aromatic flavour. An autumnal dessert apple from October
till nearly Christmas. An excellent and valuable fruit.
Some fruit of this apple were imported from Riga by the
late Mr. Lee, in January, 1817, one of which measured five
inches and a half in diameter, four inches deep, sixteen inch-
es in circumference, and weighed nineteen ounces. From
this fruit the drawing above referred to in the Hort. Trans.
was taken.
23. FrowERorKENT. Hort. Soc. Cat.No. 338.
Fruit rather large, somewhat flat, irregularly ribbed on its
sides. Eye small and contracted, surrounded by prominent
angles extending from the ribs. Stalk three quarters of an
inch long, lengthened beyond the base. Skin dull yellow or
olive on the shaded side ; of a muddy brown, tinged with bright
red streaks, when exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish yel-
low, with a pretty good juice. A good culinary apple from
Michaelmas to Christmas.
Specimens of this apple were sent me from Mr. Kirke of
Brompton.
24. FRANKLIN'S GOLDEN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
383. Pom. Mag. t. 137.
Sudlow's Fall Pippin. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 217. ac-
cording to the Pom. JVfag*.
Fruit middle-sized, oval, rather broadest at the base. Eye
slightly sunk in an even hollow, surrounded by very minute
plaits, generally closed by the segments of the calyx. Stalk
short, slender, in a deep cavity. Skin bright deep yellow,
somewhat scabrous, with a tinge of green, sprinkled with nu-
merous gray and dark-coloured specks or spots. Flesh pale
yellow, crisp, tender. Juice rich, of a poignant aromatic fla-
vour. A most excellent autumnal dessert apple, from Mi-
chaelmas to Christmas.
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This appears to be of American origin, and was imported
by Mr. Sudlow from the United States, as appears from the
statement in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society
above alluded to in 1819. Its introduction, however, was
previously to this, and cannot have been later than 1805 or
1806.
25. FRANK RAMBOUR. Sivitzer.
Rambour Franc. Duh. Vol. i. 28. t. 10.
Rambour Gros. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 844.
Fruit large, of a flattish and somewhat irregular figure,
about two inches and a half deep, and three inches and a
quarter in diameter. Eye rather large, with a long conni-
vent calyx, deeply sunk in an irregularly angled basin. Stalk
short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, with a few stains
of red on the sunny side, and a little russety in the cavity
round the stalk. Flesh rather soft, with a slightly acid juice.
A good culinary apple in October and November.
26. GOLDEN PIPPIN. Ray (1688), No. 9. Pom. Heref.
t. 2.
Pe"pin d'Or. Knoop. Pom. 54. t. 9.
Fruit small, perfectly round in its outline, without any
angles on its sides, generally from an inch and a half to two
inches, both in its depth and diameter. In young and vigo-
rous trees it? size will be more, and of a greater length ; but
on old trees, which are in health, the size will be less, and
shorter than its width. Eye small, in an even shallow basin.
Stalk one inch long, slender. Skin bright yellow, or gold
colour, interspersed with several gray russetty specks on the
sunny side, arid full of minute, pearl-coloured, imbedded
specks. Flesh pale bright gold colour, crisp. Juice rich,
saccharine, of the most delicious flavour of any apple we
possess, if in high perfection.
The Golden Pippin, one of the most celebrated and es-
teemed apples of this or perhaps any other country, has been
considered by some of our modern writers on pomology to be
in a state of decay, its fruit of inferior quality.in comparison
to that of former times, and its existence near its termination.
I cannot for a moment agree with such an opinion, because
we have facts annually before our eyes completely at variance
with such an assertion. Any person visiting Co vent Garden
or the Borough markets during the fruit season, and indeed
any other large market in the southern or midland counties
of England, will find specimens of fruit as perfect and as fine
as any which have been either figured or described by any
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writer whatever, either in this or any other country. In fa-
vourable situations, in many parts of the country, instead of
the trees being in a state of rapid decay, they may be found
of unusually large size, perfectly healthy, and their crops
abundant ; the fruit perfect in form, beautiful in colour, and
excellent in quality.
Ripe in October, and will keep two months, or till past
Christmas.*
27. HAWTHORNDEN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 440. Pom.
Mag. t. 34.
White Hawthornden. Nicol's Fr. Gard. p. 256. Ac-
cording to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit above the middle size, rather irregularly formed,
generally about three inches in diameter in one direction, and
three inches and a quarter in another. When this irregula-
rity happens, for it is not always the case, it arises from a
broad protuberant rib, which extends from the base to the
crown. This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be repre-
sented in the figure quoted above as having a cleft on its side ;
but neither this nor yet any other apple has one naturally.
Sutures, or channels in fruit, are no where to be found, ex-
cept in those which are termed drupaceous, or stone fruit.
Its depth is from two inches and a quarter to two inches arid
a half. Eye rather small, with a converging calyx, rather
deep, and surrounded by a few obtuse plaits. Stalk half an
inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin very smooth,
white, of a very pale greenish yellow, sometimes a little tin-
ged with a blush on the sunny side towards the base. Flesh
white. Juice plentiful, and well flavoured.
An excellent culinary fruit from Michaelmas to Christmas.
This is a very valuable apple, and a most excellent bearer.
The extreme buds are mostly blossom buds, which occasion
the branches to become pendulous when the fruit is fully
grown. It is said to have originated at Hawthornden, near
Edinburgh, where Drummond the poet was born.
28. HOARY MORNING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 455. Pom.
Mag. t. 53.
* The English Golden Pippin grows with delicate small shoots, and is not cal-
culated for an orchard ; but if properly managed, it makes a beautiful espalier tree,
and is an abundant bearer; the fruit is small, but handsomely shaped, the flavour
excellent, and not inferior to any raised in Europe. In this country it should
be grafted on paradise stocks, and planted in rather a shady part of the garden, or
at least not exposed to the full sun, and trained in the fan shape. The apple is not
much known in this country ; the kind called here Golden Pippin, is a very different
fruit. Am. Ed.
2
14 APPLES.
Dainty Apple. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 234., according to
the Pom. Mag.
Fruit rather large, round, depressed, angular, with a very
small close-plaited eye. Stalk generally rather short, in a
wide cavity. Skin covered with a fine bloom, with broad,
broken, irregular stripes of red next the sun, and paler and
more distant marking of the same kind in the shade. Flesh
firm, yellowish white, occasionally tinged with pink next the
skin, with a rich and brisk flavour.
A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas. A
very handsome and useful kind.
29. HUGHES GOLDEN PIPPIN. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t.
26. Pom. Mag. t. 132.
Hughes's New Golden Pippin. Forsyth, p. 108.
Fruit below the middle size, round, slightly flattened at
the eye and stalk. Eye large, open, sometimes almost level
with the top, but generally in a shallow depression, surround-
ed by a few plaits. Stalk short, thick, inserted in a very
slight cavity, or frequently not at all sunk, but forming a knob
projecting on the base of the fruit. Skin yellow, thickly set
with green spots and small russetty specks, and tinged with
green around the stalk. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, with a
rich, agreeable, sharp flavour.
A very neat and most excellent dessert apple, from Octo-
ber till January.
30. KERRY PIPPIN. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 20.
Kerry Pippin. Pom. Mag. t. 107. Hort. Trans. Vol.
iii. p. 454.
Fruit middle-sized, oval, flattened at the eye, round which
are small regular plaits. Stalk short, sometimes thickened
and fleshy, inserted in a contracted cavity, with a projection
of the fruit on one side ; one or more sharp ridges or lines
are almost always distinguishable from the eye to the stalk.
Skin pale straw colour, mixed with a deeper yellow, streak-
ed and marbled with red, highly polished. Flesh yellow,
crisp, tender, juicy, sugary, and high flavoured.
An excellent dessert apple from September till November.
This has been long known in the county of Kerry, in Ireland,
where it is esteemed one of their best dessert apples. It is
very deserving of cultivation, and succeeds best grafted on
the Doucin stock, and trained in the garden as an espalier.
31. KIRKE'S GOLDEN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 386.
Fruit small, formed with the most perfect regularity of
outline, a little more long than broad. Crown quite flat.
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Eye large, in proportion to the size of the fruit, but very shal-
low, surrounded by a fine thin russet. Skin pale green on
the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun, of a very pure,
clear yellow, free from specks. Flesh pale greenish yellow,
firm, crisp. Juice abundant, saccharine, and highly flavour-
ed. A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas.
This is a very beautiful little fruit, raised a few years ago
from a seed of the old Golden Pippin, by Mr. Kirke, in his
nursery at Old Brompton, near London, and is highly deserv-
ing of cultivation. Like all other Golden Pippins, it is too
tender for an orchard tree in cold situations. It succeeds
best when grafted upon the Doucin stock and planted in the
garden.
32. NONESUCH. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 677.
Nonsuch. Forsyth Ed. 3. 121.
Langton Nonesuch. Hanbury.
Fruit middle sized, of a very regular round figure, and free
from angles on its sides, about two inches and a half in dia-
meter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, with
a short, closed calyx, in a very regular, rather shallow, sau-
cer-shaped basin, without plaits. Stalk short, slender, in-
serted in a shallow cavity, seldom projecting beyond the base.
Skin pale yellow, spotted and marbled with orange, with nu-
merous broken stripes and patches of brick-red on the sunny
side. Flesh white, soft, and tender. Juice plentiful, a little
saccharine, and slightly perfumed. A handsome dessert
apple from Michaelmas till nearly Christmas. RAY has a
Nonsuch Apple, in 1668 ; but, as he has placed it among his
winter or keeping apples, it is not certain whether that is the
same as this.
33. OAKE'S APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 698.
Fruit middle sized, round, a little irregular in its outline,
having two or three obtuse ribs swelling and lengthening one
of its' sides more than the other, about three inches in dia-
meter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, near-
ly closed by the short segments of the calyx, rather deeply
sunk in an irregular, uneven basin. Stalk very short, thick,
wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity. Skin
thick, pale green, with several imbedded white dots, and
slightly marked with many short, broken streaks of pale
brown, with russetty specks on the sunny side, particularly
in the crown and round the eye. Flesh rather soft, greenish
white, with a slightly saccharine juice, but not much flavour.
A culinary apple in November and December, described
16 APPLES.
from a fruit grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick
in 1830.
34. PADLEY'S PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Yol. iii. p. 69.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 720. Pom. Mag. t. 151.
Fruit rather small, and somewhat flat, one inch and a half
deep, and two inches in diameter. Eye small, with a very
small closed calyx, placed in a shallow and rather angular
basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very slender,
one half projecting beyond the base of the fruit. Skin pale,
dull yellow, very much covered with a rough gray russet,
and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh
greenish yellowish, crisp. Juice saccharine, with a very
pleasant, aromatic flavour. A very neat and excellent des-
sert apple in November and December. Raised about twen-
ty years ago by the late Mr. William Padley, gardener to His
Majesty, at Hampton Court, and first propagated by Mr.
Ronalds of Brentford.
35. PHILADELPHIA PIPPIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.
Ditchingham Pippin. Ib.
Fruit rather above the middle size, round, but somewhat
flat at the crown. Eye small. Stalk half an inch long, in-
serted in a rather deeply hollowed base. Skin yellowish
gray, with a faint blush on the sunny side. Flesh white.
Juice brisk and well flavoured.
A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas. An
American apple, brought into this country about seventy
years ago. Four of these trees are now growing in the gar-
dens of J. J. Bedingfeld, Esq. at Ditchingham Hall, in Nor-
folk. They grow to a large size, are very hardy, and great
bearers. The fruit are, for the most part, produced singly
on the branches : they are, in consequence, always more
perfectly formed than those growing in clusters.
36. POMME DE NEIGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 626.
Fameuse. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 44.
Fruit middle sized, round, not much unlike the shape of a
Nonesuch ; about two inches and a quarter deep, and two
inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, nearly
closed, in a shallow depression, surrounded by a few wrinkled
plaits. Stalk half an inch long, very slender, sunk in a fun-
nel-shaped cavity, and protruding but little beyond the base.
Skin pale green, tinged with pale red, and marked with short
streaks of a darker colour ; on the sunny side, of a still deep-
er red. Flesh very tender, snow-white. Juice sugary, with
a slight musky perfume.
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A dessert apple in October and November. Introduced
from Canada, by Mr. Barclay of Brompton. It is said to
derive its name from a village where it is cultivated.
37. POTTER'S LARGE APPLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 805.
Fruit one of the largest size, generally eleven or twelve
inches in circumference, irregularly formed, with large ob-
tuse angles on the sides. Eye wide, deep, surrounded with
large plaits, the alternate ones being much the most promi-
nent. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a deep cavity. Skin
pale green, thinly sprinkled with gray specks, and tinged with
faint red near the base on the sunny side. Flesh white.
Juice not plentiful, sub-acid.
A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas ; raised
it is said by a Mr. Potter of Chelsea. A transverse section
of it, when cut open, exhibits a large, five-angled cavity.
38. RED INGESTRIE. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 227.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 481. Pom. Mag. t. 17.
Fruit roundish, oblong, about the size of a large Golden
Pippin, with a small calyx, and hollow open eye, wholly des-
titute of angles. Stalk short, slender. Skin bright yellow,
deeply tinged with red on the sunny side, with many indis-
tinct white spots. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, and rich,
nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin.
An excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripening the end
of October, but not in perfection after having been gathered
a few weeks.
This and the yellow Ingestrie sprang from two seeds taken
from the same cell of an Orange Pippin, which had been im-
pregnated with the pollen of the Old Golden Pippin. They
were raised by T. A. Knight, Esq. about 1800, and planted
at Wormsley Grange, in Herefordshire. Their name is de-
rived from the seat of the Earl Talbot, in Staffordshire.
They were first noticed in the Hort. Trans, in March, 1811.
39. SCARLET CROFTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 453.
Fruit middle sized, flattish, about two inches and a half
in diameter, and two deep, somewhat angular on the sides.
Eye wide, but shallow. Stalk short, sometimes bent. Skin
yellowish russet, of a bright red intermixed with russet on the
sunny side. Flesh firm, crisp, never becoming mealy. Juice
plentiful, of a rich saccharine flavour. An Irish dessert ap-
ple, ripening in October, and continuing till Christmas.
40. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
1075.
Fruit pretty large, of a very regular figure, nearly as broad
2*
18 APPLES. %
as it is wide, with five obscure angles* extending from the
sides into the crown. Eye small. Stalk short, in a shallow
base. Skin yellow, with numerous green specks imbedded,
tinged with orange, and streaked with bright crimson on the
sunny side. Flesh white. Juice not plentiful, sub-acid.
A culinary fruit from October to December. This, like
many other Dutch apples, has a thick skin. Its chief merits
are on the outside.*
41. SUMMER BROADEN, of the Norwich Gardens.
Summer Colmari. G. Lind. Plan of an Orchard, 1796.
Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and three
quarters in diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep,
slightly angular on the sides. Eye small, with a closed ca-
lyx, in a rather narrow basin, surrounded by some angular
plaits. Stalk short, slender, deeply inserted, not protruding
beyond the base. Skin dull yellowish green, tinged on the
sunny side with pale dull brown. Flesh greenish white, not
crisp. Juice sub-acid, with a pretty good flavour.
A culinary apple in October and November. This is an
useful Norfolk apple, and known in the markets by the above
name. The trees are rather small growers, but great bearers.
42. WALTHAM ABBEY SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 269.
Fruit resembling a Golden Pippin, but much larger, near-
ly globular, some tapering a little towards the crown. Eye
large and open, seated in an even shallow basin. Stalk
short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, becoming deeper
as the fruit ripens, sometimes with a tinge of dull scarlet next
the sun ; the whole surface is speckled with minute greenish
spots, and a patch of coarse russet always surrounds the stalk.
Flesh yellowish, soft, juicy, and very sweet ; it melts perfect-
ly in baking, taking a clear pale amber colour, and retaining
a high flavour.
A dessert and culinary apple from October till January.
Praised from a seed of the Golden Noble, by Mr. John Bar-
nard of Waltham Abbey, in Essex, about 1810. It began
bearing in 1819, and its fruit was exhibited at the Horticul-
tural Society in 1821.
* Rather an illiberal remark.— Might not the circumstance of its "thick skin."
&c. be owing to the climate of England not being sufficient to ripen the fruit to per-
fection'? Perhaps if the fruit was ripened on a good south wall in England, the
thickness of the skin would vanish, and the flavour be much improved. I have no
doubt but our climate which ripens their Fall Pippins so well here, would improve
its character. Am. Ed.
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43. WORMSLET PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1183.
Pom. Mag. t. 80.
Knight's Codlin, of some collections* according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit middle sized, globular, slightly angular. Eye deep-
ly sunk, surrounded by small plaits. Stalk about an inch
long, deeply inserted. Skin pale green on the shaded side,
brown next the sun. Flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, with a
lively sugared juice.
Ripens the beginning of September, and remains in perfec-
tion till the end of October. This is an excellent autumnal
fruit, bearing well, and having a firm, high-flavoured flesh,
resembling in quality that of the Newtown Pippin. It de-
rives its name from Wormsley Grange, a country seat where
Mr. Knight formerly resided. The first account of it is to
be found in the Horticultural Transactions, communicated
by Mr. Knight, in March, 1811.
44. WYKEN PIPPIN. Loud. Gard. Mag.
Fruit rather below the middle size, round, somewhat flat-
tened both at the base and the crown, about two inches deep,
and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye rather small,
open, naked, with but little of the remaining calyx, placed in
a shallow, regularly formed basin. Stalk short, not deeply
inserted. . Skin yellowish green, interspersed with several
small gray specks, and a little tinged with pale dull brown on
the sunny side. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp. Juice
sugary, with a little musky perfume. A very neat dessert
apple from October to December. The original tree, a very
old one, or the trunk of it, with a strong sucker from its root,
was growing in May, 1827, at its native place, Wyken, two
miles from Coventry. The seed, it is said, was planted by
a Lord Craven, who brought it from a fruit he had eaten on
his travels from France to Holland. All the cottagers round
Wyken have from two to twelve trees each of this apple in
their gardens, and it is a great favourite throughout the whole
county of Warwick.
45. YELLOW INGESTRIE. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 227.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 482.
Fruit small, shaped much like the Old Golden Pippin.
Eye very small, flat. Stalk half an inch, rather deeply in-
serted, just protruding beyond the base. Skin bright gold,
with a few pearly specks imbedded. Flesh yellowish white,
very tender and delicate. Juice plentiful, rich, and highly
flavoured. A beautiful little dessert apple in October and
20 APPLES.
November. Raised by Mr. Knight of Downton Castle.
See RED INGESTRIE, No. 38.
SECT. IV. — Autumnal. Conical, or oblong.
46. ALFRISTON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 7.
Fruit large, oblong, broad towards the base, and narrow-
ed to the crown, broadly and irregularly ribbed on its sides,
one of the angles generally being considerably more swelled
than the rest ; about three inches and a half deep, and the
same in diameter. Eye open, rather deeply sunk, in an un-
even hollow surrounded by uneven plaits. Stalk short, deep-
ly inserted in an irregularly deep cavity. Skin pale green,
becoming yellow, tinged with orange where exposed to the
sun, slightly marked with thin russet. Flesh yellowish white,
very crisp and tender. Juice plentiful, saccharine, combined
with a smart brisk acid.
A very fine and excellent culinary apple in Octdber and
till Christmas.
Described from a very fine specimen grown in the Horti-
cultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830. This has
sometimes been called the Newtown Pippin, but from which
it differs very materially.
47. BEAUTY or KENT. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48.
Beauty of Kent. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 4.
Fruit pretty large, three inches and a quarter deep, and
three inches and a half in diameter, somewhat irregularly
formed, with slightly prominent unequal angles, terminating
in the crown, which is rather contracted. Eye small, closed
by a short calyx, a little depressed, in a narrow angular ba-
sin. Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted in a funnel-
shaped cavity. Skin a very clear yellowish green, mottled
with dull red ; but on the sunny side of a bright red, mottled
and streaked with yellow, intermixed with russet round the
base. Flesh firm, yellowish white, crisp, and tender. Juice
abundant, and pleasantly acid.
An autumnal dessert apple, from Michaelmas to Christ-
mas.
This is a very handsome apple ; and, although not distin-
guished by any peculiar richness of flavour, it certainly must
be reckoned a very excellent fruit.
48. CRAY PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 401.
Fruit rather below the middle size, conical, rather angular.
Eye small and close, in an even and well formed hollow.
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Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin a delicate straw colour,
with a very slight blush of red on the sunny side. Flesh yel-
low, crisp. Juice not abundant, but sweet and highly fla-
voured.
A very excellent dessert apple, in perfection in October
and November. Raised by Richard Waring, Esq. in his
garden at Saint Mary's Cray, Kent, and exhibited at the
Horticultural Society, October 15, 1822.
49. DOWELL'S PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 268.
Fruit, in size and form, somewhat resembling the Ribston
Pippin ; but more pointed at the crown, and the eye sunk in
a more confined and a deeper cavity. Stalk short, deeply
inserted. Skin green, nearly covered with a clear thin rus-
set, slightly tinged with brownish red on the sunny side.
Flesh rather finer than that of the Ribston Pippin, but in co-
lour and flavour closely resembling it.
An excellent dessert apple from October to Christmas.
Raised from a seed of the Ribston Pippin, in the garden of
Stephen Dowell, Esq. at Bray grove, in Berkshire, and exhi-
bited at the Horticultural Society, October 15, 1821.
50. DOWNTON PIPPIN. Porn. Hereford, t. 9. Pom.
Mag. t. 113.
Elton Pippin. Of Forsyth, p. 135., according to the
Pom. Mag.
Elton Golden Pippin, } f T./r , ~ „ ..
Knight's Pippin, \ °f different CoUecttom^cord-
Kni|ht's Golden Pippin, J ln§ *° the Pom- Ma^
Fruit rather larger than a Golden Pippin, cylindrical, flat
at the ends. Eye large, open, level with the top. Stalk
short, not deeply inserted. Skin nearly smooth, yellow,
sprinkled with numerous indistinct specks. Flesh yellowish,
crisp, with a brisk, rich, sub-acid juice.
Ripe in October and November, and will keep till Christ-
mas. Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of the Orange
Pippin, and the pollen of the Golden Pippin.
The Downton Pippin is a most abundant bearer, extreme-
ly well adapted for the market, and an excellent apple for
cider.
51. DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat.
No. 284.
Fruit pretty large, ot an angular shape, having five very
prominent ribs, with small intermediate ones extending from
the base to the crown. Eye very deeply sunk. Stalk but
little protruded beyond the base, which is as deep as the eye.
22 APPLES.
Skin dark green, with numerous small dark specks intermix-
ed ; on the sunny side softly streaked with a clear pale red,
which extends only between the two widest ribs. Flesh pale
greenish white, crisp, and tender. Juice abundant, sub-acid,
but pleasant.
A very good culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas.
52. DUTCH CODLIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 175.
French Codlin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 50.
Glory of the West. Of some Nurseries.
Fruit very large, of an oblong figure, with five ribs extend-
ing from the base to the crown ; the three upper ones being
the broadest, and the two lower ones the shortest and most
acute, in the manner of the Catshead. Eye small and deep.
Stalk short and thick. Skin yellow, but, when fully ripe, of
an orange colour on the sunny side. Flesh white, rather dry.
Juice a little sugary, or sub-acid.
A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas.
This apple is known in Gloucestershire, Somersetshire,
and some other western counties, by the name of Glory of
the West. The tree is not a large grower, although the
wood is remarkably strong.
53. ENGLISH CODLIN. Langley, Pom. Lond. t. 74. f. 3.
Codling. Ray (1688), No. 19.
The English Codlin is too well known in every part of
England to require any description of it here. It is noticed
only with the view of directing the attention of the orchardist
to it as an old and valuable apple. The customary method,
for at least one hundred and fifty years, has been to raise the
trees from suckers, and truncheons, as they are called ; and
in every old garden where they are found they are diminutive,
ill-formed, unproductive, and full of disease, incrusted, as it
were, root and branch, with the greatest of all pests, the aphis
lanigera, in consequence of which its fruit exhibits scarcely
any thing of its original character.
Healthy, robust, and substantial trees are only to be ob-
tained by grafting on stocks of the real Crab ; they then grow
freely, erect, and form very handsome heads, yielding fruit
as superior to those of our old orchards, as the old, and at
present deteriorated, Codlin is to the Crab itself.
54. GREY LEADINGTON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 545.
Fruit very large, oblong, broader at the base than at the
crown, with five obtuse angles, extending the length of the
fruit, in the manner of the French Codlin. Eye pretty large,
an inch deep. Stalk half an inch long, strong, not project-
APPLES. 23
ing beyond the base. Skin yellow, with a deep blush or pale
red on the sunny side. Flesh tender. Juice sugary, with a
little acid and a slight perfume. An excellent culinary apple
from Michaelmas to Christmas.
55. JUBILEE PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 400.
Fruit above the middle size, two inches and three quarters
deep, and the same in diameter, rather conical, with irregu-
lar ribs extending from the base to the crown, where it is
narrow, and unequally angular. Eye small, with a short
connivent calyx, deeply sunk in a narrow compressed hollow.
Stalk short, in an uneven funnel-shaped cavity, not protrud-
ing beyond the base. Skin very pale straw or cream colour,
almost transparent, sprinkled with several small gray, and,
on the sunny side, brownish specks, flesh white, crisp,
with a wide open core. Juice plentiful, sugary, and of a high
musky flavour.
A dessert and culinary fruit from Michaelmas to Christ-
mas. Raised by Michael Bland, Esq. in his garden at Nor-
wich. The seed was sown on the day of the jubilee, 1809 ;
produced fruit in 1818 ; and first exhibited at the Horticul-
tural Society, October 1, 1822. The tree is now (1830) in
a very healthy and flourishing state.
56. KESWICK CODLIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 180.
Fruit pretty large, somewhat irregularly formed, having a
few obtuse ribs extending from the base to the crown, which
is obliquely pentangular. Eye rather large and deep. Stalk
short, deeply inserted, not protruding beyond the level of the
base. Skin pale yellow, a little tinged with blush on the
sunny side. Flesh pale fellow. Juice plentiful, sub-acid.
A culinary apple from September to November.
This very valuable apple is said to have originated in the
neighbourhood of Keswick, in Cumberland. Its young fruit
may be gathered for tarts in the month of June, when scarcely
any other young apple is fit for use. When the young trees
are vigorous, the last year's branches are loaded with fruit,
while the spurs on the older ones are crowded to excess.
This and the Hawthornden might, with great propriety, be
recommended for the poor cottager's garden ; and whoever,
as a landlord, plants them for such a purpose, may be truly
deemed the cottager's friend.
57. KING OF THE PIPPINS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 519.
Pom. Mag. t. 117.
Hampshire Yellow. Hert. Soc. Cat. No. 431., accord-
ing to the Pom. Mag.
24 APPLES.
Fruit above the middle size, inclining to oblong, broadest
next the base ; the outline tolerably free from angles, about
two inches and a half deep, and three inches in diameter.
Eye large, deep, in an even, very little plaited, hollow. Stalk
an inch long, slender, about half inserted in a funnel-shaped
cavity. Skin smooth, pale orange yellow, generally tinged
with red next the sun, and faintly streaked with the same co-
lour. Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking, veiy sweet,
juicy, and highly flavoured.
A very beautiful dessert fruit in November and Decem-
ber. This very excellent apple was brought into notice by
Mr. Kirke of Brompton. It is hardy, and a very plentiful
bearer.
58. LONGVILLE'S KERNEL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 567.
Pom. Mag. t. 63.
Sam's Crab. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1021., according to
the Pom. Mag.
Fruit middle sized, oval, approaching to conical, rather
angular. Eye rather small, with a short erect calyx, some-
what deeply sunk, and surrounded by a few even plaits. Stalk
short, deeply inserted. Skin greenish yellow, streaked and
spotted with bright red. Flesh firm, yellow. Juice perfu-
med, rich, sweet, pleasantly sub-acid. A dessert apple from
the middle of August to the middle of September.
It is said that this apple has originated in Herefordshire,
where it is at present but little known : it is very handsome,
and of considerable merit.
59. MANKS CODLIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 183.
Irish Pitcher. Ibid.
Frith Pitcher. Of some collections.
Fruit middle sized, a little more long than broad, without
angles, but at the crown higher on one side than on the other.
Eye shallow, surrounded by a few plaits. Stalk rather fleshy.
Skin a clear, pale, waxen yellow ; on the sunny side, shaded
with deep, orange, sprinkled with numerous dark specks.
Flesh yellowish white, very firm. Juice brisk, sub-acid, with
a slight aromatic flavour. An excellent culinary apple from
September to November.
60. NELSON'S CODLIN. Nursery Catalogues.
Fruit about the size of the English Codlin, three inches in
diameter, and two inches and three quarters deep, broad at
the base, slightly angular on the sides, and tapering to the
crown which is narrow. Eye very small, with a slender clo-
sed calyx, inserted in a narrow, plaited basin. Stalk short,
APPLES. 25
slender, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale lemon
colour on the shaded side, with a few green specks imbedded
beneath the surface ; on the sunny side, of a bright gold co-
lour. Flesh yellowish white, very tender. Juice a little
saccharine, with a slight acid and a little perfume.
A culinary apple in October and November.
61. RYMER APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 329.
Fruit pretty large, of an irregular figure, with very broad
ribs slightly formed at the base, but very prominent at the"
crown, about two and a half or three inches deep, and three
and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter. Eye
open, seated rather deeply in an oblique, uneven, obtusely-
angled basin. Stalk half an inch long, in a somewhat shal-
low cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale yel-
low, nearly covered with a thin deep salmon colour, and tin-
ged with dull scarlet on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow,
tender. Juice sub-acid, with a brisk flavour, which becomes
very rich when baked.
A culinary apple in November and December.
This apple was raised by a gentleman of the name of Ry-
mer, at Thirsk, in Yorkshire.
62. SCARLET PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767.
Pom. Mag. t. 62.
Bell's Scarlet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 767.
Fruit middle sized, conical, of the true Pearmain form.
Eye middle sized, deeply sunk, surroundy by small plaits,
and crowned by the green persistent calyx. Stalk about an
inch long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin a rich glowing
crimson on the sunny side ; deep red, with a little yellow in-
termixed, upon the other. Flesh whitish, crisp. Juice rich,
sugary, and pleasant.
A very handsome dessert apple from September till De-
cember.
63. SOPS OF WINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1164.
Sops in Wine. Ray (1688). No. 21.
Rode Wyn Appel. Knoop. Pom. p. 45. t. 8.
Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, but narrow at the
crown, with a few slight angles on its sides. Eye small,
closed by the calyx, and but little depressed. Stalk an inch
long, slender. Skin pale yellow, marked and streaked with
scarlet, deep red, and blood colour ; on the sunny side, es-
pecially near the crown, it is wholly deep red. Flesh soft,
white, tinctured more or less with pale red to the core. Cells
3
26 APPLES.
large, open, five-angled. Juice sweet, but not rich. A cu-
linary apple in October and November.
64. SUMMER PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 771.
Pom. Mag. t. 116.
. Summer Pearmain. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 3.
Pannam d'E'te. Knoop. p. 17. t. 2.
Royal Pearmain. J\lawe, Jibercrombie, Forsyth, and of
the London Nurserymen.
Fruit middle sized, oblong, tapering gradually from the
base to the crown. Eye small, with a slender and nearly-
closed calyx, in a broad shallow depression, sometimes almost
level, very slightly plaited. ' Stalk short, obliquely inserted,
somewhat like a lemon, into a fleshy continuation of the fruit.
Skin bright gold colour, sprinkled all over with numerous
•minute brown specks ; on the sunny side marbled arid streak-
ed with bright orange and scarlet. Flesh pale yellow, crisp,
iirm. Juice not plentiful, but rich, and of a high aromatic
flavour.
A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple from Octo-
ber till Christmas. In some seasons, however, it is in per-
fection in September. The branches of this tree are slen-
der, and produce numerous fruit spurs, which render it par-
ticularly well adapted for espalier training ; for which purpose
it should be grafted on the Doucin stock.
65. TRANSPARENT CODLIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.
Fruit about the same size as the English Codlin, but wider
at the base, which is generally about two inches and three
quarters in diameter, and narrower at the crown, where it is
drawn almost to a blunt point ; its depth is about two inches
and a quarter. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, sunk
rather deep in an angular, oblique basin. Stalk short and
.slender, deeply sunk in a wide arid deep cavity. Skin smooth,
bright lemon, tinged with deep salmon or pale crimson on the
sunny side. Flesh very tender ; in some seasons semi-trans-
parent. Juice sugary and well flavoured. A culinary fruit
from the end of September till November.
This very handsome and useful apple was brought into
notice about twenty-five years ago by the late Timothy
Tompson, Esq. of Norwich. It makes a very handsome
spreading tree, and is a most excellent bearer.
66. WILLIAMS'S PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 69.
Fruit below the middle size, of a somewhat conical figure,
from two to two inches and a half deep, and nearly the same
in diameter. Eye hollow, with a leafy persistent calyx.
APPLES. 27
Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin pale yellow, a little mot-
tled with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, soft,
with a very good and pleasant flavoured juice. Excellent
to eat ripe from the tree, baking and roasting well till Christ-
mas.
SECT. Y. — Winter. Round, or nearly so.
67. BEACHAMWELL SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42.
Pom. Mag. t. 82.
Motteux's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42.
Fruit rather below the middle size, the shape of a small
Golden Reinette. Eye small, open, slightly sunk. Stalk
half an inch long, moderately thick. Skin pale yellow, slight-
ly tinged with red on the sunny side, and sprinkled with ir-
regular brown spots. Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, and plea-
sant. An excellent dessert apple from November till April.
Raised some years ago by John Motteux, Esq. of Beacham-
well, in Norfolk, where the original tree now stands ; it is a
hardy sort, and a very good bearer.
68. BELLEDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 65.
Fruit rather below the middle size, round, free from an-
gles, and a little narrowed towards the crown ; about two
inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in dia-
meter. Eye rather small, nearly closed by short, acute seg-
ments of the calyx, in a round rather well-shaped basin, sur-
rounded by very slight obtuse plaits. Stalk half an inch long,
slender, sunk level with the base in a funnel-shaped cavity.
Skin pale grass green, slightly tinged with pale brown where
exposed to the sun, the whole interspersed with numerous
imbedded gray dots. Flesh tender, crisp, greenish white.
Juice plentiful, sugary, with a slight pleasant acid, and a slight
aromatic flavour.
A neat dessert and culinary apple, from October till Christ-
mas.
Described from a fruit grown in the Horticultural Society's
Garden, at Chiswick, in 1830.
69. BELLE GUIDELINE. G. LwcL Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Belle Grisdeline. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5.
Fruit middle sized, of a very regular, and perfectly round
figure. Eye sunk in a somewhat deep regularly-formed ba-
sin. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin yellow, marbled
and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red, intermixed
28 APPLES.
with a thin gray russet. Flesh white, firm, and crisp. Juice
brisk and well flavoured.
A beautiful dessert apple, from November till March.
69.* BELVOIR PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Garden.
Fruit small, about the size, and very much the figure, of
the Old Golden Pippin : about one inch and a half deep, and
the same in diameter. Eye small, closed ; the long and al-
most linear segments of the calyx, in a very shallow depres-
sion, surrounded by about fifteen very narrow plaits, three to
each segment. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slen-
der, slightly sunk in an open, shallow, funnel-shaped cavity.
Skin pale yellow ; on the sunny side spotted and tinged with
brownish crimson, and having a portion of thin russet round
the stalk. Flesh pale yellow, firm, crisp, very tender and
delicate. Juice saccharine, mixed with a slight brisk acid,
rich, and very highly flavoured.
A dessert apple, in perfection in November and Decem-
ber. It -ought to be grafted upon the Doucin stock, and
trained in the garden either as an open dwarf, or as an es-
palier.
70. BIGGS'S NONESUCH. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 70.
Fruit middle sized, in shape and general appearance some-
what like the Nonesuch, but broader at the base ; moderate-
ly depressed about the foot-stalk, and very hollow at the
crown, where the segments of the calyx remain long, and
rolled back. Stalk one quarter of an inch within the base.
Skin -gold colour, on the side next the sun dashed with long,
broad, scarlet stripes. Flesh soft, pale yellow. Juice very
good, and excellent to eat as soon as gathered off the tree.
A culinary apple also, from October to December.
71. BIRMINGHAM PIPPIN. Nursery Catalogues.
Brummage Pippin, V f Nurseries.
* Grummage Pippin, ) J
Fruit small, about six inches in circumference, nearly glo-
bular, a little flattened at the crown, and having somewhat
the appearance of a Golden Pippin. Eye small. Stalk very
short, inserted in a very shallow cavity. Skin pale green
when fresh gathered, becoming pale yellow, spotted and
marbled with a thin russet. Flesh very hard and firm, pale
green. Juice sub-acid, of a pleasant flavour.
A very neat dessert apple, from December to June. The
branches are short and very stout, and its fruit is of a greater
* No. 69 is inserted twice, in consequence of the Belvoir Pippin having been seat
me after the numerical arrangement had been completed.
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specific variety than any other apple with which I am ac-
quainted.
72. BLENHEIM PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 81. Pom.
Mag. t. 28.
Blenheim Orange. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 81.
Woodstock Pippin. Ib.
Fruit large, of a roundish figure, rather broadest at the
base, two and a half to three inches deep, and three to four
inches across the widest part. Eye very hollow and open,
but slightly angular. Skin yellowish, stained on the sunny
side with dull red, intermixed with streaks of deeper colour.
Flesh yellow, breaking, sweet, juicy, extremely pleasant, and
high flavoured.
A dessert apple from November till March. This is one
of the largest of our table apples. It was raised in a garden
belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock, near Oxford, a short
distance from Blenheim.
73. BORSDORFF. Knoop. Pom. p. 56. t. 10.
Borsdoffer. Ib.
Reinette batarde. Ib.
Postophe d'Hiver. Bon. Jard. 1827, p. 323.
Postdoff. Ib.
BursdofF, or Queen's Apple. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 15.
Fruit below the middle size, of a roundish figure, rather
narrower at the crown than the base. Eye small, a little
sunk. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow,
marked with various ramifications of a gray russeted network,
interspersed with a few dark-coloured specks ; when fully
exposed to the sun it is of a beautiful brilliant red, extending
nearly round its base. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp.
Juice sugary, with a singularly musky perfume.
A dessert apple from November till February. This is a
German apple of very excellent quality.
74. BRICKLEY SEEDLING. Pom. J\Iag. t. 124.
Fruit about the size of the Scarlet Nonpareil ; roundish,
becoming a little narrower towards the crown. Eye small,
open, placed in an evenly-formed, not very deep depression.
Stalk short, inserted in a rather large, even cavity. Skin red
next the sun, and a deep yellow on the shaded side, towards
which the red breaks off in slight streaks. Flesh firm, yel-
lowish, sugary, rich and of excellent quality.
A very handsome dessert apple from December till May.
The tree is very hardy, and a profuse bearer, either as a stan-
dard or dwarf, highly deserving of cultivation.
3*
30 APPLES.
75. BRINGEWOOD PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. 107.
Fruit small sized, somewhat globular, about six inches and
a half in circumference, every way, with a narrow flat crown.
Eye very small and open, divested of its calyx. Stalk half
an inch long, somewhat protruded beyond the base. Skin
bright gold colour, full of pearly specks ; on the sunny side
a few russetty stripes and specks near the edge. Flesh very
firm, crisp, somewhat dry. Juice saccharine, of a highly
perfumed, aromatic flavour.
A very neat and most excellent dessert apple from Octo-
ber till March. Raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle,
from a seed of the Golden Harvey which had been impreg-
nated by the pollen of the Old Golden Pippin.
76. CANADIAN REINETTE. Pom. JVLag. t. 77.
Reinette de Canada. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 868. Bon.
Jard. 1827, p. 325.
Grosse Reinette d'Angleterre. Duham. No. 21. t. 12.
f. 5.
Reinette de Canada blanche. Hort. Soe. Cat. No. 868.
Reinette Grosse de Canada. Ib.
Reinette de Canada a Cotes. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 869.
Reinette de Caen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 867, according
to the Pom. J\Iag.
Portugal Apple. J6. No. 803.
Janurea. Ib. No. 489.
Mela Janurea, of the Ionian Islands.
Fruit large, broad and flat ; about three inches and a half
in diameter, and three inches deep. Eye rather open, with
a short calyx, in a tolerable cavity, surrounded with promi-
nent ribs, which pass halfway down the sides to the base.
Stalk short, in a wide spreading cavity. Sfcwrich, greenish
yellow, tinged slightly with brown on the sunny side. Flesh
yellowish white, firm, juicy, with a high, brisk, sub-acid fla-
vour. An excellent dessert fruit in December, and keeps
well till March.
Mr. Hooker observes, in the Horticultural Transactions,
Vol. ii. p. 299. that the Canadian Reinette is frequently sold
in the shops in London for the Newtown Pippin. It varies
very much in figure, in consequence of which several varie-
ties have been formed out of one. The fruit from late blos-
soms is much less angular than those from early ones, in
which the ribs are very distinctly marked ; hence the Rein-
ette de Canada a Cotes.
77. CAROLINE APPLE. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 66.
APPLES. 31
Fruit above the middle size, globular. Eye small, in a
rather confined hollow, round which are prominent plaits.
Stalk very short, surrounded by a little russet. Skin fine
rich yellow, broadly streaked with red. Flesh firm, with a
brisk juice and high flavour.
A most excellent culinary apple from November till Feb-
ruary. Its name originated from Caroline, the lady of the
late Lord Suffield, of Blickling and Gunton Hall, in Norfolk.
77.* CONTIN REINETTE. Hort'. Trans. Vol. vii.f>. 339.
This is a small handsome fruit, of a deep dull yellow,
richly painted with red on the exposed side, and a little mark-
ed with russet about the stalk. The flesh is firm, rather yel-
low, not particularly juicy, yet highly flavoured, with a little
agreeable acid.
In season, in Ross-shire, from the end of November till
the end of January. Raised by Sir George Steuart Mac-
kenzie, in his garden at Coul, near Dingwall, an account of
which is given by him, along with the Kinellan Jlpple and
Tarvey Codlin, in a paper, dated March 12, 1827.
78. CORNISH AROMATIC. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 74.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 203. Pom. Mag. t. 58. :
Fruit large, roundish, somewhat angular towards the eye,
which is sunken and small, with a very short calyx. Stalk
short, in a deep contracted cavity. Skin on the shaded side,
covered with a soft brownish russet, and sprinkled with pale
brown dots on the sunny side, of a rich, deep bright
red, slightly intermixed with russet, sprinkled with a few
lemon-coloured dots. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, with an
exceedingly rich, high, aromatic flavour. A dessert apple
from November till February.
This most excellent variety appears to have been first
brought into notice by Sir Christopher Hawkins, in the com-
munication to the Horticultural Society cited above, who
says it has been known in Cornwall for years. It is highly
deserving of cultivation, and cannot be too generally known.
79. COURT or WICK PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 219.
Pom. Mag. t. 32.
Court de Wick. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 32.
Fry's Pippin,
Golden Drop,
Knightwick Pippin, *rser
Phillips's ReineTte, c°rdm to the
Wood's Huntingdon,
Wood's Transparent Pippin, J
va™us
32 APPLES.
Fruit below the middle size, about twice as large as a
Golden Pippin, ovate, flat at either end, with no traces of
angles or plaits at the eye. Eye large, open, with a reflex-
ed calyx, in a shallow depression. Stalk short, slender.
Skin greenish yellow in the shade, bright orange, with small
russetty brown spots where exposed, sometimes slightly tin-
ged with red next the sun. Flesh pale yellow, mixed with
green, when first gathered ; becoming deep yellow, crisp,
tender, juicy, and highly flavoured when fully ripe. A des-
sert apple from October till April.
This most excellent and beautiful little apple originated
from a seed of the Golden Pippin at Court de Wick, as it
was formerly written, in Somersetshire. Throughout this,
and indeed throughout almost all the western counties, it is
held in the highest estimation as a table fruit. The trees
grow to a good size, are very hardy, standing in some places
the most severe blasts from the Welsh mountains, and there
bearing in the greatest abundance, becoming the most per-
fectly ripened of their orchard fruits. It cannot have too ex-
tensive a cultivation.
80. COURTPENDU. Pom. JWag. t. 66.
Capendu. Duham. Vol. i. p. 315. t. 13.
Courtpendu. Noisette Manuel, p. 548.
Courtpendu Plat. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 211.
Garnon's Apple. Nursery Catalogues.
Fruit middle sized, round, depressed, without any trace
of angles. Eye large, open, in a wide shallow basin. Stalk
short, very deeply inserted, rarely projecting beyond the base
of the fruit. Skin deep red next the sun, greenish yellow on
the shaded side. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a rich, lively,
agreeable flavour. A dessert apple from November till
March.
This is one of the handsomest and best of our table apples.
It is of French origin, but how long it has been in this coun-
try is uncertain.
81. DUMELOW'S SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
529.
Dumelow's Crab. Ib.
Wellington Apple. Ib.
Fruit above the middle size, round, flattened at both ends.
Eye large and open, rather deeply sunk. Stalk very short.
Skin clear yellow, with a blush of light red where exposed to
the sun ; the whole surface sprinkled with small brown spots.
APPLES. 33
Flesh yellow, crisp, with a brisk acid juice. An excellent
culinary apple from November to April.
Raised some years ago by a Mr. Dumelow, a nurseryman
near Derby. It is well known in the counties of Derby,
Lancaster, and Nottingham, by the name of Dumelow's
Crab. Its fruit was first exhibited at the Horticultural So-
ciety,, in 1820.
82. DUTCH MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans,
Vol. iv. p. 70. Pom. Mag. t. 84.
Reinette Doree. JVfayer, Pom. Franc, t. xxx.
Pomme de Laak. Stoffels, and Thouin, according to
the Pom. JVIag.
Paternoster Apple. Jludibert.
Fruit above the middle size,* very regularly formed, ra-
ther narrower at the crown than at the base. Eye generally
close, deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, slender, deeply in-
serted. Skin dull yellow, sprinkled with numerous, small,
russetty, green, and white spots ; on the sunny side of a rich,
deep, dull red, streaked and mottled. Flesh very firm, crisp.
Juice plentiful, with a delicious aromatic, sub-acid flavour.
A dessert apple from November till May or June.
This very valuable apple was brought from Holland into
the neighbourhood of Norwich by the late Thomas Harvey,
Esq., and planted in his garden at Catton, about fifty years
ago, where two or three of the trees are now growing, and in
the possession of Thomas Cobbold, Esq. They are very
hardy, and bear abundant crops.
The Copmanthorpe Crab, mentioned in the Hori. Trans.
Vol. iii. p. 315., has been said to be the same as this. A
closer examination of the two may possibly set this opinion
aside ; as it appears improbable that an apple raised within
a few miles of York, should have been so extensively, so well,
and so long known on the continent.
83. EASTER PIPPIN. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.
French Crab. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 49. Hort. Soc. Cat.
348.
Claremont Pippin, \
Ironstone Pippin, > of some Gardens.
Young's Long Keeping, )
Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, about two inches
and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter,
* I have now by me, October, 1830, a fruit of tins apple, grown in the Horticul-
tural Garden at Chiswick, which measures three inches and a quarter deep, and
four inches in diameter.
84 APPLES.
perfectly free from angles on its sides. Eye small, almost
closed, flat, surrounded by a few very small, angular, crum-
pled plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, deeply insert-
ed, not protruding beyond the base. Skin rather thick, deep
clear green, with numerous white dots interspersed ; on the
sunny side, shaded with a pale livid brown ; but the Avhole
becomes yellow with keeping. Flesh very hard, pale green,
or yellowish white. Juice not plentiful, sub-acid, with a
slight aromatic flavour. An excellent culinary apple, from
November till the November following.
It is a most valuable fruit, of great specific gravity, a most
hardy tree, an abundant bearer, and keeps longer than any
other apple I have ever met with, I had some perfectly
sound, and very firm fruit of it, in March, 1822, which were
grown in 1820 : the colour then was that of a pale orange.
84. EMBROIDERED PIPPIN. HorL Soc. Cat. No. 302.
Fenouillet Jaune. Duhamel, No. 12.
Drap d'Or. Duhamel, No. 12. Knoop. Pom. p. 59. t.
10.
Pomme de Caractere. Ib.
Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, about two inches
and a half deep, and two inches and a quarter in diameter ;
a little broader at the base than the crown ; and regularly
formed without angles. Eye small, a little depressed. Stalk
short, deeply inserted. Skin greenish white when first ga-
thered, turning to a bright yellow, strongly marked with a
sort of broken ramified network of deep gray russet, hence
the last synonyme from Knoop. Flesh white, somewhat
tough, and, with keeping, elastic. Juice not plentiful, but
saccharine, and of an excellent and singularly perfumed fla-
vour. A dessert apple from December to April.
85. EYER'S GREENING. Gr Lindl. Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Fruit middle sized, of a somewhat round flattish figure.
Eye large and hollow. Skin pale green, tinged with brown
on the sunny side, and thinly spotted with gray russetty
specks. Flesh pale green, firm, with a sweetish sub-acid
juice. A dessert and culinary apple from November till
March.
86. FAIL-ME-NEVER. Nursery Catalogues.
Never-fail. HorL Soc. Cat. No. 629. "
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat flat, with five pro-
minent narrow ribs surrounding the crown. Eye small, with
the segments of the calyx closed, seated in a shallow, deeply
APPLES. 35
plaited basin. Stalk half an inch long, not protruding beyond
the base. Skin red, shaded with a deeper colour, and full
of small russetty specks. Flesh white. Juice sugary, and
of a pretty good flavour.
A culinary apple from November till March. This is said
to be a Scottish apple. It is a small growing tree, very hardy,
and an abundant bearer.
87. FEARN'S PIPPIN. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 43. Pom;
Mag. t. 67.
Fruit middle sized, round, and flattened. Eye large, shal-
low, with scarcely any appearance of plaiting. Stalk short,
deeply inserted. Skin deep red on the exposed side, with
numerous whitish dots ; on the shaded side greenish yellow,
partially tinged with brownish red. Flesh whitish, firm, very
juicy, rich, and pleasant.
A dessert apple from November till March. This very
handsome and excellent apple has been known in the Lon-
don nurseries but a few years. It makes a handsome tree,
is very hardy, and an abundant bearer. It highly deserves
an extended cultivation. Hort. Trans. Yol. i. p. 67. and
Vol. ii. p. 103.
88. FENOUILLET ROUGE. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 6.
Bardin. Ib.
Courtpendu de la Quintinye. Ib.
Fruit middle sized, of a regular round, flattish figure, about
two inches deep, and two inches .and a half in diameter.
Eye shallow. Stalk very short, scarcely a quarter of an inch
long, and sunk in a small cavity. Skin somewhat gray,
deeply coloured with red on the sunny side. Flesh firm, with
a rich, highly-flavoured, sugary juice.
A very handsome dessert apple from December to Janu-
ary.
89. FULWOOD. Hort.Soc. Cat. No. 351.
Fruit large, of an uneven figure, with broad irregular ribs
on its sides, three inches and a half in diameter, and two inches
and a half deep. Eye rather large, closed, not deep, sur-
rounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits. Stalk short,
slender, deeply inserted in a narrow, uneven cavity. Skin
grass-green, freckled with red specks ; on the sunny side
stained with deep salmon colour, and dashed with broken
stripes of dull, dark, muddy red. Flesh pale green, or green-
ish white, very firm and crisp. Juice plentiful, slightly sac-
charine, with a very brisk acid, and slight pleasant perfume.
A culinary apple, from November till March or April.
36 APPLES.
This very much resembles the Striped Beaufin in shape and
colour, but is materially different. It is not quite so large,
a little more flat, has a closed eye, a much firmer flesh, a
more abundant juice, and a much higher flavour.
90. GOGAR PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 370.
Fruit rather small, round, and somewhat flat, about two
inches and a quarter broad, and one inch and three quarters
deep. Eye small, with a short closed calyx, placed in a
round shallow basin. Stalk short, slender, inserted in a fun-
nel-shaped cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin
rather thick and tough, of a pale green, changing to a bright
yellow ; on the sunny side, of a beautiful bright and lively
red. Flesh yellowish white, pretty firm. Juice sub-acid,
combined with a little sugar, but without any particular per-
fume.
A culinary apple, from November till May. A very hand-
some Scotch apple, from Gogar, near Edinburgh.
91. GOLDEN HARVEY. Pom. Heref. t. 22. Pom. Mag.
t. 39.
Brandy Apple. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 95.
Fruit small, quite round, generally about five inches in
circumference, and free from angles or irregularities of sur-
face. Eye small, open ; the segments of the calyx narrow,
very short and diverging, placed in a flat, very shallow, slight-
ly-crumpled basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender, not pro-
truding beyond the base. Skin dull russet, with a bright
yellow ground, often breaking through the russet in patches,
and marbled on the sunny side with a lively shaded red.
Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, very rich, juicy, spicy, and high
flavoured.
A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripening in
December, and keeping till May or June.
The tree is not a large grower, but very hardy ; a great
and constant bearer, and no garden, capable of containing
ten trees, ought to be without one of it.
92. GOLDEN NOBLE. Hort. Trans.. "Vol. iv. p. 524.
Fruit of a pretty large size, round, becoming a little pointed
towards the crown. Eye small, not deeply sunk, surround-
ed by several small plaits. Stalk quite short, and thickened
like that of the Kerry Pippin. Skin perfectly smooth, of a
clear bright yellow, without any blush of red ; but having a
few small reddish spots, and generally two or three small
patches of russet. Flesh yellow, tender, with a pleasant
sub-acid juice.
APPLES. 37
A culinary apple, from November till March. It bakes
of a fine, clear amber colour, perfectly melting, with a rich
acidity. An old tree of it is growing in the neighbourhood
of Downham Market, in Norfolk, from which specimens of
the fruit were exhibited at the Horticultural Society, in 1820.
93. GOLDEN REINETTE. Pom. Mag. t. 69. Hort. Soc.
Cat. No. 26.
tr 11 *r^ T» • f of some foreign collections.
Yellow German Remette, \ J 4. ° ., „
English Pippin, > ^ordmg to the POK,
Wyker Pippin, )
Fruit below the middle size, roundish, depressed. Eye
large, open, seated in a broad shallow basin. Stalk an inch
long, moderately thick. Skin usually smooth, with a few
minute russetty spots ; in the shade greenish yellow, chang-
ing to a golden yellow, with a dull red cheek slightly streak-
ed with brighter red. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a rich sugary
juice.
A beautiful and most excellent dessert apple, from Octo-
ber to February.
This has been many years in our gardens. It is better
known and more common in the London markets than in any
other part of England. It is highly deserving of cultivation.
94. GREEN NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
636.
Fruit middle sized, about two inches or two and a quarter
deep, and two inches and a half or two and three quarters in
diameter, tapering a little from the base to the crown, where
it is terminated by five obtuse but prominent angles. Eye
small, closed by the segments of the calyx, moderately sunk
in a narrow plaited basin. Stalk one inch long, slender, in-
serted in a narrow deep cavity. Skin thick, dark green quite
round the fruit, mottled with pale green at the base, where it
has a dull dark olive colour surrounding the stalk. Flesh
greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice saccharine, with a brisk
acid, and a slight aromatic flavour.*
A dessert apple from December tijl May or June. Late-
ly sent to this country by David Hosack, M.D. of New-York.
95. HOLLAND PIPPIN. Miller, No. 8.
Fruit above the middle size, of a somewhat square figure,
being nearly as broad at the crown as the base, and a little
angular on its sides, about two inches and a half deep, and
* This is no doubt our Rhode Island Greening, a description of which will be
found among the additional American Apples, at the end of this list. Am. Ed.
4
38 APPLES.
three inches in diameter. Eye rather small, with a closed
calyx sunk in a narrow regularly plaited basin. Stalk short,
rathei deeply sunk in a wide funnel-shaped cavity. Skin
greenish yellow, interspersed with a few green dots, and tin-
ged with pale dingy brown on the sunny side. Flesh yel-
lowish white, pretty firm, tender. Juice sub-acid, mixed
with a good deal of sugar, and a slight perfume.
A culinary apple from November till January.
96. EIRKE'S LORD NELSON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 570.
Fruit above the middle size, about two inches and a half
deep, and three inches in diameter, of a very regular shape,
and nearly free from angles, not much unlike the Emperor
Alexander Apple, particularly at the crown,, where it is nar-
rowed. Eye open, with a short recurved calyx, in a mode-
rately deep basin, surrounded by a few puckered plaits.
Stalk short, slender. Skin clear, pale yellow, deeply tinged
with red towards the base ; on the sunny side of a vivid red,
streaked with a deeper colour, with a few small dark spots
near the eye. Flesh yellowish white, firm. Juice plentiful,
of a pleasant aromatic flavour.
A beautiful dessert and culinary apple from November to
January.
97. LONDON PIPPIN. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. VoL
iv. p. 67.
Five-crowned Pippin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 99.
Fruit middle sized, about two inches and three quarters in
diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep, having five re-
gularly formed, equidistant ribs, slightly marked at the base,
progressively increasing to the crown, where they are acute
and prominent. Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, some-
what shallow. Stalk half an inch long, slender, rather deep-
ly inserted. Skin clear, pale yellowish green, becoming pale
lemon, of a dull red where exposed to the sun. Flesh firm,
crisp, of a yellowish white. Juice plentiful, sub-acid, of a
good flavour.
A culinary sort fiom October till January.
98. LUCOM^E'S SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 575.
Pom. Mag. t. 109.
Fruit pretty large, roundish, slightly angular, contracted
at the eye, which is small, and surrounded with small plaits.
Stalk short, thick, in a moderately deep cavity. Skin pale,
greenish yellow, spotted with innumerable black and green
specks ; on the sunny side very distinctly dashed with a vivid
carmine over a ground spotted with the same colour, only
APPLES. 39
more faint. Flesh whitish, firm, juicy, and agreeable, but
not high flavoured.
A very handsome culinary fruit from October till Februa-
ry or March. Raised by Mr. Lucombe of Exeter.
99. MALCARLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 259. t. 7.
Charles Apple. Ib.
Mela Carla. Pomona Italiana, Vol. i. p. 1. t. 1.
Fruit nearly round, inclining to ovate, with a very regular
outline, about the size of a Golden Reinette. Eye small,
destitute of angles, and rather deeply sunk, with a closed ca-
lyx. Stalk an inch long, slender, inserted in a small deep
cavity. Skin of a delicate waxen texture, without spots, ex-
cept a very faint mottling of green appearing through the skin
near the eye ; pale clear yellow on the shaded side, and bril-
liant crimson next the sun, the two colours scarcely melting
into each other, but separating rather abruptly. Flesh white,
tender, very delicate, sweet, with a delicate perfume, like that
of roses, which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut
open.
Ripe in September, and will keep till the spring. This
description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the Horti-
cultural Society, and exhibited the 18th of December, 1827.
The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale,,in Li-
guria. It is an important article of trade in the whole Ge-
noese territory, and of exportation to Nice, Marseilles, Bar-
celona, and Cadiz. The climate of the Italian territory is
so entirely different from that of England, that we cannot ex-
pect the delicate Malcarle should succeed here, unless train-
ed against a^outh or south-east wall, and in a warm and kind
soil. Its great beauty in the dessert renders it an interesting
object of cultivation.
100. MARGIL. Hooker, Pom. Land. t. 33. Hort. Soc.
Cat. 589. Pom. Mag. t. 36.
Fruit small, ovate, about two inches or two and a half deep,
and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter. Eye
small, angular, as are also the sides. Stalk short. Skin
light bright orange, streaked and mottled with rich red and
brown, occasionally a little russetty. Flesh yellow, firm,
breaking. Juice sweet, with a high aromatic flavour.
A dessert fruit from November till March.
101. MINCHALL CRAB. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 114.
Minshull Crab. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 609.
Fruit above the middle size, round, somewhat flattened,
with a few obtuse angles on its sides, about two and a half
40 APPLES.
inches deep, and three or three and a half inches in diameter.
Eye rather large, open, with a very short calyx, placed in a
flat shallow basin, surrounded by a few rather slight obtuse
plaits. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender, insert-
ed in a shallow cavity, one half of which protrudes beyond
the base. Flesh almost white, firm. Juice smart, sub-acid.
A culinary apple from November till March.
102. MINIER'S DUMPLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 70.
Fruit large, from three to three inches and a half in dia-
meter, but not so deep ; contracted at the crown, depressed,
and swelled into a few imperfect angles on its sides. Stalk
an inch long, rather thick. Skin deep green, striped with a
still deeper on the shaded side, and of a dark red next the
sun. Flesh firm. Juice plentiful, sub-acid, with a very
pleasant flavour.
A very good culinary apple from November till May.
103. NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 635.
American Newtown Pippin. Ib.
Fruit middle sized, rather flat, and somewhat irregular in
its outline, having broad, obtuse, unequal ribs, which increase
from the base, becoming more prominent at the crown ; about
two inches and a quarter deep, and three inches in diameter.
Eye open? with a very short slender calyx, which leaves the
eye nearly naked, deeply sunk in a somewhat oblique cavity.
Stalk half an inch long, slender, wholly sunk within the base,
in a wide, funnel-shaped cavity. Skin of a dull green, chang-
ing to an olive yellow, becoming more yellow as it acquires
maturity, having a thin russet covering the greatest part of
the base. Flesh pale yellow, or yellowish white1, firm. Juice
saccharine, and possessing an exceedingly rich and highly
aromatic flavour.
In eating from December till April.*
104. NEWTOWN SPITZEMBERG. Pom. JUag. t. 144.
Newtown Spitzemberg. Coxe's Vieiv, p. 126., according
to the Pom. Mag.
Matchless. Hort. Soc. Cat. 597., according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit middle sized, depressed, globular, not angular, bear-
ing much resemblance in shape to a Nonesuch, about two
* The Newtown Pippin, when perfectly matured, is undoubtedly the richest fla-
voured and finest apple known ; it may be distinguished from the Rhode Island
Greening, and indeed from any other sort, by a slight starry appearance, of light
yellow and green rays round the stem ; the branches are very slender and delicate,
the tree of much slower growth than most others, the bark having a rough uppear-
ance, and may easily be distinguished in the orchard from any other kind.
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inches and a quarter deep, and three inches and a quarter in
diameter. Eye open, in a moderate sized basin, very little
plaited. Stalk short, rather thick, inserted in a tolerably
deep cavity. Skin pale yellow, with a tinge of green where
shaded, and of a reddish colour streaked with darker next
the sun. Towards the crown, in particular, the skin is set
with whitish spots. Flesh firm, yellowish, rich, and very
good.
A dessert kind from November till the end of January.
This very beautiful apple is of American origin, and has
been sold by Mr. Cobbett under the name of the Matchless
Apple. It is well deserving of cultivation.
105. NORFOLK BEAUFIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 45.
Norfolk Beefin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 124.
Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat irregular flattish figure,
and having a few broad obtuse angles extending from the
base to the crown, generally about three inches in diameter,
and two inches and a half or two inches and three quarters
deep. Eye large, deep, surrounded by irregular plaits. Stalk
half an inch long, fleshy, deeply inserted. Skin deep green,
with livid red nearly round the fruit, but deepest on the sunny
side. Flesh very firm. Juice not plentiful, sub-acid.
A culinary apple from November till May or June.
The Beaufin, undoubtedly a Norfolk apple, is a fruit of
great merit. Independently of its general use in the kitchen,
it furnishes a luxury at the table as a sweetmeat throughout
the winter. Many thousands of these apples are dried by
the bakers in Norwich, annually, and sent in boxes as pre-
sents to all parts of the kingdom, where they are universally
admired.
106. REINETTE FRANCHE. Duhamel, No. 22.
Reinette Franche. Knoop. Pom. p. 53. t. 9.
Fruit pretty large, of a flattish figure, about three inches
and a quarter in diameter at its base, and two inches and a
* half deep. Eye small, rather deep, surrounded by some
broad plaits, the termination of rather obscure ribs, from the
sides of the fruit. Stalk thick, short, deeply inserted. Skin
smooth, pale yellow when ripe, marked with numerous rus-
setty specks and patches, which ramify thinly over a good
part of the surface. Flesh yellowish white, firm. Juicf
saccharine and highly flavoured.
A dessert apple from November to February.
107. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 176.
Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 42.
4*
42 APPLES.
Fruit about the size of a Golden Pippin, oval, flattened at
both extremities. Eye well formed, open, sunk in a broad
but very shallow hollow. Stalk short, slender. Skin green,
approaching to brownish yellow where fully exposed, with a
large portion of russet brown, particularly round the eye.
Flesh greenish, breaking, tender. Juice plentiful, partaking
of the flavour of both a Golden Pippin and Nonpareil. The
fruit is generally produced in clusters at the ends of the
branches, often eight or ten together.
A very neat and excellent dessert apple from December
till May.
This has long been cultivated in His Majesty's gardens
at Kew, under its present name.
108. STRIPED BEAUFIN. G. Lind. Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Fruit large, of an uneven outline, with broad irregular ribs
on its sides, about three inches and three quarters in diame-
ter, and three inches deep. Eye large, open, in a deep and
wide irregular obtuse-angled basin. Stalk half an inch long,
deeply inserted in a wide uneven cavity. Skin green, tin-
ged with dull salmon colour, mottled, and covered with bro-
ken stripes and dashes of dull red all round the fruit. Fhsh
firm, pale greenish white. Juice quick, slightly sub-acid.
A culinary fruit from October till May.
109. .WINTER BROADING. G. Lind. w Eort. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. "66.
Broad-end. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 108.
Fruit middle sized, globular, flattened at both ends. Eye
placed in a small narrow basin. Stalk very short, deeply
inserted. Skin pale green, with a tinge of faint brownish red
on the sunny side. Flesh white, mixed with green. Juice
sub-acid, but pleasant.
A good culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas.
110. WINTER COLMAN. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 66.
Norfolk Coleman. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 683.
Norfolk Storing. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 126.
Fruit rather large, of a round and rather flattish figure,
nearly as broad at the crown as the base ; generally about
three inches and three quarters in diameter, and two inches
and a half deep. Eye open, rather narrow, not deep, sur-
rounded by several pretty regular plaits. Stalk short, thick,
inserted quite within the base. Skin bright deep red next
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the sun, pale yellow freckled with red on the shaded side.
Flesh firm, crisp, with a smart sub-acid juice.
A culinary apple from November till March.
111. WINTER MAJETIN. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 68. -Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1170.
Fruit somewhat resembling the London Pippin in form,
having prominent ribs round the crown, but it is a little more
oval. Eye small, closed, rather deeply sunk in a narrow
basin, surrounded by five deep and prominent plaits or knob-
by angles. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender,
one half of which is within a wide funnel-shaped cavity . Skin
dull green, with a tinge of brownish red on the sunny side.
Flesh greenish white, and resembles that of the Easter Pip-
pin in texture and flavour.
A culinary apple from November till March. It is one
of the most hardy sorts in the country, and a never-failing
bearer.
The aphis lanigera, a white meally insect, so destructive
to most of our old orchard trees, appears to be set at defiance
by the Majetin. An old tree now growing in a garden be-
longing to Mr. William Youngman, of Norwich, which had
been grafted about three feet high in the stem, has been for
many years attacked by this insect below the grafted part,
but never above it, the limbs and branches being to this day
perfectly free, although all the other trees in the same garden
have been infested more or less with it. Mr. Knight's Si-
berian Bitter-sweet Apple appears to possess the same pro-
perty of resisting the attacks of these formidable and widely
increasing depredators.
112. WINTER QUEENING. G Lind. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. 70. Hort. Soc. Cat No. 833.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat globular, equally
broad each way, obscurely five-angled on its sides. Eye
large, placed in a shallow basin. Stalk very short, not deeply
inserted. Skin pale green, or greenish yellow ; but where
exposed to the sun, of a deep red, mixed with russet, and
striped towards the base. Flesh white, with a mixture of
green, firm. Juice sub-acid, with a slight aromatic flavour.
A culinary apple from November till March.
The Queening is an old apple, known to Ray in 1668. It
forms a large handsome tree, is very hardy, and a great
bearer.
113. WINTER WHITE CALVILLE.
44 APPLES.
Calville Blanche d'Hiver. Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2. Jard.
Fruit, t. 49.
Bonnet Carre". 76.
Fruit large, of a flattish figure, with broad, uneven ribs on
its sides, about three inches and a half in diameter, and two
inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, in a wide, deep, ob-
tuse-angled basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long,
slender, deeply inserted. Skin smooth, yellowish green;
when fully ripe, it is of a bright yellow, and tinged with a
lively red on the sunny side. Flesh white and tender, with
a very pleasant juice.
A culinary apple from December till March.
114. YORKSHIRE GREENING. Forsyih, Ed. 3. No. 197.
Hort. Soc. Cat. 1191.
Fruit pretty large, of a flattish figure, two inches and a
half deep, and three inches and a half in diameter, having a
few slight undefined ribs on its sides. Eye flat, closed by
the calyx, seated in a very shallow, unequally plaited basin.
Stalk short, thick, woolly, inserted in a wide, flat, uneven
cavity. Skin dull, dark green, slightly tinged with muddy,
pale brown, interspersed with broken stripes and dashes of
dull red quite round the upper part of the fruit, and partly
covered with a meally white all over the base. Flesh green-
ish white, firm. Juice plentiful, smart acid, without perfume.
A most excellent culinary apple from November till April.
SECT. VI. — Winter. Conical or Oblong.
115. ADAMS'S PEARMAIN. Pom. Mag. t. 133.
Norfolk Pippin, of Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 685., according
to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit above the middle size, very handsome, Pearmain
shaped, somewhat conical, not angular, about two inches and
three quarters deep, two inches and a half diameter at the
base, and one inch and a quarter at the crown. Eye rather
small, with a closed calyx, placed in a very narrow, regular,
slightly plaited basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long,
slender, one half projecting beyond the base. Skin pale
greenish yellow, covered with a thin gray russet ; on the
sunny side of a deeper yellow, tinged with salmon colour,
having a few thin, slightly striped patches of a deeper colour,
sprinkled with whitish spots near the base. Flesh yellowish,
firm, crisp. Juice saccharine, rich, with a very high aroma-
tic flavour.
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A dessert apple from November till February.
This is a very handsome and most excellent apple, and
highly deserving of cultivation. It is well adapted for graft-
ing on the Doucin stock, and for training in the garden as an
espalier.
116. JEsopus SPITZEMBERG. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
401.
Fruit large, oblong. Stalk of moderate length, placed in
a deep cavity, and projecting a little beyond the base. Skin
smooth, of a lively brilliant red, approaching to scarlet, with
numerous small yellow spots. Flesh yellow, very rich, juicy,
and brisk. Ripe about Christmas.
A most excellent apple of American origin ; it is said to
be of jEsopus, in Ulster county. " It is plentifully cultivated
at Livingston's manor, in Columbia county, in the state of
New- York." It is too tender to succeed in this country,
without the assistance of a south or an east wall. Some very
fine fruit from a south wall at Sacomb Park, in Hertfordshire,
were exhibited at the Horticultural Society of London, Oc-
tober 15, 1821.*
117. BALTIMORE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 120. t. 4.
Fruit very large, in form something like the Alexander,
but more flat. Eye large, open, and deep, surrounded by a
few obtuse plaits. Skin pale lemon colour, covered with a
very thin gray russet, especially near the eye, and tinged with
a pale salmon-coloured blush on the sunny side . Flesh very
good, and close at the core.
Raised in the garden of Mr. Smith, near the city of Bal-
timore, in America, and brought into Liverpool by Captain
George Hobson, of the Belvidere, of Baltimore, in 1817.
One of its fruit fourteen inches and three quarters in circum-
ference, and four inches in height, weighed one pound seven
ounces and a half avoirdupoise . j"
118. BARCELONA PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 747.
Pom. Mag. t. 85.
Glace Rouge. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 365.
Kleiner Casseler Reinette. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 913.,
according to the Pom. Mag.
* There can be no doubt that this is our true Spitzemberg. Grafts of tills sort
wore sent by me to the London Horticultural Society, in 1823, with the description
in inverted commas. I could almost fancy by the description of the fruit here given,
that it had been ripened in an American climate, not far from New-York: how-
ever, the county of Hertfordshire is peculiarly well adapted to the production of
fine apples, and for the best cider in England. Mm. Ed.
t We should be obliged to Mr Smith o'f Baltimore, to give us some further de-
scription of thii apple, the above being very imperfect. Am, Ed.
46 APPLES.
Speckled Golden Reinette. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 933.,
according to the Pom. Mag.
Reinette Rouge, \
Reinette Rousse, > of various Collections.
Reinette des Carmes, j
Fruit middle sized, oval, not angular, rather long, with a
small shallow eye, the divisions of the calyx acute, erect.
Stalk short, usually a little thickened on one side. Skin
uneven, with numerous irregular russet spots ; on the sunny
side of a deep warm red, on the other a brownish yellow.
Flesh firm, inclining to yellowish, with a rich aromatic but
slight agreeable acid.
A dessert apple from November till February. It is a
very good bearer, and deserves to be more extensively cul-
tivated.
119. BAXTER'S PEARMAIN. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. 67. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 748.
Fruit pretty large, of a longish figure, nearly as broad at
the crown as the base, having a few obtuse slight angles,
extending the length of the fruit. Eye small, a little hol-
lowed. Stalk half an inch long, rather stout. Skin a light
green, a little coloured with faint red on the sunny side.
Flesh firm. Juice saccharine, and well flavoured.
A culinary apple from November till March.
120. BEDFORDSHIRE FOUNDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
51.
Cambridge Pippin. Ib.
Fruit very large, three inches and a half deep, and three
inches and a quarter in diameter, irregularly ribbed, with very
broad obtuse angles on the sides, generally two or three of
these are longer than others, which give the crown an oblique
inclination. Eye not large, but open, rather deeply placed
in a somewhat narrow basin. Stalk short, deeply inserted.
Skin pale greenish yellow on the shaded side, sprinkled with
a few green specks ; on the sunny side slightly tinged with
pale orange, and sprinkled thinly with dull red specks. Flesh
yellowish white, tender, mellow. Juice sub-acid and slightly
saccharine. Core generally large and hollow.
A culinary apple from November to January.
121. BELLE BONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 68. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 52.
Rolland, of some Collections.
Fruit middle sized, about ten inches in circumference,
conical ; broad at the base, full in the middle, and
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narrow at the crown. Eye small, flat, closed by the seg-
ments of the calyx. Stalk half an inch long, slender, in some
obliquely inserted under an elongated lip. Skin thick, pale,
greenish yellow, brightened on the sunny side by a few red-
dish streaks, which become russetty at the base, and sur-
round the stalk. Flesh firm, juicy, and well flavoured.
A valuable dessert and culinary apple from October till
January.
122. BENWELL'S PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 749.
Fruit middle sized, somewhat oblong, and narrowed at
the crown. Eye small, surrounded by a few somewhat ob-
scure plaits. Stalk half an inch long, rather deeply inserted.
Skin muddy green, with numerous brownish red dashes on
the sunny side. Flesh crisp, yellowish white. Juice sub-
acid, with a very pleasant aromatic flavour.
An excellent dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas.
The above name was given to this apple by Mr. Kirke,
of Brompton, who received it a few years ago from Mr. Ben-
well, of Henley-upon-Thames, in Oxfordshire.
123. BOSSOM APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 528.
Fruit obtusely pyramidal. Eye placed in a shallow hol-
low, surrounded by several rather indistinct plaits. Stalk an
inch long, deeply inserted. Skin pale greenish yellow, very
much russetted ; and, in some specimens, with a bright red
on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh dull white, inclining
to yellow,, fine in texture, crisp, with a sugared juice ; it bakes
of a fine colour, and melts perfectly.
A large handsome culinary apple from November till
March.
Specimens of thisr from the Earl of Egremont's, at Pet-
worth, were exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1820.
124. BREEDON PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Yol. iii. p. 268.
t. 10. f. 1.
Fruit flatly conical, with an inclination to square, espe-
cially near the eye ; two inches and three quarters in the
widest, and two inches and a quarter in its narrowest diame-
ter, a good deal flattened and irregular at the crown. Eye
seated in a broad and shallow basin, surrounded by plaits
and wrinkles variously formed ; at the base it is also flat,
and broader than the crown. Stalk long, inserted in a re-
gular and well-hollowed cavity. Skin of a pale, rather dull
yellow, tinged with reddish orange on the sunny side. Flesh
yellowish, firm, very sweet, with a rich vinous acid, a little
, and having a flavour something resembling a pine.
48 APPLES.
A dessert apple from November till after Christmas.
Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon, at Bere Court,
in Berkshire.
125. CATSHEAD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 147.
Cat's Head. Foray th, Ed. 3. No. 21.
Costard. Ray, 1688.
Coustard, of the Norman Gardens.
Fruit large, long, nearly as broad at the crown as the
base, having usually three obtuse angles on the upper, and
two more acute, which are also shorter, on the under side.
Eye large, open and hollow. Stalk half an inch long, slen-
der, rather deeply inserted. Skin very smooth, pale green,
scarcely coloured on the sunny side. Flesh tender. Juice
plentiful, sub-acid.
A culinary apple from October till January.
126. CHESTER PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. 751.
Fruit rather small, more long than broad, and tapering
from the base to the crown. Eye very small, slightly de-
pressed. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender. Skin
pale yellow, with a little faint red on the sunny side. Flesh
crisp, with a sugary perfumed juice.
A dessert apple from October to February.
127. CLAYGATE PEARMAIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
402.
Fruit a large and handsome Pearmain. Skin dull yellow,
nearly covered with broad stripes of deep red. Flesh yellow,
rather dry, like all apples of this class, but sweet and very
rich.
A dessert apple from November till February,
The Claygate Pearmain may be considered as a valuable
addition to our stock of table apples. It originated in a
hedge-row in the hamlet of Claygate, near Thames Ditton ;
and its fruit was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society,
by John Braddick, Esq., December 17, 1821.
128. COCKLE PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 169. Pom.
Mag. t. 136.
Nutmeg Cockle Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 169.
Nutmeg Pippin, of various Collections, according to the
Pom. JVJTag-.
White Cockle. lb.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, tapering a little from the base
to the crown, very slightly angular on the sides, about two
inches and a half long, and two inches and a quarter in di-
ameter. Eye narrow, with a closed slender calyx, rather
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shallow, surrounded by narrow plaits. Stalk half an inch
long, slender, one half of which is sunk in a narrow funnel-
shaped cavity. Skin pale green, becoming bright yellow,
with a few gray specks, and partly covered, especially near
the base, with a pretty thick light brown russet. Flesh yel-
lowish, firm, and tender. Juice saccharine, mixed with acid,
and a slight pleasant perfume.
A dessert apple, and also excellent for culinary purposes
from November till May.
129. COLONEL HARBORD'S PIPPIN. G. Lindl. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. iv. p. 65*
Fruit rather large, inclining to a conical shape, about
eleven inches in circumference each way, angular on the
sides. Eye large, in a rather shallow basin, surrounded by
bold plaits or wrinkles. Stalk half an inch long. Skin pale
yellowish green, partially russetted on one side. Flesh.
white mixed with green, soft, very juicy, with a pleasant
brisk astringency.
A very excellent culinary apple from November till
March.
130. CORNISH GILLIFLOWER. Pom. Mag. t. 140.
Julyflower. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 74.
Cornish Julyflower. 76. Vol. Hi. p. 323, according to
the Pom. .Mag-.
Calville d'Angleterre. Baumann Cat.
Fruit moderately large, of an oval form and angular,
about three inches and a quarter in diameter, and the same
in depth. Eye closed by the segments of the calyx, and
sunk among knobby protuberances rising from the termina-
tions of the angles on the sides. Stalk three quarters of an
inch long, not deeply inserted. Skin dull green on the
shaded side, but where fully exposed to the sun, intermixed
with brownish red, slightly sprinkled with russet, and some-
times richer streaks of red. Flesh yellowish, firm, and very
rich : when cut, it gives out a pleasant perfume, resembling
the Clove Gilliflower, whence its name.
A dessert apple, ripening in November, and will keep till
April.
This very valuable apple was first noticed in the Hort.
Trans. Vol. ii. p. 74., in a letter from Sir Christopher Haw-
kens, in 1813. It was discovered in a cottage garden near
Truro, about ten or fifteen years before that date, and was
considered by the Society of so much importance that the
silver medal was awarded to Sir Christopher for his exer-
5
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tions in bringing it into notice. It is considered as but art
indifferent bearer ; but this defect may be remedied by graft-
ing it upon the Doucin stock, and planting it in the garden,
and training it either as an open dwarf, or as an espalier.
130.* COUL BLUSH. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 340.
The fruit has the angular figure of the Calvilles. The
skin has a clear waxy yellow, with a dull red cheek, which
is varied by numerous bright crimson dots and streaks.
The stalk is slender and smooth. The flesh is rather yel-
low, crisp, and juicy, with a very pleasant brisk taste.
In season in December and till the middle of January.
This very beautiful apple was raised by Sir George
Steuart Mackenzie, in his garden at Coul, near Dingwall, an
account of which is given by hini in a paper dated March
12, 1827.
131. DARLING PIPPIN. G. Lindl. Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat conical, a little flattened
both at the crown and the base. Eye small, slightly de-
pressed, and surrounded by a few unequal, knobby plaits.
Stalk half an inch long, in some an inch, slender. Skin
bright lemon-colour, sprinkled with numerous small pearl-
coloured specks, quite within the surface. Flesh pale yel-
low, crisp. Juice plentiful, saccharine, of a very agreeable
flavour.
A very handsome dessert apple from November till
Christmas.
132. FARLEIGH PIPPIN. Nursery Catalogues.
Farley Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 319.
Fruit middle-sized, rather long, with five angles extend-
ing from the base to the crown, where they are very promi-
nent. Eye deeply sunk. Skin green on the shaded sid«3,
but of a brownish red where fully exposed to the sun, and
marked with a deeper colour. Flesh green, firm. Jute*
plentiful, saccharine, and of an excellent flavour.
A dessert apple from November to February.
A very excellent apple, sent me by Mr. Kirke, who had
it from Farleigh in Kent.
133. FORMAN'S CREW. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 342.
Pom. Mag. t. 89.
Fruit like a large Golden Pippin, but russetty, about two
inches and a half long, and two inches in diameter. Eye
small, a little open, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk
short, not deeply inserted. Skin nearly covered with a yel-
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iowish russet brown. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, rich,
very high-flavoured, and excellent.
A dessert apple from November till May.
This handsome and very valuable apple was raised by
Thomas Seton Forman, Esq., at Pennydarron Place, near
Merthyr Tidvil, in Glamorganshire. It is one of the best table
apples we have, combining the excellence of the old Golden
Pippin and Nonpareil. It bears abundantly, as an open
standard, and, when grafted upon the Doucin stock, it is in-
valuable as an espalier.
134. FOULDON PEARMAIN. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. 69.
Horrex's Pearmain. Ibid.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong shape, somewhat re-
sembling the old Green Pearmain, about eight inches the
long, and seven inches and three quarters the short circum-
ference. Eye narrow, flat. Stalk three quarters of an inch
long, slender. Skin pale yellow, when matured, with a
little blush on the sunny side, especially towards the base,
in consequence of the fruit being mostly pendent. Flesh
greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, brisk, and of
a very high flavour.
A most excellent dessert apple from November till
March.
The original tree of this apple is now growing in the gar-
den of Mrs. Horrex, at Foulden in Norfolk.
135. GANGES. Nursery Catalogue.
Fruit pretty large, of an oblong, irregular figure. Eye
liollow. Stalk half an inch long, deeply inserted, quite
within the base. Skin green,_with a few specks of darker
green interspersed, and dashed with red on the sunny side.
Flesh pale yellowish green. Juice sub-acid, of good fla-
vour.
A good culinary apple from October till January.
136. GOLDEN LUSTRE. G. LindL Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat conical figure, acutely
and prominently angular towards the crown, near which it
has generally an indented circle, as if caused by a ligature
having been tied round the fruit ; it is about two inches and
a quarter deep, and the same in diameter. Eye rather small,
closed by the long segments of the calyx, not deeply sunk,
and surrounded by sharp prominent plaits, the intermediate
ones being small, and having a blistered appearance. Stalk
62 APPLES.
short, slender, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Skin
bright yellow or gold colour on the shaded side, but where
exposed to the sun, bright red, breaking out into small
patches and stripes^ Flesh pale yellow, firm. Juice not
plentiful, sub-acid, combined with a little sugar, but without
any particular perfume.
A good culinary apple from November till May.
137. GOLDEN PEARMAIN. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 58.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 755.
Ruckman's Pearmain. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 755.
Fruit below the middle size, rather conical, a little an-
gular on its sides. Eye small, with short obtuse segments
of the calyx, placed in a narrow and rather shallow basin.
Stalk half an inch long, slender, pressed close to the base
on one side of its cavity by a large pointed protuberance of
the fruit pressing upon it from the opposite side. This is
not the case in all the fruit of this sort, but it is so in three
out of four throughout the whole crop, and is one of its most
distinguishing characters. Skin bright yellow, marbled
nearly all over with faint red and orange, highly coloured on
the sunny side, and streaked with broken dashes of deeper
red. Juice not plentiful, but sacr.bnrinc, of a slight aro-
matic flavour.
A good and handsome dessert apple from October till
Christmas.
138. GRAVENSTEIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 216
and 523. t. 21. Pom. Mag. t. 98.
Fruit large, about three inches and a half in diameter,
broadest at the base, generally flattened, sometimes rather
oblong, with angles which terminate in the crown. Eye
rather wide, sunk in a deep hollow, surrounded by several
projecting folds or knobs. Stalk very short, deeply insert-
ed. Skin smooth, of a clear yellowish green or straw co-
lour, streaked and mottled with red on the sunny side.
Flesh pale yellow, crisp, with a highly-flavoured vinous
juice.
A dessert apple, ripening in the autumn, but will keep
till April, and may be reckoned a rival to our Ribstone
Pippin.
It is supposed to have or iginated at Gravenstein, in Hoi-
stein, near a century ago, and is esteemed the best apple
in Germany and the Low Countries. The fruit was first ex->
hibited at the Horticultural Society in 1819.
139. HANWELL SOURING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 219.
F\ruit middle-sized, conical, very angular on the sides.
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Eye deeply sunk in a contracted basin. Stalk short, very
deeply inserted in a wide, even cavity. Skin green, with a
blush of red where exposed, profusely spotted with minute
brown spots, and a little russetted round the stalk. Flesh
white, very crisp, with a rich acid juice.
This apple is scarcely in perfection till April or May, and
then possesses more acid than any other which keeps to so
late a period.
It is supposed to have originated at Hanwell, near Ban-
bury, in Oxfordshire. Fruit of it were exhibited at the Hor-
ticultural Society in May, 1820.
140. HARVEY APPLE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 67.
Doctor Harvey's Apple. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 251.
Fruit rather large, oval, generally about nine inches and
a half or ten inches in circumference, narrow at the crown,
slightly angular on the sides. Eye small, scarcely sunk,
surrounded by several small knobby plaits. Stalk half an
inch long, slender, deeply inserted in a wide, uneven cavity.
Skin greenish yellow, full of green and pearly specks, with
various russetty, broken ramifications near the crown.
Flesh whitish, firm. Juice quick^ sub-acid, with a little
musky perfume.
A valuable culinary fruit from October to January.
This is a real Norfolk apple, and but little known out of
the county. It appears to have been known in the time of
Ray, in 1688, who says it took its name from " the famous
Dr. Gabriel Harvey."
When baked in an oven which is not too hot, these ap-
ples are most excellent ; they become sugary, and will
keep a week or ten days, furnishing for the dessert a highly-
flavoured sweetmeat. It makes a large handsome tree, is
very hardy, and a great bearer.
141. HOLLOW-CROWNED PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat.
No. 459.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong figure, fully as broad at
the crown as at the base, slightly angular on its sides. Eye
wide, and deeply sunk. Stalk short, thick, and crooked.
Skin pale green, becoming yellow, with a faint blush on
the side next the sun. Flesh firm, juicy, sub-acid, with a
slight portion of sugar.
A culinary apple from October to January. A hardy
bearer, peculiar to Norfolk, and common in the Norwtich
market.
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142. HUBBARD'S PEARMAIN. G. Lindl. in Horl. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. 68. Pom. Mag. t. 27.
Golden Vining, of Devonshire. According to the Pom.
Mag. Ib.
Fruit small, ovate, about two inches deep, and the same
in diameter, free from angles. Eye small, close, with a
very short calyx, slightly depressed. Stalk short. Skin
pale russet, or cinnamon colour, with a little green or red
breaking through it here and there ; in some specimens,
particularly in warm seasons, of an uniform, clear, yellowish
green, without russet, mottled and tinged with orange or
pale red on the sunny side. Flesh yellow, firm, rather
dry. Juice sweet, rich, of a most highly perfumed aromatic
flavour.
A dessert apple from October till March or April.
143. KENTISH PIPPIN. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 11.
Fruit above the middle size, of an oblong figure, slightly
angular on its sides, tapering a little from the base to the
crown, which is rather narrow. Eye small, with a closed
calyx, a little sunk, and surrounded by several obtuse plaits.
Stalk half an inch long, slender, not protruding beyond the
base. Skin pale yellow, with a few scattered greenish
specks ; on the sunny side pale dull brown. Flesh yellow-
ish white. Juice sweetish, or sub-acid, with a smart pun-
gent flavour.
An excellent culinary apple from October till January.
144. KINELLAN APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p.
338.
The skin is a clear pale green, very little dotted, but
strongly coloured with yellowish bright red on the exposed
side. The eye is rather angular ; the stalk downy ; the
flesh white, firm, rather juicy, and pleasant.
A pleasant table apple, in season in Ross-shire from the
beginning of December till January, and will keep till
March.
This is an offspring between the Nonpareil and Manx
Codlin, obtained by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart.,
of Coul, near Dingwall, in Ross-shire ; it produced its first
fruit in 1825. In size the apple resembles the Manx Cod-
lin, and in appearance and other qualities the Nonpareil.
144.* LAMB ABBEY PEARMAIN:. Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 2§9. t. 10. f. 2.
Fvuit middle-sized, oval, somewhat pyramidal, rather
flattened at both ends, about three inches deep, and two
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inches three quarters in diameter. Eye small, sunk in a
deep and broad hollow, surrounded by regular but slight
plaits, which do not extend to the body of the fruit. Stalk
short, deeply inserted. Skin yellowish green on the shaded
side and next the eye ; the sunny side being covered with
a handsome red, having many black dots, in the manner of
an ordinary Golden Reinette. Flesh yellowish next the
skin, green next the core, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a
peculiar rich sweetness, and a light aromatic flavour.
An excellent dessert fruit from December till March.
This very valuable apple was raised, in 1803, from a ker-
nel of the Newtown Pippin, by Mrs. Malcolm, the lady of
Neil Malcolm, Esq., of Lamb Abbey, in Kent.
145. LEMON PIPPIN. HorL Soc. Cat. No. 550. Pom.
Mag. t. 37.
Lemon Pippin. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 102.
Fruit middle-sized, oval, very regularly formed, without
angles, about two inches and three quarters in diameter, and
three inches deep. Eye small, open, with a very short slen-
der calyx, slightly depressed. Stalk short, fleshy, curved
inwards, and forming a continuance of the fruit, in the man-
ner of a lemon ; hence its name. Skin pale yellowish green,
becoming yellow when ripe, with neither red nor russet.
Flesh firm, breaking. Juice not abundant, nor highly
flavoured, but very pleasant.
A dessert fruit from October till March.
A very hardy orchard apple ; the tree grows erect, very
regularly formed, and handsome, and is a most excellent
bearer.
146. NEW ROCK PIPPIN. HorL Trans. Yol. v. p.
269.
Fruit of the Nonpareil kind, but less regular in shape,
and the eye sunk a little deeper. Stalk short. Skin of a
dull green on the shaded side ; on the part exposed to the
sun, it becomes brown, with a slight tinge of red, and the
whole surface sprinkled with russet. Flesh yellow, firm,
not very juicy, but rich and sweet, with a fine anise per-
fume.
A dessert apple from November till April.
Raised by Mr. Pleasance of Barnwell, near Cambridge.
It keeps late in the spring, and is then hardly surpassed by
any of the old varieties. Exhibited at the Horticultural So-
ciety, November 20, 1821.
66 APPLES.
147. NEW- YORK PIPPIN. G. Lindl. Plan of an Or-
chard, 1796.
New- York Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 642.
Fruit rather large, of an oblong figure, somewhat pyra-
midal, rather irregular in its outline, and slightly pentangu-
lar on its sides, three of which are generally much shorter
than the other, forming a kind of lip at the crown ; from two
inches and a half to three inches deep, and the same in di-
ameter at the base. Eye closed, rather deeply sunk in a
very uneven irregular basin. Stalk half an inch long, slen-
inserted in a wide uneven cavity. Skin
with a few green specks, intermixed
gray russet, and tinged with brown on the
sunny side. Flesh firm, crisp, tender. Juice plentiful,
saccharine, with a slight aromatic flavour.
A dessert apple from November till April.
An American variety of excellence. The tree grows
large, and bears well. It sometimes happens with this as
it does with Hubbard's Pearmain, that smooth fruit grow
upon one branch and russetty ones upon another ; and in
cold seasons the fruit are for the most part russetty.
It was named the New-York Pippin by Mr. Mackie, and
first propagated in his Nursery at Norwich about forty
years ago.
148. NORFOLK PARADISE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 684.
Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 125.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, irregularly formed. Eye
very large, deeply sunk, in an uneven, oblique hollow. Stalk
rather short, not deeply inserted. Skin greenish yellow ;
on the sunny side of a brownish red, streaked with a darker
colour. Flesh White, very firm. Juice abundant, and of
a very excellent flavour.
A dessert apple from October till March.
149. NORTHERN GREENING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
693. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 127.
Fruit above the middle size, of an oblong figure, scarcely
angular on its sides, about three inches deep, and two
inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather small,
with a closed calyx, seated in a somewhat narrow, shallow,
irregularly plaited basin. Stalk short and thick, inserted
without any cavity, but connected by a projecting lip on one
side, similar to that of the Lemon Pippin. Skin pale dull
green, sprinkled with specks of darker green imbedded in
the skin ; on the sunny side it is tinged with a pale brown,
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5t
Interspersed with slight streaks of a darker colour. Flesh
greenish white, firm. Juice sub-acid, * without any appa-
rent saccharine property.
A very excellent culinary apple from November till April.
150. ORD'S APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 285. t. 19.
Simpson's Pippin. Ib.
Simpson's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1043.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong ovate shape, with the
base and crown depressed, from two inches and a half to
three inches deep, and two inches and a quarter in diame-
ter at the base. Eye small, with a short connivent calyx,
in a very shallow basin, surrounded by some irregular plaits,
the natural number of which is five. Stalk three quarters
of an inch long. Skin thick* always green while on the tree,
tinged with copper-coloured red, with several darker spots
on the sunny side. Flesh firm. Juice rich and per-
fumed.
A dessert apple from December till March.
Raised some years ago by Mrs. Anne Simpson, sister-
in-law of John Ord, Esq., from the seed of an apple grown
in his garden at Purser's Cross, near Fulham, the produce
of a tree he had raised from a Newtown Pippin, which
he had imported from America about the year 1777.
151. ORTLEY APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 415.
Fruit very much resembling the yellow Newtown Pippin,
but a little more oval. Eye large and well formed, not
deeply sunk, and surrounded by many small folds or plaits.
Stalk slender, inserted in a deep and even-formed cavity.
Skin bright clear yellow where shaded, and of a bright scar-
let, sprinkled with a few russetty spots on the sunny side.
Flesh inclining to yellow, crisp and breaking. Juice plenti-
ful, with the same fine flavour which distinguishes the New-
town Pippin.
A dessert apple from November till April.
This most excellent variety is a native of New-Jersey,
in North America. Specimens of it were sent from thence
to the Horticultural Society, and exhibited at the meetings
of the 1st and 15th of March, 1825.*
* The fruitof the Ortley Apple was sent to the Hort. Soc. of London, as above,
by me, and for which I received the silver medal. The grafts of this excellent
apple were given to me by Mr. Michael Ortley, Esq. of New- York, from his or-
chard in South Jersey. There are, in addition to the description given above,
gome particulars which distinguish it from a Newtown Pippin, from which it is
very distinct, though not inferior to that most excellent apple. In opening a box
or barrel of the apples in the spring of the year, they emit a fine peculiar fragrance
like that of roses. It is an American apple of superior excellence, worthy of ge-
neral cultivation. -Am. Ed.
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152. OXNEAD PEARMAIN. G. Lindl. Plan of an Or-
chard, 1796.
Earl of Yarmouth's Pearmain. 76.
Fruit small, conically tapering from the base to the crown.
Eye very small, surrounded by three or four somewhat ob-
scure plaits. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very
slender. Skin entirely grass-green, always covered with a
thin russet ; sometimes when highly ripened it is tinged
with a very pale brown on the sunny side. Flesh very firm,
crisp, of a pale green colour. Juice not plentiful, but
very rich and highly flavoured.
A very neat dessert apple from November till April.
This excellent little sort is supposed to have originated
at Oxnead, near Norwich, the seat of the Earl of Yarmouth.
It has been known for many years in Norfolk, no doubt
prior to the extinction of that peerage in 1733, and I have
never seen it out of the county. The tree is a very
small grower ; its branches are small and wiry, and of a
grass-green colour : it is very hardy, and an excellent
bearer.
153. PETIT JEAN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 525.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 781.
Fruit small, oval, slightly flattened at both ends. Eye
very small, placed in a confined basin. Stalk very short,
deeply inserted. Skin, where shaded, of a pale yellow, but
the whole nearly covered with brilliant red, which, in less
exposed parts, is broken into stripes, through which the
ground colour is seen. Flesh very white, extremely tender,
with an agreeable juice.
A dessert apple from November till April.
This is a very handsome little apple, native of Jersey,
which keeps well till the end of the season, and is extensive-
ly cultivated in that island. Specimens of the fruit were
sent to the Horticultural Society in 1820.
154. PINNER SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
530.
Carrel's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 791.
Fruit middle sized, slightly angular on the sides. Eye
close, very little depressed. Stalk short, in a confined but
deep cavity. Skin bright yellow, nearly covered with clear
yellow russet. Flesh inclining to yellow, crisp and tender.
Juice brisk and saccharine.
An excellent dessert apple from November till the end
of May,
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Raised by James Carrel, Nurseryman, at Pinner, Mid-
dlesex, in 1810. It produced its first fruit in 1818, and
was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1820.
155. RIBSTON PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 946.
Pom. Mag. t. 141.
Formosa Pippin. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 322.
Travels Apple. Ib. Vol. iii. p. 324., according to the
Pom. Mas:.
Glory of York. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 946.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat irregularly formed, with a
few broad, obtuse, indistinct angles on its sides,, and gene-
rally more broad than long ; about two inches and three
quarters in diameter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye
rather small, with a closed calyx, placed in an irregularly
angular basin. Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted
in a rather narrow, funnel-shaped cavity, seldom protruding
beyond the base. Skin pale yellow, russetty in the crown
and round the stalk, and mottled thinly with dull red on
the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, firm, crisp. Juice sac-
charine, with a pungent, rich, and delicious aromatic fla-
vour.
A dessert apple from October till April, but it is gene-
rally in its greatest perfection when it has been gathered a
month or six weeks.
The Ribston Pippin may be truly said to be one of the
best, and certainly is one of the most popular dessert apples
of the present day, as well known as the Golden Pippin and
the Nonpareil ; and a greater number of trees of it are sold
by nurserymen throughout England, than of both those sorts
put together. It was raised, according to traditionary ac-
counts, from some pips which which were brought from
Rouen, about the year 1688, and sown in the garden at
Ribston Hall, near Knaresborough, in the county of York.
156. ROYAL PEARMAJN. Rea's Flora, 1665, No. 16.
Herefordshire Pearmain. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 757.
Parmain Royal. Knvop. Pom. p. 71. t. 12.
Parmain Royal de longue dureo. Ib. p. 131.
Parmain double. Ib.
Engelsche Konings of King's Pepping. Ib.
Fruit above the middle size, oblong, and somewhat coni-
cal, about two inches and a half deep, and two inches and
three quarters in diameter, slightly angular on its sides. Eyo
rather small, open, with a reflcxed calyx, seated in a narrow,
60 APPLES.
shallow, russetty basin, scarcely marked by plaits. Stalk
half an inch long, slender, rather deeply inserted, protruding
just beyond the base. Skin dull, pale yellowish green, in-
terspersed with gray russetty specks, especially on the sunny
side, where it is tinged with a soft brown, and marked with
a few narrow broken stripes. Flesh pale greenish yellow,
tender, crisp. Juice saccharine, and of a very pleasant aro-
matic richness.
A dessert apple from November till February or March.
This very excellent apple is of many years' standing in
this country, although far from being common in the nurse-
ries, another apple having unjustly usurped its name.
157. ROYAL REINETTE. Hort. Trans. Yol. iv. p. 529.
Fruit rather small, a little more conical than the Golden
Reinette. Eye large and open, in an even and small basin.
Slalk very short, with the flesh growing pretty closely round
it. Skin delicate yellow, sprinkled with a few dark spots ;
on the sunny side stained and striped with delicate but bril-
liant red, and covered with numerous gray spots ; the whole
surface highly polished and shining. Flesh pale yellow.
Juice of excellent flavour.
A dessert apple from November till April and May.
This very beautiful apple is cultivated in the western parts
of Sussex ; fruit from the Earl of Egremont's, at Petworth,
was exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1820.
158. STONE PIPPIN. G. LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol.
iv. p. 69.
White Stone Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1157.
White Pippin of Norfolk.
Fruit middle sized, of an oblong figure, tapering to the
crown, where it is narrow, somewhat angular on its sides*
Eye small, hollow, surrounded by slight obtuse bold plaits.
Stalk slender, not protruded beyond the base. Skin very
smooth, pale green, becoming yellow when kept a few
weeks. Flesh very firm and dense. Juice not plentiful,
sharp, slightly acid, becoming sweet when mature, with a
little perfume.
A dessert and culinary apple from November till July or
August.
This is a valuable Norfolk apple, known in the Norwich
market by the name of White Pippin. The fruit, when peel-
ed, sliced, and boiled in sugar, becomes transparent, afford-
ing for many months a most delicious sweetmeat for tarts.
The tree grows to a large size, is very hardy, and in all sea-
APPLES. 61
sons an abundant bearer. It is highly deserving of an ex-
tended cultivation.
158.* TARVEY CODLIN. Hort. Trans. Yol. vii. p. 338.
The skin is a dull olive green, with an imperfect mixture
of yellow; on the exposed side it is yellowish red, much
spotted with broken rows of large blood-red dots. The flesh
is white and juicy, with the taste of an English Codlin.
A very good apple, in its season, in Ross-shire, in Novem-
ber and December.
This was raised from a seed of the Manx Codlin, by Sir
George Steuart Mackenzie, in his garden at Coul, near Ding-
wall, an account of which is given by him, in a paper in the
Horticultural Transactions, dated March 12, 1827.
159. WHITE SPANISH RE-INETTE. Pom. Mag. t. 110.
Reinette Blanche d'Espagne. Mayer's Pomona, accord-
ing to the Pom. Mag.
D'Espagne, \
De Ratteau, > of foreign Gardens.
Concombre Ancien, j
£auKP!£pi^ n TV I °f the English and Americans,
Cobbett's Fall Pippin, I •> accordirf to the pow< M [
Large Fall Pippin, j
Fruit very large, roundish oblong, about three inches and
three quarters deep, and three inches and a half in diameter,
irregular in its outline, with broad irregular ribs on its sides,
which terminate in an uneven crown, where it is nearly as
broad as at the base. Eye large, open, very deeply placed
in a broad-angled, oblique, irregular basin. Stalk half an
inch long, not deeply inserted, in a rather small evenly-form-
ed cavity. Skin smooth, yellowish green on the shaded
side, tinged with orange where exposed to the sun. Flesh
yellowish white, crisp, and tender, with a rich sugary juice.
A dessert apple, and for culinary purposes also, from No-
vember till February or March.
This extremely valuable apple is at present but little known
in England, although, from specimens exhibited at the Hor-
ticultural Society in 1829, by John Darby, Esq., it appears
that very ancient trees of it exist in Sussex. In America it
is called Fall Pippin, under which name it has been for some
time sold by Mr. Cobbett.-f
t There is gome mistake here. The white Spanish Reinette and our Fall Pip-
pin are different apples, however they may resemble each other in shape ; th«
former apple may keep well till March, but the latter will not keep till thp end of
December, when it gets dry and meally ; it is perfectly ripe in November. — Jim. Ed
6
62
APPLES.
160. WHITMORE'S PIPPIN* Hort. Sac. Cat. No. 1158*
Fruit middle sized, of a very regular, somewhat conical
figure, with eight or ten obtuse angles on the sides, which
terminate more distinctly in the crown, where it is almost
drawn to a point. Eye very narrow, flat. Stalk three quar-
ters of an inch long, slender, deeply inserted, and not pro-
truded beyond the base. Skin a clear yellowish green,
sprinkled with numerous small dark green specks ; on the
sunny side tinged with faint red. Flesh whitish green, break-
ing. Juice brisk, with a slight aromatic flavour.
A winter dessert and culinary apple from November till
January or February.
161. WINTER PEARMAIN. Ray, 1688.
Old Pearmain. Pom. Hereford, t. 29.
Parmain d'Hiver. Knoop. Pom. p. 64. t. 11.
Pepin Parmain d'Angleterre. Ib. p. 131.
Fruit middle sized, regularly shaped, tapering a little from
the base to the crown, which is a little narrowed. Eye
small, and closed by the short segments of the calyx. Stalk
short, slender, protruding a little beyond the base. Skin a
grass green, with a little colour of a hvid red on the sunny
side, interspersed with a few dark specks, particularly on the
produce of old trees, especially those which are encumbered
with a profusion of wood. Flesh pale green, firm, crisp.
Juice not plentiful, but saccharine, and of a slight aromatic
flavour.
A dessert apple from November till March.
f!62. WINTER RED CALVILLE. JYursery Catalogues.
'Calville Rouge. Duhamel. 4. t. 3.
Calville Rouge d'Hiver. Bon Jard. 1827, p. 323.
Hor. Soc. Cat. 132.
Fruit large, of an oblong figure, broader at the base than
at the crown, about three inches in diameter, and three
inches and a half deep. Eye large, rather deeply sunk.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather deeply inserted.
Skin pale red on the shaded side, but where exposed to the
sun, of a much deeper colour. Flesh tender, with an agree-
able juice.
A culinary apple from November till February.
SECT. VII. — Russets and Nonpareils.
163. ACKLAM'S RUSSET. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 1.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 977.
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•Fruit below the middle size, perfectly round in its out-
line, and rather flat ; about two inches and a quarter in di-
ameter, and two inches deep. Eye small, with a converg-
ing calyx, sunk in a very regular, circular, open basin, free
from plaits. Stalk half an inch long, even with the base.
Skin pale yellowish green, covered with a very thin, smooth,
gray russet, in which are interspersed numerous yellowish
gray specks. Flesh greenish white, very firm and crisp.
Juice sugary, and of a high poignant flavour.
A very neat dessert apple from November till February.
164. AROMATIC RUSSET. Nursery Catalogues. But
not of Hort. Soc. Cat. 1061.
Fruit middle-sized, a little conical, but flattened at both
the base and the crown. Eye small, a little depressed.
Stalk very short, deeply inserted. Skin green, covered with
a thin gray russet, and a little tinged with dull red on the
sunny side. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp, but tender.
Juice saccharine and perfumed.
A dessert apple from November till February.
The wood of this tree is straight, rather slender ; and
when the young branches are vigorous, they are furnished
with spurs, somewhat in the manner of the Nonesuch. It
Is a very hardy sort, and an excellent bearer.
165. ASHMEAD'S KERNEL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 20.
Dr. Ashmead's Kernel, of the Gloucestershire Gardens.
Fruit rather small, not much unlike the old Nonpareil,
except in being a little longer, and having a few obtuse an-
gles running from the base to the crown, which is somewhat
narrow. Eye small, a little depressed. Stalk three quar-
ters of an inch long, slender, and inserted half its length in a
conical cavity. Skin of a pale brownish gray russet upon a
green ground, and of a brownish orange colour on the sunny
side. Flesh firm and crisp. Juice plentiful, of an excel-
lent and rich aromatic flavour.
A very neat dessert apple from November till May.
The habit and general appearance of the tree is very much
like that of a Nonpareil, and there can be no doubt of its
having originated from a seed of that fruit. It is a Glou-
cestershire apple, and was raised by a Dr. Ashmead, of
Ashmeads, in that county. It is a very valuable and hardy
variety, highly deserving of cultivation.
166. BOWYER'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 979.
Pom. Mag. i. 121.
Fruit below the middle size, broadest at the base ; the
outline tolerably round, about two inches and a quarter in
64 APPLES.
diameter, and one inch and three quarters deep. Eye closer
in a small depression, surrounded by obscure wrinkled
plaits. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a middle-sized
evenly-formed cavity. Skin covered all over with a fine
golden russet. Flesh greenish white, with a tinge of yellow,
and having a sharp, rich, aromatic juice.
A very handsome and valuable dessert apple in the month
of September, and will keep a few weeks after this time.
167. BRADDICK'S NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii.
p. 268. t. 10. f. 3.
Fruit of a flattened globular figure, three inches in its
widest, and two inches and a half in its shortest diameter,
not much lessened near the eye, and nearly flat at the stalk.
Eye rather small, inserted in a somewhat deep and nearly
rounded basin, almost without plait or wrinkle. Stalk short,
not deeply inserted. Skin smooth, greenish near the stalk,
becoming tinged with yellowish brown, and a considerable
portion of brownish red on the sunny side, and generally a
patch of fine russet round the eye. Stalk short, not deeply
inserted. Flesh yellowish, sweeter and more melting than
the old Nonpareil, with a richly-sugared and slightly-aro-
matic juice.
A dessert apple from October till Christmas.
This very valuable apple was raised by John Braddick,
Esq , in his garden at Thames Ditton, in Surrey.
168. EARLY NONPAREIL, G. Lindl. Plan of an Or-
chard, 1796.
Summer Nonpareil, ) -Gardenerf jyames in JYorfolk.
Stagg's Nonpareil, j
Hicks's Fancy, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 450.
Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, and
somewhat narrowed at the crown. Eye small, in a very
shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slen-
der. Skin yellowish, covered with a very thin russet, in-
terspersed with a few gray specks. Flesh yellowish white,
very crisp, and tender. Juice plentiful, of a rich and highly
aromatic flavour.
A dessert apple in October and November.
This very excellent apple was raised from a seed of the old
Nonpareil, by a nurseryman of the name of Stagg, at Cais-
ter, near Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, about fifty years ago.
The tree has much the appearance of the Nonpareil, except
its wood being shorter, and of a more upright growth. It is
a hardy bearer, and highly deserving of cultivation.
APPLES.
169. FENOUILLET GRIS. Duhamel, 10. t 5.
Anis. Ib.
Caraway Russet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 982.
Spice Apple. )
Brown Apple of Burnt Island. \ Ib. No. 1061.
Rook's-nest Apple,
Fruit rather small, roundish ovate, of a very regular out-
line, without any angles on its sides, about two inches and
a quarter in diameter at its base, and two inches deep.
Eye small, with narrow diverging segments, deeply sunk in
a narrow funnel-shaped basin. Stalk short, deeply sunk in
a funnel-shaped cavity, quite within the base. Skin yellow-
ish gray, covered with a thin russet, and very slightly tinged
with brown on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white,
crisp, tender, with a saccharine and highly flavoured aro-
matic juice.
A desert apple from November till February.
This is a very neat French apple, and has been some
years in the London Nurseries, where it is often sold un-
der the name of Aromatic Russet. The tree is a rather
small grower, with slender, smooth, wiry branches, which
seldom produce any spurs upon those of the present year :
it is hardy, and a good bearer.
170. GOLDEN RUSSET. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 57. Hort.
Soc. Cat. No 983.
Fruit below the middle size, pretty regular in its outline,
without angles, generally about two inches deep, and two
inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye rather small, close,
moderately depressed, surrounded by irregular plaits, part
of which are more prominent than the rest. Stalk very short,
deeply inserted in an uneven narrow cavity, not protruding
so far as the*base. Skin thick, of a pale copper-coloured
yellowish russet, very thick and rough on the shaded side,
with a few patches, occasionally, of bright red on the
sunny side, and verrucose at the base. Flesh pale yellow,
very firm and crisp. Juice not plentiful, but saccharine, Oi
an aromatic and slightly musky flavour.
A dessert apple from December till April.
The Golden Russet has been known in our gardens ever
since the time of Ray, who makes it synonymous with the
Aromatic Russet. The trees are very hardy, bearing well
in bleak situations ; they grow to a good size, and are ra-
ther remarkable, in having a profusion of slender pendulous
branches.
6*
65 APPLES.
171. HORSHAM RUSSET. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans*
Vol. iv. p. 69.
Fruit about the size of a Nonpareil, but not so regular
in its outline, generally about 'two inches and a quarter in
diameter, and two inches deep. Eye small, closed, in a
small depression without angles. Stalk short, rather thick,
rather -deeply inserted in a wide uneven cavity. Skin pale
green, covered with a thin yellowish gray russet round its
upper part, with a pale salmon-coloured tinge on the sunny
side. Flesh greenish white, firm, crisp. Juice plentiful,
of a high aromatic Nonpareil flavour.
A dessert apple from November till March.
Raised from the seed of a Nonpareil about thirty years
ago, by Mrs. Goose, of Horsham, Saint Faith's, near Nor-
wich. It is a very hardy tree, and a good beaier.
172. HUNT'S DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Hort. Trans.
Vol. iv. p. 525.
Hunt's Nonpareil. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 659.
Fruit middle-sized, resembling a Nonpareil in form, but
is a litle more oval. Skin a clear green on the shaded side,
but little of that colour is visible, nearly the whole being co-
vered with thin russet, becoming coarser and thicker round
the eye ; on the sunny side it is tinged with a reddish brown.
Flesh white, mixed with green, like the old Nonpareil, crisp,
juicy, and high flavoured.
A dessert apple from November till March or April.
Raised by Dr. Fry, of Gloucester, from a seed of the
Nonpareil, and was first exhibited at the Horticultural So-
ciety in 1£20.
173. KNOBBY RUSSET. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 219.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oval form. Eye considerably
depressed. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Skin, yellow, with
a mixture of green, but nearly covered with russetty warts.
Flesh yellowish, crisp, not juicy, but sweet and high fla-
voured.
A dessert apple from November till May.
Fruit from Midhurst, in Sussex, gathered from the tree
in January, 1820, was exhibited at the Horticultural So-
ciety in March and May following. It is a valuable fruit,
and extremely hardy.
174. MARTIN NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. Hi. p.
456. Pom. Mag. t. 79.
Fruit larger than that of the old Nonpareil, and more irregu-
lar in figure ; it is generally roundish, sometimes approaching
APPLES. 67
a conical form. Eye rather wide, surrounded by broad an-
gular plaits. Stalk short, thick, not deeply inserted. Skin
lemon colour, sprinkled and shaded with yellowish brown
russet. Flesh yellow, firm. Juice saccharine and rich.
A dessert apple from December till May.
This very valuable apple was raised by the Rev. George
Williams, of Martin Hussingtree, near Worcester.
175. OLD NONPAREIL. Langley, Pom. t. 79. f. 4.
Pom. Mag. t. 86.
Non-Pareille. Duhamel, 35. t. 12. f. 2,
Nom-Pareil. Knoop Pom. t. 9.
Reinette Nompareille. Ib. p. 51.
Griine Reinette, of the Germans, according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit approaching to middle-sized, flat, broadest at the
base. Eye very small, prominent, or very slightly depress-
ed. Stalk an inch long, slender, three quarters of which
protrudes beyond the base. Skin when fully ripened, green-
ish yellow, slightly coated with light russet ; occasionally,
where fully exposed to the sun, of a reddish brown. Flesh
very firm, crisp. Juice not plentiful, but of a most singu-
larly rich, poignant, aromatic flavour.
One of our most admired dessert apples, in its greatest
perfection from Christmas to Lady-day.
Switzer, in 1724, says, " The Nonpareil is no stranger
in England, though it might have had its origin in France :
yet there are trees of it about the Ashtons, in Oxfordshire,
of about one hundred years old, which (as they have it by
tradition) were first brought out of France, and planted by
a Jesuit, in Queen Mary's or Queen Elizabeth's time."
From which it appears that it must have been in our gar-
dens above two centuries. The trees are regularly good
bearers ; and when grafted upon the Doucin stock, upon a
good soil, and under judicious management, their fruit has
been as perfect as the best of our newest productions.
176. OLD ROYAL RUSSET, of the old Gardens.
Leather-coat Russet.
Fruit above the middle size, rather irregular in its outline,
about three inches in diameter, and two inches and a half
deep. Eye small, with a closed calyx, deeply sunk in a
narrow oblique, irregular basin, surrounded by blunt plaits.
Skin a rough gray russet, upon a green ground, with dull
brown breaking through on the sunny side. Flesh greenish
63 APPLES*
white, very firm. Juice not plentiful, very sharp sub-acid,
with a slight astringency before fully matured.
A culinary apple from November till April.
Late in the season, when it begins to shrivel, it eats pretty
well; but before that time it is too harsh to bring to ta-
ble. The trees grow to the largest size, are very hardy, and
in all seasons great bearers.
The Leather-coat Russet of some country orchards is very
different from this, very inferior, and making a very ugly
tree, mostly full of disease, and not worth cultivating.
177. PATCH'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 993.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, slightly angular on
its sides, about two inches and a quarter deep, and two
inches and a half or two inches and three quarters in diame-
ter. Eye small, with a long, slender, connivent calyx, pla-
ced in a narrow, somewhat irregularly formed basin. Stalk
an inch long, very slender, inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity,
one half protruding beyond the base. Skin pale greenish
yellow, covered with a thin gray russet. Flesh pale yellow-
ish white, crisp. Juice brisk acid, with a rich aromatic fla-
vour.
A dessert apple from November till March.
178. PENNINGTON SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
778.
Fruit above the middle size, round, slightly angular on
the sides, and somewhat flattened, broadest at the base, and
narrowed at the crown ; about three inches in diameter, and
two inches and a quarter deep. Eye closed with long slen-
der segments of the calyx, in a rather shallow irregularly
formed hollow. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, strong,
inserted in a wide uneven cavity, protruding beyond the
base. Skin green when first gathered, with numerous small
russetty specks on the shaded side ; where exposed to the
sun, covered pretty thickly with a scabrous warty russet, and
tinged a litle with pale brown. Flesh yellowish white, firm,
crisp, juicy, saccharine, mixed with a brisk acid, and of an
agreeable aromatic flavour.
A dessert apple from November till March.
This is a new variety, and appears to be a very valuable
apple, the description of which was taken from a fruit grown
in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick in 1830.
179. PILE'S RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 17.
Fruit above the middle size, irregularly formed, with
broad ribs extending from the base to the crown, where it is
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rather narrow, two inches and three quarters in diameter,
and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye closed, with a
somewhat long leafy calyx, seated in a narrow oblique, an-
gular basin. Stalk short, deeply inserted in a wide uneven
cavity, not protruding beyond the base. Skin pale green,
covered with a good deal of russet, and tinged with muddy
orange or dull brown on the sunny side. Flesh very firm,
crisp. Juice saccharine, with a sub-acid briskness and aro-
matic flavour.
A dessert as well as culinary apple from November till
March or April. Towards the spring when the fruit be-
gins to shrivel, the Pile's Russet is an excellent table fruit.
180. PINE-APPLE RUSSET. G. Lindl. Plan of an Or-
chard, 1796.
Hardingham's Russet, of the Norwich Gardens.
Fruit above the middle size, roundish ovate, with broad
obtuse angles on its sides, about two inches and three quar-
ters in diameter, and two inches and a half deep. Eye
small, with a very short connivent calyx, placed in a shallow
depression, surrounded by ten rather unequal plaits. Stalk
an inch long, inserted in an uneven cavity, one half of which
protrudes beyond the base. Skin pale greenish yellow, al-
most covered with white specks on one part, and a thick
scabrous yellowish russet on the other, which extends round
the stock. Flesh very pale yellow, crisp, very short and
tender. Juice more abundant than in any apple I have
ever met with, as it generally runs very copiously as soon. as
cut open, saccharine, with that just proportion of acid which
characterises our most valuable fruits, and of a spicy aro-
matic flavour, with a high perfume.
A dessert apple from the end of September to the middle
of October.
This most valuable apple has taken its name from its
abundance of juice, which somewhat resembles that of a
pine-apple. The oldest tree remembered in Norwich was
growing a century ago in a garden belonging to Mr. Har-
dingham, who died but a few years ago. The garden now
belongs to Mr. William Youngman. It is undoubtedly one
of the best apples of its season, and is highly deserving of
cultivation.
181. PITMASTON NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 267. t. 10. f. 4.
Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil. Ib.
Saint John's Nonpareil. Hort, Soc, Cat. 669,
70 APPLES.
Fruit middle-sized, flatly compressed, rather narrowest
at the crown, near three inches in its widest, and two inches
and a half in its shortest diameter. Eye rather open, in a
broad shallow basin, surrounded by slight irregular plaits.
Stalk short, not deeply inserted. Skin of a dull green, near-
ly covered with russet, a little mixed with yellow, and faint
red on the sunny side. Flesh greenish, rather more inclined
to yellow than that of the Nonpareil. Juice rich, with a
high aromatic flavour, and the peculiar perfume of the Non-
pareil.
A dessert apple of great merit in November and De-
cember.
Raised by John Williams, Esq. in his garden at Pitmas-
ton, St. John's, near Worcester.
182. POWELL'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 994.
Fruit rather small, about two inches in diameter, and an
inch and three quarters deep, somewhat flat at both ends,
and quite free from angles on its sides. Eye small, open,
slightly sunk in a shallow narrow basin. Stalk half an inch
long, slender, inserted in a very regular round cavity, twice
as deep as the crown. Skin pale yellowish green, partially
covered with a thin pale russet, but wholly covered round
the crown, and shaded with brown on the sunny side. Flesh
firm, of a clear pale yellow. Juice plentiful, saccharine and
approaching in flavour to a well-ripened Nonpareil.
A very neat dessert apple from November till January.
This a good deal resembles the Acklam's Russet, exempt
in the crown, which is narrower, and the depression not
quite so deep. It is a very neat and excellent little apple,
and may be justly reckoned one of our best Russets.
183. REINETTE DE HONGRIE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.
908.
Fruit middle-sized, round, and somewhat flat, without any
angles on its sides, two inches and a quarter deep, and two
inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather small,
with a connivent calyx, seated in a deep basin, surrounded
by a few slight plaits. Stalk short, deeply inserted in a knob-
by cavity. Skin a completely thick, rough gray russet, with
a little faint orange on the sunny side, the whole covered
with numerous warty specks, more or less prominent. Flesh
greenish white, intermixed with green, firm, crisp. Juice
saccharine, of a rich aromatic flavour.
A dessert apple from November till April.
184. Ross NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 454,
Pom. Mag. t. 90.
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Fruit midclle-sized, roundish, not at all angular, about
two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter, but
having one of its sides a little longer than the other. Eye
small, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk an inch long,
deeply inserted, protruding beyond the base. Skin russet-
ty, and stained with red on the sunny side. Flesh firm,
greenish white, sweet and rich, with an agreeable perfumed
fennel flavour.
A dessert fruit from November till April.
This is of Irish origin, and is one of the few fennel-fla-
voured apples which are cultivated among us. It is a great
bearer, and healthy on all soils, and deserves an extended
cultivation.
185. ROYAL RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 15. Pom.
Mag. t. 125.
Passe-Pomme de Canada, > of the French, according
Reinette de Canada grise, j to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit large, broad at the base, enlarged in the middle,
and narrowed at the crown, about three inches and three
quarters in diameter, and nearly three inches deep, its form
being rather flat than oblong. Eye rather small, with a long,
closed calyx, placed in a narrow, and rather deep, unequally
plaited basin. Stalk very short, deeply inserted in a widely-
formed hollow. Skin dull yellowish green, nearly covered
with a somewhat thick gray russet, tinged with a little orange
brown on the sunny side. Flesh firm, greenish white, with
a tinge of yellow. Juice saccharine, with a good deal of
acid, and a slight aromatic flavour.
A culinary apple from November till May.
This is the Royal Russet of the London markets ; but se-
veral other Russets go by this name in different parts of Eng-
land. What is understood in many parts of the country as
the Royal Russet, is described under the name of Old Royal
Russet, which may servo to distinguish it from the present
one.
186. SAM YOUNG. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 324, and
454. Pom. Mag. t. 130.
Irish Russet. Hort. Soc. Cat. 985, according to the
Pom. Mag.
Fruit of a smallish size, somewhat globular, flattened,
about one inch and three quarters deep, and two inches and
a half in diameter. Eye remarkably wide and open, in a
broad depression. Stalk short. Skin bright yellow, with
72 APPLES.
minute brown spots, and a considerable quantity of russet,
especially round the stalk ; in some specimens red on the
sunny side, usually cracking. Flesh inclining to yellow,
mixed with green; tender, and melting. Juice plentiful,
sweet, with a delicious flavour, scarely inferior to that of the
Golden Pippin.
An Irish dessert apple, of high reputation, ripe in Novem-
ber, and will keep good for two months.
The merits of this very valuable apple were made known
in 1818, by Mr. Robertson, of Kilkenny. It is certainly
one of the best of our modern apples, and cannot have too
general a cultivation.
187. SCARLET NONPAREIL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 670.
Pom. Mag. t. 87.
Fruit middle-sized, larger than the old Nonpareil, about
two inches and a half deep, and three inches in diameter,
roundish, without any angles on its sides. Eye shallow,
placed in a regularly-formed depression, surrounded with
very small plaits. Stalk variable in length, sometimes nearly
an inch long, sometimes a thick fleshy knob. Skin deep red
next the sun, sprinkled with pale brown dots ; the shaded
part yellowish green, passing off into streaks towards the
junction of the two colours. Flesh firm, yellowish white,
juicy, rich, and very excellent.
A dessert apple from November til] March.
The Scarlet Nonpareil was raised in a garden belonging
to a public house at Esher, in Surrey, about 1773, from a
seed of the Old Nonpareil. Mrs. Grimwood purchased
the original stock, from which some plants were obtained by
Mr. Kirke, whose annual exhibitions in his garden of large
quantities of its beautiful fruit have caused its cultivation now
to be extended to almost every part of England, where it
cannot fail of being universally admired. It is a very har-
dy sort, and a great and constant bearer. The Schafer ap-
ple of the Germans, quoted in the Hort. Soc. Cat. as a sy-
nonym to this, is found to be a distinct variety.
188. SIELY'S MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. Cat. 1805.
Pride of the Ditches. Local, in Norwich.
Fruit rather small, about one inch and three quarters deep,
and the same in diameter. It is not quite circular, in conse-
quence of one of its sides being occasionally a little flattened,
but is without any angles. Eye small, with a closed calyx,
placed somewhat deeply in a rather irregularly formed nar-
row basin, surrounded by a few small plaits. Stalk half an
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inch long, slender, about one half within the base, in a nar-
row cavity, and occasionally pressed towards one side, by a
protuberance on the opposite one. Skin, when clear, of a
bright yellow, but mostly covered with a gray netted russet,
rendering the skin scabrous. Flesh greenish yellow, firm,
crisp, and tender. Juice saccharine, highly aromatic, and of
a most excellent flavour.
A dessert apple from November till February.
This neat and very valuable little apple was introduced
into notice about thirty years ago by the late Mr. Andrew
Siely of Norwich, who had it growing in his garden on the
Castle Ditches, and being a favourite with him, he always
called it the Pride of the Ditches. The tree is a weak grow-
er, and somewhat tender. It is, therefore, advisable to
graft it upon the Doucin stock, arid train it either as a dwarf,
or as an espalier in the garden. Its name of Siely's Mig-
nonne was first published in my Nursery Catalogue of
1805.
189, SWEENEY NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
526.
Fruit somewhat in the form of the old Nonpareil, but
more irregular in its outline, and larger, about two inches
and a half deep, and three inches in diameter. Eye small,
perfectly closed by the short segments of the calyx, seated
in a narrow and shallow depression, surrounded by a few
wrinkled plaits. Stalk an inch long, slender, inserted in a
wide but shallow cavity ; and, like the old Nonpareil, it pro-
trudes considerably beyond the base. Skin green, with
white spots, which become oval round the stock, and patches
of russet all over it, having sometimes the brilliant colour
of a fine Nonpareil. Flesh firm and crisp, with abundance
of juice, in which a powerful acid is combined with much
sugar.
A dessert apple from the middle of November till March.
This very fine apple was raised by J. N. Parker, Esq.
in 1S07, at Sweeney, in Shropshire. The tree is an abun-
dant bearer, and the fruit sometimes grows to a large size ;
the largest it ever produced was in 1818, measuring eleven
inches and a quarter in circumference, and weighing nine
ounces and a quarter. Twenty of its fruity exhibited at the
Horticultural Society in 1820, weighed seven pounds thir-
teen ounces avoirdupois.
190. SYKEHOUSE RUSSET. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 40.
Pom. Mag. t. 81.^
7
74 APPLES.
Prager, of some Dutch Collections, according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit flat, middle-sized, of a roundish figure, and much
flattened at both extremities, nearly three inches in diame-
ter, and two inches and a quarter deep. Eye open, deeply
sunk in an open even basin. Stalk variable in length, and
not deeply inserted. Skin greenish yellow, more or less
covered with a thin gray russet, which in some seasons al-
most entirely disappears ; on the sunny side, of a deep rich
brown, interspersed with small rusetty patches. Flesh
greenish white, approaching to yellow when fully matured,
firm, juicy, with a fine sub-acid flavour.
A dessert apple from December till March.
This most excellent apple derives its name from the vil-
lage of Sykehouse, in Yorkshire. Its young wood is some-
what long-jointed, very straight and erect, and grows to a
greater length in one season than any other apple I have
ever propagated. It is a hardy tree, and a good bearer, but
best grafted on the Doucin stock, and trained in the garden
as an espalier.
191. WHEELER'S RUSSET. Miller, Ed. 8. No. 16.
Fruit middle-sized, irregularly shaped and somewhat flat,
from two inches and a half to two inches and three quar-
ters in diameter, and two to two inches and a quarter deep.
Eye rather small, with a closed calyx, placed in a rather
shallow, uneven, broad-plaited basin. Stalk short, inserted
in a narrow funnel-shaped cavity, seldom protruding beyond
the base. Skin pale yellowish gray russet quite round the
fruit, and on the sunny side of a lively brown, sprinkled with
russetty specks. Flesh firm, greenish white. Juice not
plentiful, but of a brisk, saccharine, aromatic flavour, char-
ged with acid.
A dessert and culinary apple from November till May.
This is a very excellent winter apple ; and when highly
ripened and beginning to shrivel, is one of the best russets
of its season. The tree is very hardy, grows handsomely,
and is an excellent bearer.
192. WHITE RUSSET. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 454.
Fruit rather large, angular on its sides, about three inches
in diameter, and two inches and three quarters deep. Eye
wrinkled. Stalk short. Skin yellowish russetty green, in-
termixed with white, and having a little light red on the sun-
ny side. Flesh firm, and highly flavoured when in perfec-
tion, but apt to grow mealy when too ripe.
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75
An Irish dessert apple, and in use there in November and
December.
SECT. VIII. — Cider Apples.
193. BENNET APPLE. Pom. Her ef. t. 21.
Fruit somewhat long, irregularly shaped, broad at its
base, and narrowing to the crown ; but sometimes broader
in the middle than at either of its extremities. A few obtuse
angles terminate at the eye, which is small, with very short
segments cf the nearly closed calyx. Stalk half an inch
long, very slender. Skin, on the shady side, a dull, dingy-
coloured, russetty gray, shaded on the' sunny side with nu-
merous streaks and patches of orange colour and muddy
red.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1073.
This apple has been chiefly cultivated in the deep and
strong soils of the south-west part of Herefordshire. It
affords excellent cider, when mixed with other varieties.
Many of the trees are of great bulk, which prove it to
have been known in the seventeenth century. Its name
has, no doubt, been derived from the person who first raised
it from seed.
194. BEST BACHE, Pom, Heref. t. 16.
B ache's Kernel. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong shape, with two or three
obtuse angles, terminating at the crown. Eye small ; seg-
ments of the calyx short and flat. Stalk short, very stiff, so
that the fruit is always in the direction of the bud from which
it sprang. Skin yellow, shaded and streaked with light
and deeper red, with now and then a few black specks :
these, however, are more to be attributed to a crowded state
of old trees, than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from
young trees in a state of vigour, and in a kind season.
This observation may be understood to hold good in
every description of our orchard fruit.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1073.
The origin of its name cannot be ascertained ; but as it
has sometimes been called Bache's Kernel, it probably has
originated from the name of the person who first raised it
from seed. It is principally cultivated in the south-east part
of Herefordshire.
195. COCCAGEE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 167.
Cockagee, Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 22.
76 APPLES.
Fruit middle-sized, conical, two inches and a half deep,
and two inches and three quarters in diameter, a little angu-
lar on its sides, which terminate irregularly in the crown.
Eye small, with a closed calyx, rather deeply sunk in an un-
even, irregularly plaited basin. Stalk short, inserted in a
narrow, shallow cavity, not protruded beyond the base.
Skin smooth, pale lemon colour quite round the fruit, with a
few greenish specks interspersed. Flesh rather soft, yel-
lowish white. Juice sharp acid, with an unpleasant astrin-
gency.
This apple produces the well known, and by some highly
esteemed, Coccagee Gider. Mr. Forsyth describes it as
of a red colour next the sun ; but those which were given
me by Mr. Kirke were perfectly free from red in every part.
I had no means of ascertaining the specific gravity of its
juice.
196. COWARNE RED. Pom. TJeref. t. 28.
Fruit of a pretty good size, a little more long than broad,
but narrow at the crown, in which appear a few obtuse and
undefined plaits. Eye small, with very short converging
segments of the calyx. Stalk hardly half an inch long, very
stiff and straight. Skin, a small part of it pale gold on the
shady side and round the base, but of a bright red over a
great part, and where fully exposed to the sun of an intense
deep purplish crimson : there are numerous short streaks
which mark the shady side of the fruit.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1069.
The trees of this sort grow to a large size, and are great
bearers. Its name arises from the parish of Cowarne, near
Bromyard, in Herefordshire, where it was first raised some-
thing more than a century ago. This name does not occur
in the old catalogues.
— DOWNTON PIPPIN. See No. 50.
This apple sprang like the Grange Apple, and in the same
year, from a seed of the Orange Pippin, and the pollen of
the Golden Pippin. The original tree, with that of the
Grange Apple, is growing at Wormsley Grange, in Here-
fordshire, The young trees very soon come into bearing,
id the fruit is excellent.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1080.
197. FOREST STYRE. Pom. Here/, t. 12.
Red Styre. 76.
Fruit middle-sized, globular, not much unlike the Orange
Pippin, except its being deeper, and sunk at the eye, which
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is nearly closed by the short, blunt segments of the calyx.
The crown is regularly marked quite into the eye by ten re-
gularly marked obtuse plaits. Stalk short, causing the fruit
to sit pretty close to the branches. Skin soft yellow, shaded
and marbled with deepish orange.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1076 to 1081.
The Styre, or Stire, is a native of Gloucestershire, and is
planted principally in the light soils, in the neighbourhood of
the Forest of Dean, where it affords a stronger cider than
the deeper soils of Herefordshire. Styre cider may be found
in the neighbourhood of Chepstow of thirty and forty years
old. In Phillips's Poem on Cider he calls this the Stirom,
a name which is now become obsolete.
198. FOXLEY APPLE. Pom. Htref. t. 14.
Fruit very small, growing in clusters of two or three to-
gether, somewhat globular, but a little narrowed at the
crown. Eye not sunk, the segments of the calyx strong,
narrow, and diverging. Stalk half an inch long, slender.
Skin bright gold, very full of minute dots, and shaded with
slight dashes and streaks of deep orange.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1080.
Raised by Mr. Knight, at Wormsley Grange, from a seed
of the Siberian Crab, which had been fertilized by the pollen
of the Golden Pippin. Mr. Knight is induced to believe
that no situation can be found in which our native Crab will
grow and produce fruit, where the Foxley Apple will not
afford a fine cider. It derives its name, Foxley, from the
seat of the late Uvedale Price, Esq., in whose garden, on a
grafted tree, it acquired maturity. It obtained the premium
of the Herefordshire Agricultural Society in 1808.
199. FOX-WHELP. Pom. Heref. t. 3.
Fruit irregular, somewhat oval-shaped, wi h two or three
prominent angles which terminate in the eye : crown rather
narrovy and pointed, and the base uneven. Skin yellow and
red mixed, with a good deal of deeper red streaked all over
the fruit.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1076 to 1080.
The expressed juice of this is extremely rich and saccha-
rine, and enters, in a greater or less pro ortion, into the com-
position of many of the finest ciders now made in Hereford-
shire, to which it communicates both strength and flavour.
It has been known ever since the time of Ray, in 1688 ; and
Mr. Knight believes it to be a native of Herefordshire.
200. FRIAR APPLE. Pom. Heref. t. 30.
7*
78
APPLES.
Fruit of a good size, somewhat conical, being broad at its
base, and tapering to the crown, which is very narrow and
pointed. Eye sunk, and surrounded by four or -five obtuse,
but prominent plaits. Stalk short and stiff, notwithstanding
which the fruit is generally pendent. Skin dull grass green
on the shaded side ; but where exposed to the sun, of a very
dark, muddy, livid red.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1073.
This apple is cultivated principally in the north-west parts
of Herefordshire. The trees are generally vigorous and pro-
ductive, and in kind seasons its cider is very good. It is
difficult to say from what its name has originated, as nothing
more can be traced of its history.
201. GARTER APPLE. Pom. Heref. t. 26.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, tapering from the base to its
crown, perfectly round in its circumference, and free from
angles. Eye a little sunk, and closed by the short segments
of the calyx. Stalk short. Skin pale yellow on the shaded
side, but where exposed to the sun of a bright lively red,
shaded with darker streaks and patches quite into the crown.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1066.
The Garter Apple has been much cultivated during the
decay of the older and more valuable varieties ; and in mix-
ing with those, though it contains but a small portion of sac-
charine matter, it contributes to afford excellent cider. The
origin of its name is quite uncertain.
— GOLDEN HARVEY. See No. 91.
The cider produced from the Golden Harvey, or Brandy
Apple, is of very great strength, with little richness ; it has
thence been called the Brandy Apple : in a very warm situ-
ation and season, it, however, sometimes affords a most ex-
ceedingly rich cider.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1085.
There are different varieties of the apple cultivated in
Herefordshire under the name of Harvey : the Golden Har-
rey derives its name from the bright yellow colour of its
pulp.
— GOLDEN PIPPIN. See No. 26.
The Golden Pippin, although one of our very finest des-
sert apples, is likewise one which has ever been the most
esteemed for its cider.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1078.
202. GRANGE APPLE. Pom. Heref. t. 7.
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Fruit of small size, globular, round at the crown. Eye
very little sunk, the segments of the calyx strong, acute, re-
flexed. Stalk short and thick. Skin yellowish green, a lit-
tle russetted near t\\Q base with a darker grayish green, and
more inclined to yellow on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1079.
Raised at Wormsley Grange by Mr. Knight, from a- seed
of the Orange Pippin, which had been fertilized by the pollen
of the Golden Pippin, in 1791. It is a very excellent cider
fruit, and obtained the premium given by the Agricultural
Society of Herefordshire, in 1802, for the best cider apple
recently raised from seed.
203. HAGLOE CRAB. Pom. Heref. t. 5.
'Fruit small, ill-shaped, something between an apple and a
crab, more long than broad, wide at the base, and narrower
at the crown, which is a little sunk, and the eye flat. Skin
pale yellow, a little marbled in different directions with a rus-
setty gray, and having a few red specks or streaks on the
sunny side. Eye flat, with a spreading calyx. Stalk short.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1081.
The Hagloe Crab, when planted on a dry soil, with a cal-
careous bottom, in a warm situation and season, produces a
most excellent cider, both of strength and body. Mr. Mar-
shall states it to have been raised by Mr. Bellamy, of Hag-
loe, in the parish of Awre, in Gloucestershire, towards the
end of the seventeenth century ; but Mr. Knight thinks it
existed long previous to that time, as long ago the origi-
nal tree could not be found at Hagloe.
204. LOAN PEARMAIN. Pom. Heref. t. 6.
Fruit rather small, somewhat globular; the crown is
rather narrow ; the Eye and the segments of the calyx flat.
Skin pale yellow, marbled all over with orange-coloured
specks and streaks. Stalk about half an inch long, fleshy
next the fruit.
Specific gravity of its Juice 1072.
As a cider apple, the Loan Pearmain possesses much
merit, and contains a considerable proportion of saccharine
matter, combined with a good deal of astringency. The
tree is a weak grower, and is frequently encumbered with a
multiplicity of slender shoots. It does not appear to have
been known in the seventeenth century, nor can its origin
now be satisfactorily ascertained.
This pretty little fruit is not the Loan's Pearmain of the
nurseries about London.
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205. OLD QUINING. Pom. Heref. t. 19.
Fruit oblong, having obtuse but prominent angles, ex-
tending from the base to the crown, where they correspond
to the number of the divisions of the calyx. Eye small,
with erect segments. Stalk half an inch long, slender.
Skin dull, dingy yellow, very much shaded with red, and of
a very high dark colour on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1073.
Ray, who wrote in the sixteenth century, mentions the
Queening Apple, and it has also been called Queening by
other writers ; but there seems to be no authority for this
orthography. It appears more probably to have originated
from Coi'y?, (often called Qwom,) from its angular sides.
The fruit is very good for table when first gathered from the
tree. As a cider apple it was formerly held in esteem ; but
more modern kinds seem, at the present day, to have usurped
its place.
206. ORANGE PIPPIN. Pom. Heref. t. 8.
Marygold. Hort. Soc. Cat. 593.
Isle of Wight Orange. J6. 484.
Isle of Wight Pippin. Ibid.
Fruit middle-sized, globular. Eye but little sunk, with
broad, acute segments of the calyx. Stalk very short.
Skin a yellowish golden gray, with a russetty epidermis,
highly coloured with orange and red on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1074.
This very beautiful apple is cultivated in Herefordshire,
both as a dessert and cider apple. Its yellow pulp commu-
nicates a fine golden tinge to the juice of other varieties, and
it is of itself an excellent cider fruit.
Its name has originated, no doubt, from the appearance
of its fruit when highly ripened, resembling that of a crop of
very ripe Seville Oranges. There are trees now to be found
100 years old ; but where it originated cannot be ascer-
tained.
It has been supposed by some that the Orange Pippin
was brought from Normandy to the Isle of Wight, and that
the first of the kind was planted in the garden of Wraxhall
Cottage, near the under cliff, where it was growing in 1817.
207. PAWSAN. Pom. Heref. t. 15.
Fruit above the middle size, pretty round, without angles ;
but sometimes it is rather oval. Crown but little hollow.
Eye small, with short reflexed segments of the calyx. Skin
dull muddy olive-green, a good deal reticulated with a fino
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network. Stalk three quarters? of an inch long, slender,
causing the fruit to be pendent.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1076.
Many trees of the Pawsan are found in the south-east or
Ryeland district of Herefordshire, which have apparently
stood more than a century. Its pulp is exceedingly rich
and yellow, and in some seasons it affords cider of the very
finest quality. Its name cannot be traced to any probable
source.
208. RED MUST. Pom. Heref. t. 4.
Fruit nearly, if not quite, the largest cider apple cultivated
in Herefordshire. It is rather broad and flattish, a little
irregular at its base, which is hollow. Stalk slender. Crown
sunk. Eye deep, with a stout erect calyx. Skin greenish
yellow on the shaded side, with a deep rosy colour where
exposed to the sun, and shaded with a darker red.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1064.
Ray has both a Red and a White Must apple among his
cider fruit. The Red Must has been more extensively cul-
tivated in Herefordshire than" it is at present. Its cider has
always been held in estimation; and although frequently
thin of itself, when its fruit has been pressed with others,
the cider has been much superior to that which could have
been obtained from those sorts if pressed alone. It appears
to be a native of Herefordshire, the deep soils of which pro-
duce trees of considerable magnitude.
209. REDSTREAK. Pom. Hcref. t. I.
Fruit nearly globular, but narrowed at the crown. Eye
small, with a converging calyx. Stalk slender. Skin yel-
lowish gold colour, but of a vermillion red where exposed to
the sun, with deeper streaks, which are more or less marked
all around the fruit.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1079.
Mr. Knight, the author of the very interesting Pomona
Heref or densis, is of opinion that the Redstreak was the first
fine cider apple that was cultivated in Herefordshire, or
probably in England ; and thinks it may be doubted, whe-
ther excellent cider was ever made in any country previous
to the existence of this apple.
It is unquestionably a native of Herefordshire, and is sup-
posed to have been raised from seed by Lord Scudamore in
the beginning of the seventeenth century. When it began
to be first cultivated, it was called Scudamorejs Cr«6, and
he certainly first pointed out its excellence to the Hereford-
82 APPLES.
shire planters. Lord Scudamore was ambassador to the
court of France in the time of King Charles the First.
210. SIBERIAN BITTER-SWEET. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi.
p. 547.
Fruit rather more than twice the size of the Siberian Crab,
and not unlike it in shape, but with more colour on its sunny
side. Mr. Knight, who raised it from a seed of the Siberian
Crab, which had been fertilized by the pollen of the Golden
Harvey, says it is wholly worthless, except for the press ;
for this purpose it is highly valuable, when crushed with the
more austere sorts, as it contains a larger portion of saccha-
rine matter than any other apple known. I have tasted it at
Mr. Knight's, and could compare it to nothing so much as
to a sweet apple sliced and dipped in moist sugar. It ob-
tained the premium awarded by the Agricultural Society of
Herefordshire in 1826, for the best new variety of cider
apple.
The tree is a most abundant bearer, and possesses the
valuable property of resisting the attacks of the white mealy
insect, in the same manner as the Winter Majitin of Nor-
folk. The Siberian Bitter-Sweet appears to have produced
its first fruit in 1818, as Mr. Knight says in a letter to me
(September, 1830,) " The original tree has borne thirteen
successive crops, in defiance of several very severe and de-
structive frosts ; and all heavy ones : the quality of the fruit
consequently is apt to suffer greatly, and this takes off much
from its value, as overloaded trees never afford rich fruit or
fine cider."
211. SIBERIAN HARVEY. Pom. Heref. t. 23.
Fruit small, and nearly globular. Eye small, with short
connivent segments of the calyx. Stalk short. Skin of a
bright gold colour, tinged with faint and deeper red on the
sunny side. The fruit grows a good deal in clusters on
slender wing branches.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1091.
This was raised by Mr. Knight from a seed of the Siberian
Crab, which had been fertilized by the pollen of the Golden
Harvey. It produced blossoms first in 1807, and that year
obtained the premium of the Agricultural Society of Here-
fordshire. Its juice" is intensely sweet. The fruit becomes
ripe the middle of October, but will remain on the tree long
after it is ripe, and after its leaves are fallen.
212, STEAD'S KERNEL. Pom. Heref. t. 25.
APPLES. 83
Fruit a little turbinate, or top-shaped, something resem-
bling a quince. Eye small, flat, with a short truncate, or
covered calyx. Stalk short. Skin yellow, a little reticu-
lated with a slight grayish russet, and a few small specks
intermixed.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1074.
As a cider apple, this appears to possess great merit, com-
bining a slight degree ; of astringency with much sweetness.
It ripens in October, and is also a good culinary apple du-
ring its season.
It was raised from seed by the late Daniel Stead, at Bri-
erly, near Leominster, in Herefordshire.
— WINTER PEARMAIN, see No. 161. Ray, 1688.
Parmain d'Hiver. Knoop. Pom. p. 64. t. 11.
Old Pearmairi. Pom. Heref, t. 29.
Fruit middle-sized, regular in shape, and about one-
fourth part more long than broad. Crown a little narrowed.
Eye small, and closed by the shut segments of the calyx.
Stalk short. Skin grass green, with a little colour of a livid
red on the sunny side, interspered with a few dark specks.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1079.
This was extensively cultivated in the seventeenth century,
and is called by Evelyn and Worlidge the Winter Pearmain.
Knoop also calls it Pepin Parmain d'Angleterre, from which
it would appear, that on the Continent it was considered of
English origin. It is a very good apple, and in a fine sea-
son is equally calculated for the press or the dessert.
213. WOODCOCK APPLE. Pom. Heref. t 10.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oval shape, tapering a little to
the crown, which is narrow. Eye flat, with broad segments
of the calyx. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, thick,
and fleshy, and curved inwards towards the fruit. Skin
yellow, nearly covered with a soft red, and much deeper co-
lour on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of the Juice 1073.
The Woodcock apple has been frequently mentioned by
writers of the seventeenth century, as a cider apple of great
excellence ; but its cultivation seems on th£ decline. Its
name is generally supposed to have been derived from an
imaginary resemblance of the form of the truit and fruit-
stalk, in some instances, to the head arid beak of a wood-
cock.
214. YELLOW ELLIOT. Pom. Heref. t, 17.
84 APPLES.
Fruit of a good size, rather more flat than long, having
a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown. Eye small,
with short diverging segments of the calyx. Stalk short.
Skin pale yellow, slightly shaded with orange on the sunny
side.
. Specific gravity of the Juice 1076.
The Yellow Elliot was well known by planters of the se-
venteenth century. The cider in a new state is harsh and
astringent ; but it grows soft and mellows with age. It is
supposed to have derived its name from the person who
raised it from seed, as we find it mentioned by Phillips in his
poem on cider.
ADDITIONAL APPLES OP AMERICAN ORIGIN BY THE
EDITOR.
215. BOUGH APPLE.
Fruit large, of an oblong form, even and handsome.
Stalk stout and short, inserted in a moderate even-shaped
cavity. Skin of a pale yellow. Flesh white and tender,
juicy, sweet and well flavoured ; as a sweet apple it is not
used for culinary purposes, but is very valuable as the ear-
liest dessert apple we have. It is fully ripe about the mid-
dle or latter end of July, and is the largest apple, at that
season, that is known. It does not keep in perfection long.
This apple is undoubtedly of American origin.
216. JULY PIPPIN.
Early Harvest.
Fruit below the medium size, round, flattened at the
blossom end. Eye sunk in a large shallow basin, which is
rather irregular. The stem is slender, long, and inserted in
a deep, but even cavity. The skin of a straw colour,
with but very little colour on the sunny side. Flesh white
and tender. The 'juice is rich, lively, and very fine. Ripe
about the middle of July, and will keep good about a fort-
night. A fine apple for culinary purposes, and the best des-
sert apple of the season. It makes a fine garden espa-
lier tree, and ought to have a place in every collection.
217. SUMMER PIPPIN.
Fruit in shape and size resembles the Fall Pippin ; it
differs in having a more red cast on the sunny side, and in
coming to maturity about a fortnight earlier. It appears to
be best known in New-Jersey, where it is generally called
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the Pie Apple. In my opinion it is a very fine apple, and
decidedly of American origin.
218. FALL PIPPIN. Fruit large, somewhat pyramidal
in form, a little higher on one side than the other. Eye ra-
ther deeply sunk in an even basin. Stalk short and thick,
the fruit sitting close to the branch. Skin of a yellowish
green, with a tinge of blush, or rather brownish cast, on the
sunny side. Flesh tender, white and juicy, of a rich aro-
matic flavour. Ripe in November.
This is one of our finest fall apples ; and when in full
perfection is not surpassed by any, either for the dessert
when ripe, or for culinary purposes a month ear'ier ; k how-
ever does not keep long. In my note on the White Spanish
Reinette. No. 159, I observed, that some mistake must have
occurred in supposing it to be a synonym of our Fall Pip-
pin, as that apple is said to keep till March. There can be
jio doubt that the Fall Pippin is of American origin, but we
have no direct testimony, that I know of, to prove that fact.
The growth of the tree, size of the leaf, &c., has led me to
the belief that it originated from the Holland Pippin, to
which it bears a close resemblance.
219. VANDEVERE.
Fruit of a medium size, the form flat. Eye sunk in a
wide basin. Stalk rather thick, inserted in a small cavity.
Skin of a pale red, with rough yellowish blotches interspersed
with a light yellow when ripe. Flesh yellow and tender,
the juice plentiful, rich and sprightly.
A fine apple for culinary purposes or the dessert ; in use
'from September to November, and will keep well till Janua-
ry or February.
220. SWAAR APPLE.
Fruit large, of a roundish regular shape, a little flattened
at the ends. Skin of a greenish colour, with a little blush
on the sunny side. Flesh of a yellowish cast, crisp and
juicy, of a rich and fine aromatic flavour ; little inferior to
the Spitzemberg, and for a keeping apple superior, as it will
keep till March.
This is a winter apple cultivated by the Dutch settlers,
from whom it derived the name swaar (or heavy.)
It is an excellent apple, of undoubted American origin,
and should have a place in every good collection.
86 APPLES.
221. RHODE-ISLAND GREENING.
Fruit large, of a handsome shape. Eye small, closed by
the segments of the calyx. Stalk inserted in a deep cavity,
Skin of a dark green at the top, and of a mottled pale green
at the base, with cloudy patches, which distinguish it from
the Newtown Pippin. Flesh greenish white, firm and crisp.
Juice rich and lively, with a slight aromatic flavour.
The fruit is often brought into the markets, and sold un-
der the name of Newtown Pippin. The fruit is generally
larger, and of a handsomer appearance than the Newtown
Pippin, but does not possess that richness, although a fine
apple'. The Newtown Pippin may always be distinguished
from this sort at first sight by the above description, and also
by a light appearance slightly rayed with yellow near the
stem.
This apple originated in Rhode-Island, where it is called
Greening. It is undoubtedly an American fruit, and of
great excellence. See No. 94.
222. MONSTROUS PIPPIN.
New-York Gloria Muridi.
Vandyne Apple.
" This apple originated on Long-Island, state of New-
York. It is of an uncommon large size, weighing from 20
to 27 ounces. The skin is yellow, smooth, and full of white
spots ; the stalk is short, and grows in a deep cavity ; the
eye is also very deep ; the flesh is juicy, white, tender and
sprightly ; and is very excellent for cooking, but has not
sufficient flavour for a fine table fruit." Coxe, Fig. 27.
The figure and description of Coxe are certainly that of
the Yandyne Apple, which I suppose to be synonymous.
223. BELL FLOWER.
Fruit large, oblong, with rather an irregular outline. Skin
of a pale yellow, with a tinge of blush on the sunny side,
but more frequently without any. Eye closed and sunk in an
uneven basin. Sialk slender and sunk in a deep plaited
cavity. Flesh rich, tender and juicy ; the seeds are large,
the capsules very large ; the seeds rattle in it when shaken.
It ripens in October, and if carefully picked, will keep in
good perfection all winter. It is a most excellent apple for
culinary purposes or the dessert. It is not common in the
New-York market, but very popular in Philadelphia, where
it is highly esteemed as their principal winter apple. There
is a good figure of this apple in Coxe's Yiew, No. 33 : he
says, that " the original tree is said to be now standing on
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n farm in Burlington county, New-Jersey, very large and
old."
224. WINE APPLE.
Hay's Winter.
Fine Winter.
*' An uncommonly large, fair, handsome red apple. The
form is round, flat at the ends. Skin a lively red, streaked
and spotted with a small portion of yellow. The stalk end
frequently of a russet colour ; both ends deeply indented.
The stalk is very short ; the taste rich and pleasant, an ad-
mired table fruit, and excellent for cooking as well as for
cider : it ripens in October, and keeps well through the fall
and winter." Coxe, No. 34.
This apple most probably originated in New-Jersey,
where it is much better known than about New-York. It
is a very excellent keeping apple, and when perfectly ma-
tured, in the spring of a rich aromatic flavour. It is highly
esteemed in the Philadelphia market.
225. STROAT APPLE.
Fruit above the medium size, rather oblong, tapering a
little towards the blossom end. Form regular and hand-
some. Stem rather large, short, and inserted in a slight ca-
vity. Skin smooth, of a yellowish green colour. Flesh
yellow and tender. Juice rich and lively. In use from
September to December,
The tree is said to have originated in one of the streets of
Albany, and was thence called by the Dutch, Stroat (signi-
fying street} Apple ; it is a very useful apple.
226. SWEET AND SOUR.
The principal merit of this apple consists in its curiosity :
one half of the apple is said to be sweet, the other side sour.
The fruit otherwise has but little to recommend it.
To these might be added a number of sorts of Apples of
American origin, and many possessing considerable merit ;
but these twelve, with the other kinds described in the work
may, with the exception of the last, be considered of supe-
rior excellence.
227. LADY APPLE.
Pomme d'Api.
Fruit small, round, flattened at both ends. Eye closed,
sunk in a deep, round and even basin. Stem sunk in a deep
round cavity. Skin smooth and glossy, of a bright shining
red more than half round the fruit, the shaded part of a fine
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greenish yellow. Flesh white, crisp and breaking. Juice
plentiful, rich and fine flavoured. Ripe in November,
and will keep well till April or May. As a winter and
dessert apple it is held in very high repute, and commands
a high price in the market. It is a most beautiful little
apple, having the appearance of polished marble. Sup-
posed to be of French origin, and does well in this coun-
try either as a standard orchard tree, or as an elegant espa-
lier grafted on Paradise stocks for the garden.
AMERICAN CIDER APPLES.
Although most of our American apples make fine cider,
yet the three following kinds are highly esteemed, and
used exclusively for the purpose. They are cultivated ex-
tensively at and near Newark in New-Jersey, where cider
is made equal, perhaps, to any in the world.
228. HARRISON.
" This is the most celebrated of the cider apples of New-
ark, N. J. ; it is cultivated in high perfection, and to a great
extent in that neighbourhood, particularly on the Orange
Mountains. The shape is rather long and pointed towards
the crown ; the stalk long, the ends are deeply hollowed ^
the skin is yellow, with many small, but distinct black spots,
which give a roughness to the touch ; the flesh is rich, yel-
low, firm and tough, the taste pleasant and sprightly, but
rather dry." " The apples fall about the first of November ;
rather below the middle size ; remarkably free from rot."
" Ten bushels are required for a barrel of cider ; one barrel
will produce fourteen quarts of distilled spirits. It obtained
its name from a family in Essex county, New-Jersey, where
it originated." Code's View, No. 83.
229. CAMPFIELD, or NEWARK SWEETING.
This apple is next in reputation as a cider fruit to the
Harrison, and is usually mixed with that apple in equal por-
tions when ground ; the size is middling ; the skin is smooth
and red with small indistinct yellow spots ; the side from
the sun a greenish yellow ; the flesh is white, firm, sweet
and rich ; the form is round, flattened and somewhat sunk
at the ends ; " the cider is very strong and highly flavoured,
yielding fourteen quarts of spirits from a barrel." " It is
esteemed the most profitable apple produced in the eastern
counties of this state, (New-Jersey,) where it was origi-
nally cultivated, and derived its name from a family resident
in that part of the country." Code's View, No. 84»
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230. GRANNIWINKLE.
" This apple is of moderate size ; in form rather oblong ;
the skin a dark red, somewhat rough ; the flesh a dead
sweet, very rich, of a yellow colour. The cider produced
from this apple resembles a sirup in its taste and consist-
ence." '* It is usually mixed with the Harrison for making
cider of a superior quality. It ripens in November. It
originated in one of the eastern counties of New- Jersey, and
obtained its name from a farmer who first cultivated it."
Coxe's View, No. 85.
231. HEWE'S VIRGINIA CRAB.
" This apple is of small size ; form nearly round ; the
stem long and thin ; the skin a dull red mixed with faint
streaks of greenish yellow ; the juice acid and austere ; the
flesh singularly fibrous and astringent." Co .re's View, No.
84.
It originated in Virginia. From this apple is obtained the
celebrated Crab Cider, which by some amateurs is much
sought after.
A SELECTION OF APPLES FOR A SMALL GARDEN.
Those marked thus * are added by the American Editor.
SUMMER APPLES.
Early Red Margaret 13 Spring Grove Codlin 9
*Early Bough 215 *July Pippin . 216
Margaret 5 Summer Golden Pippin 10
*Juneating 4 *Dutch Codlin 50
AUTUMNAL APPLES.
Early Nonpareil 168 King of the Pippins 24
*Fall Pippin 217 ^Monstrous Pippin 222
Franklin's Golden Pippin 24 Old Golden Pippin 26
^Canadian Reinette 76 *^Esopus Spitzemberg 216
Hughes' Golden Pippin 29 Padley's Pippin 34
*Bell Flower 225 *Malcarle 99
Keswick Codlin 56 Pine Apple Russet 180
WINTER APPLES.
Acklam's Russet 163 Ashmead's Kernel 165
Barcelona Pearmain 118 Cornish Aromatic 78
8*
90 APPLES.
Court of Wick 79 Dutch Mignonne 82
Fearn's Pippin 87 Golden Harvey 91
HanwelPs Souring 139 Hubbard's Pearmain 142
Margil 100 Martin Nonpareil 174
Norfolk Beaufin 105 Northern Greening 149
Old Nonpareil 175 Ribston Pippin 155
Royal Pearmain 156 *Lady Apple 227
*Newtown Pippin 103 *Ortley Apple 157
* Rhode-Island Green- *Stroat Apple 225
ing 221 *Swaar Apple 220
*Vandevere 219
The variety of apples cultivated in this country is by far
too numerous to attempt any thing like a complete descrip-
tion : even to enumerate them would be a most difficult
task, owing to the great uncertainty of their names among
nurserymen, gardeners, and orchardists, and the multiplicity
of names under which they are known in different places.
In apples, a greater confusion exists in this respect than
in any other de?cription of fruit. This arises not so much
from the great number of varieties which are grown, as from
the number of growers, some of whom seek to profit by their
crops alone, regarding but little their nomenclature. Nur-
serymen, who are more anxious to grow a large stock for
sale than to be careful as to its character, are led into error
by taking it for granted that the name of a fruit they propa-
gate is its correct name, and no other : hence arises the fre-
quency of so many of our fruits being sold under wrong
names. Gardeners, who purchase trees, become deceived
by this procedure, and do not discover the error, unless they
have been imposed upon by the substitution of something
worthless, wholly and obviously at variance with the charac-
ter of the fruit that was sold them. This is a serious evil,
to say nothing of the disappointment of the purchaser; for,
unless the mistake be detected at first, the longer the tree
grows before it is discovered, the more time will have been
lost in its cultivation ; and, be it remembered, this time is
irrecoverable.
The foregoing descriptions of many of our most popular
apples, it is presumed, will be found sufficiently clear to en-
able the pomologist to detect these egregious and every-day
blunders, and to ascertain whether he cultivates those fruits
that have been sold him, or whether he has had others sub-
stituted for them.
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CHAPTER III.
APRICOTS.
1. BLOTCHED-LEAVED ROMAN.
Blotched-leaved Turkey. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 27.
Variegated Turkey. Ib.
Abricot Macule, of the French.
The Blotched-leaved Roman Apricot differs in no respect
from the Roman Apricot, No. 1 1 , except in its blotched
leaves ; more than one half of the plants budded annually in
the nurseries, becoming plain the first year of their growth
from the bud. When the leaves retain their blotched cha-
racter, the wood which produces them is always, more or
less, striped and mottled with yellow, green, and brown.
DUHAMEL, Vol. i. p. 145, particularly mentions this va-
riety of Abricot commun, indicating clearly that those who
have considered it as a Turkey Apricot have been decidedly
wrong.
2. BREDA, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 2. Pom. Mag. t.
146.
Abricot de HoHande, ) Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 138. t. 4.
or Amande Aveline / according to the Pom. JVLag.
Royal Persian. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23.
Fruit rather small, its general form roundish, but often
approaching to be somewhat four-sided. The Suture is
moderately deep, with a depression at its termination on the
summit. The Skin, where exposed to the sun, is of a deep
brownish orange. Flesh deep orange, parting freely from
the stone, juicy, rich, and high flavoured. Stone rather
small, roundish, compressed, but not so much as in some
others. Kernel sweet, like a hazel-nut : hence the syno-
nym of Jlmande Jlveline, in France.
Ripens from the beginning to the middle of August.
There is very little doubt that this is the true Breda Apri-
cot, as has been satisfactorily ascertained in the Horti-
cultural Garden at Chiswick, and explained in the Pomolo-
gical Magazine ; but it is not the one mentioned by Miller.
The Breda, Turkey, and Orange are the only varieties cul-
tivated in our gardens, which have sweet kernels. There
is a very fine open standard of this Apricot in the Horticul-
tural Garden at Chiswick, which last year (1830) produced
a fine crop of most excellent fruit.
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3. BRUSSELS. JVft'Wer, No. 7.
Fruit of a middling size, of a somewhat oval figure, and a
good deal compressed on its sides. Suture deep at the base,
shallow at the apex. Skin pale yellow, full of white specks ;
on the sunny side red, marked with dark-brown specks and
spots. Flesh yellow, firm, of a high brisk flavour, readily
separating from the stone. Kernel bitter, very different to
that of the Breda, which is sweet.
Ripe the middle of August.
In a sheltered situation, exposed to the south, the Brus-
sels Apricot bears and ripens well upon an open standard.
In this case, the fruit is not so large, but of a very deep co-
lour, a little russetty where exposed to the sun, and of a very
high flavour. Thirty years ago there were four of these
trees growing in a gentleman's garden at Colchester, the
largest of which in some seasons produced two hundred do-
zen of fine fruit.
4. HEMSKIRKE, Pom. Mag. t. 11.
Fruit middle-sized, roundish, slightly compressed, very
like a small Moorpark, from which it is only distinguished
externally by its size. Flesh very bright, deep, clear orange,
more tender and juicy than the Moorpark, with a particu-
larly rich delicate flavour, resembling that of an excellent
Green Gage Plum. Stone much smallej than that of the
Moorpark, without a pervious passage. Kernel nearly
sweet.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
We are indebted to the late Mr. Lee for the introduction
of this Apricot. It is a most excellent early fruit, and highly
deserving of attention.
It bears freely on an east wall, where it ripens thoroughly
by the end of July, acquiring a high luscious flavour, supe-
rior even to that of the Moorpark.
5. LARGE EARLY APRICOT. Pom. J\fag. t. 142.
Abricot Gros Precoce, ) of the French, according to the
Abricot de St. Jean, j Pom. Mag.
Abricot de St. Jean rouge, in Languedoc. II.
Abricot gros d'Alexandrie, in Provence. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, about two inches and a quarter long
and two inches in diameter, somewhat oblong, compressed,
projecting considerably on the side of the suture, which is
deep, and terminates in a projecting point situated towards
the back, beyond the axis of the fruit ; back nearly straight.
Skin downy, of a fine bright orange, and next the sun with
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*pots of deeper red, pale orange on the other side. Flesh
parting from the stone, orange-coloured, juicy, rich. Stone
brown, much flattened, oval, sharp in the front, perforated
along the back from the base to the apex. Kernel bitter.
Ripe ten days or a fortnight earlier than the Roman. In
France it ripens on Midsummer-day, whence its name of
A. de St. Jean.
6. MOORPARK. Hooker, Pom. Land. t. 9.
Anson's, j
Temple's, > of different Collections.
Dunmore's Breda, )
Fruit large, of a roundish figure, about seven inches and
a half in circumference each way, deeply hollowed at the
base, and compressed on its sides, one of which is swelled
considerably more than the other at the suture, which gives
it an oblique appearance. Skin pale yellow on the shaded
side, but of a deep orange colour, shaded and marbled with
brownish red on the side next the sun, and full of dark
specks. Flesh very firm, bright orange, separating clean
from the stone. Juice plentiful and excellent. Stone ra-
ther rugged, with a pervious passage, containing a bitter
kernel.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
The Moorpark Apricot, now so universally known through-
out England, is said to have been brought into this country
by Sir William Temple, and planted in his garden at Moor-
park : if so, it must have been an inhabitant here for more
than 130 years, as Sir William died in 1700, at the age
of 72.
The pervious passage in its stone has not been noticed by
any of our writers till lately, nor is it readily discovered ; its
aperture is in a small groove on the thin side near its base, a
pin inserted into which, and pushed forward, will open its
further orifice, and thus effect its passage through the stone.
7. ORANGE. Miller, No. 2.
Early Orange. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 14.
Royal George. Ib. 21.
Royal Orange. Ib. 15.
Fruit larger than the Masculine, about five inches in cir-
cumference each way, and of a roundish figure. Suture
with a considerable swelling on one of its sides, and having
a deep hollow base. Skin pale orange, on the side next the
wall, and when fully ripe, of a deep orange tinged with red,
and spotted with dark purple next the sun. Flesh deep
$4 APRICOTS.
orange, succulent, and well flavoured. Stone small, orbicu-
lar, thick in the middle, and nearly smooth, not separating
clean from the flesh. Kernel sweet, like that of the Breda
and Turkey.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
8. PEACH APRICOT. Forsyth. Ed. 3. No. 9.
Abricot Peche. Pom. Franc, t. 7. f. 10.
Abricot Peche. Duhamel. Vol. i. p. 145.
Abricot de Nancy. Ib. No. 10. t. 6,
Imperial Anson's. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 5.
Fruit very large, frequently from eight to nine inches in
circumference, deeply hollowed at its base, and compressed
on its sides. Suture well defined, with a thickening on one
of its sides. Skin pale yellow in the shade; but of a deep
orange, shaded, and mottled with dark brpwn, on the sunny
side. Flesh firm, deep orange, and full of a very high-fla-
voured juice. Stone with a pervious passage, and a bitter
kernel.
Ripe, end of August and beginning of September.
The Peach Apricot is supposed by some to be the same
as the Moorpark.; and, indeed, it has all its leading charac-
ters ; but an extensive cultivation of it for more than twenty
years has convinced rne to the contrary. Its wood is simi-
lar, but more gross, less firm, and the tree more tender. Mr.
Forsyth says it was introduced from Paris, by his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland, in 1767. It is the largest and
the, best of all the apricots. A tree of this sort was plant-
ed in the gardens at Holkham forty years ago, where I have
seen fruit of an extraordinary size under the mnnngement of
Mr. Sandys, who has frequently had them of six ounces and
a half in weight, and in any season three of them would
weigh a pound avoirdupois.
9. PURPLE. Pom. Franc. 1. p. 38. t. 5. f. 8.
Alexandrian Apricot. Ib.
Abricot Angoumois. Duhamel, No. 4. t. 3.
Abricot Violet, of the Luxembourg Cat.
Black Apricot. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 10,
Fruit nearly spherical, about five inches in circumference.
Suture deep, extending from the base to its apex. Skin co-
vered with a very fine velvety down, of a pale red on the
shaded side, of a deep red or purple on the side next the sun.
Flesh pale red, except near the stone, where it is of a deep
prange colour, from which it separates. Juice sub-acidf
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with a somewhat astringent, but pleasant flavour. Kernel
sweet.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This singular little Apricot is highly esteemed in France,
from whence it was introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, and
bore fruit for the first time in this country, in his garden at
Spring Grove, in 1799. At a short distance it has more the
appearance of an Orleans Plum than an Apricot.
10. RED MASCULINE. Hort. Soc. Cat.^No. 9.
Masculine. Langley, p. 88. t. 15. fig. 1. Miller, No. 1.
Abricot Precoce. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1.
Abricot Hatif Musque'. Ib.
Fruit small, of a roundish figure, about four inches and a
half in circumference each way. Suture rather deep, and
considerably swelled on one of its sides. Skin pale orange
next the wall ; when fully exposed, of a red colour next the
sun, marked with dark red or purplish spots. Flesh pale or
orange, full of a sweet musky juice. Stone obtuse, thick,
smooth, and separates clean from the flesh. Kernel bitter.
Ripe the middle and end of July.
This is the earliest Apricot cultivated in England. The
tree is tender, and requires to be planted on a south, or south-
east aspect, in a warm and sheltered situation, without which
the crops are seldom abundant.
11. ROMAN. Langley, Pom. p. 89. t. 15. f. 9. Pom.
Mag. t. 13.
Abricot Commun. Duhamel, 1. p. 135. t. 2.
Fruit middle-sized, in form slightly compressed, inclining
to oval. Skin dull straw colour, with a little dotting of
orange or red on the sunny side, but in such small quantity,
that the skin has always a pallid appearance. Suture shal-
low. Flesh dull pale straw colour, soft, dry, rather meally,
with a little sweetness and acidity. Stone flat, oblong, ra-
ther obtuse at each end, with a very even surface, separa-
ting from the flesh. Kernel very bitter.
Ripe the middle of August.
The Roman Apricot is the most common in our gardens ;
its principal recommendations are its hardiness and plenti-
ful bearing. It is best before fully ripe.
12. ROYAL. Pom. Mag. t. 2.
Abricot Royale. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 288.
Fruit next in size to the Moorpark, rather oval, slightly
compressed. Skin dull yellow, slightly coloured with red
on a small space. Suture shallow. Flesh pale orange, very
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firm, sweet, juicy, and high-flavoured, with a slight degree
of acidity. Stone large, oval, not adhering to the flesh,
blunt at each end, with scarcely any passage in the edge.
Kernel slightly bitter ; much less so than in the Moor-
park.
Ripe the beginning of August, a week or ten days before
the Moorpark. Raised a few years ago in the royal garden
of the Luxembourg, and first noticed in the Bon Jardinier
of 1826, where it is considered as a better fruit than that of
the Moorpark.
13. TURKET. Miller, No. 5. Pom. Mag. i. 25.
Large Turkey. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 26.
Fruit about the middle size, in form nearly spherical, not
compressed like the Moorpark. Skin very handsome deep
yellow, with a number of rich, brownish, orange-red spots
and blotches next the sun. Flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy,
sweet, with a little acid, very rich and excellent. Stone se-
parating freely, in figure like that of the Moorpark, but with-
out the pervious passage. Kernel quite sweet, like that of
an almond.
Ripe about the middle or latter end of August.
The Turkey and Roman Apricots are continually con-
founded with each other, and yet their characters are obvi-
ously and clearly distinct. The Turkey is spherical, more
deeply coloured, with a sweet kernel ; the Roman is some-
what oval, slightly compressed, dull straw-coloured, and has
a very bitter kernel, it also ripens a few days sooner.
The Abricot de Nancy of Duhamel (fructu maximo com-
presso, as he defines it) has been quoted in the Pom. Mag.
as a synonym of the Turkey ; but the well-known globular,
uncompressed character of the latter, leads me to consider
it as an accidental mistake.
14. WHITE MASCULINE. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 5.
Abricot Blanc. Duhamel, No. 2.
Fruit similar to that of the Red Masculine in size and
figure. Skin nearly white ; a pale straw colour on the side
next the wall, but of a pale yellow, shaded and mottled with
a reddish brown, on the side next the sun. Flesh white
very delicate, and adheres slightly to the stone. Juice sweet,
with an agreeable peach-like flavour. Kernel bitter.
Ripe the end of July.
This succeeds the Red Masculine in its time of ripening,
and in France it is considered the better fruit of the two ; but
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like that, it is tender, and requires to be planted against a
south, or south-east wall, and to have a warm sheltered
situation, to insure productive crops.
A. Selection of Jlpricots for a small Garden.
Breda 2 Peach Apricot ... 8
Brussels 3 Red Masculine ... 10
Hemskirke . . . . 4 Roman 11
Large Early .... 5 Royal 12
Moorpark ..... 6 Turkey 13
CHAPTER IV.
CHERRIES.
SECT. I. — Fruit Round.
1. AMBREE. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 79.
Cerise Ambre. Duhdmel, No. 14. t. 11.
Fruit large, round at the liead, but flattened next the
stalk, which is about two inches long. Skin rather thick,
of a fine amber colour, mottled with fine red and yellow, and
of a bright red where exposed to the sun. Flesh pale yel-
low, somewhat transparent, with white veins, and slightly
tinged with red under the skin next the sun. Juice plenti-
ful, sugary, and when fully ripe very excellent. Stone with
a very sharp point.
Ripe the end of July, and beginning of August.* This
is rather too tender for an open standard, unless in a
warm sheltered situation ; but does remarkably well when
trained against an east wall.
2. ARCHDUKE. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 4.
Griotte de Portugal. Duhamel, No. 18. t. 13.
Portugal Duke. Pom. Franc. 2. p. 40. t. 27. f. 21.
* The time of ripening in this country for the cherries, ia a fortnight or thro*
weeks earlier than the time stated by the author. £m. Ed.
98 CHERRIES.
Fruit clustered like the May Duke, and much of the same
colour ; but larger, with a shorter stalk, and inserted in a
deeper hollow, ripening at least a fortnight later. The Arch
Duke is a much more vigorous grower than the May Duke,
with longer diverging branches, and larger leaves. It is
equally hardy as an open standard, and may be planted to
advantage among Morellos on a north wall.
3. BELLE DE CHOISY. Jard. Fruit. Vol. ii. p. 21. t. 7.
Pom. Mag. t. 42.
Cerise de la Palembre, ) of the French Gardens, accord-
Cerise Doucette, ) ing to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit growing by pairs, middle-sized, roundish, depress-
ed at the apex. Stalk, from the fork an inch, neck half an
inch long. Skin transparent, red, mottled with amber, es-
pecially on the shaded side. Flesh amber-coloured, tender
and sweet. Stone middle-sized, round.
Ripe in July, rather before the May Duke.
This cherry is of French origin, and is said to have been
raised at Choisy, near Paris, about the year 1 760. The
general habit of the tree is that of the May Duke ; but the
branches are rather more spreading than the common one,
arid the leaves more evenly serrated.
It bears well on an open standard, and is very deserving
of cultivation.
4. CARNATION. Langley, t. 16. f. 3.
Fruit large, round, almost the colour of the Kentish, but
more marbled with red. Flesh firm, with a very good-fla-
voured juice.
Ripe in August.
The branches, as well as the trees, have a good deal of
the character of the Kentish ; but they are stronger, the
leaves larger, deeply and doubly serrated.
The Carnation Cherry is a shy bearer generally, on an
open standard ; but when trained as an espalier, in a warm
garden, where it has plenty of sun, it bears extremely well,
and the fruit is much finer.
5. EARLY MAY. Miller, No. 2.
Small Early May. Langhy, t. 17. f. 2.
Cerisier Noir, a fruit rond prucoce. Duhamel, 1. p. 168.
1.3.
Fruit small, round, a little flattened at both extremities.
Stalk ons inch and a quarter long, slender, deeply inserted.
Skin of a pale red colour. Flem soft, juicy, but not high
flavoured.
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99
Ripe in June before any of the Dukes.
The wood of this sort is very slender and wiry, with small
shining leaves. Its "only merit is that of ripening before
any other. It requires a south or south-east wall, being too
tender for an open standard.
6. HOLMAN'S DUKE. Langley,t. 17. f. 1.
Fruit round, flattened at both ends, of a very deep red ;
and when highly ripened in the sun, it is almost black. Flesh
very melting, juicy, and of a most excellent flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
The Holman's Duke is a very distinct variety of the
Duke, and cannot well be confounded with any other. Its
shoots are short, erect, straight, short-jointed, and more
slender than any of the other varieties ; and when the May
Duke is fully ripe, the fruit of this is quite green, and ripen-
ing at least a month later in all situations. It is one of our
most hardy sorts, and when planted against a north, wall
is highly valuable ; not only as affording a most certain
crop, but as prolonging the season of the Duke to a late pe-
riod, and as a connecting link between all the rest and the
Morello.
7. JEFFREY'S ROYAL. G. Lindl. Plan of an Orchard,
1796.
Royale. Duhamel, 20, t. 15.
Cherry Duke. Ib.
Fruit round, nearly as large as a May Duke, a little hol-
lowed at the base, in clusters, some of which have four cher-
ries on a common peduncle. Stalk an inch from the fork,
and a quarter of an inch above it. Skin of a fine deep red,
which becomes almost black when fully ripe. Flesh pale
red, firm, succulent. Juice plentiful, rich, and high fla-
voured.
Ripe the middle and end of July.-
This cherry was introduced into notice about fifty years
ago by a Mr. Jeffrey, a nurseryman at Brompton Park. The
tree is the most compact grower of all the sorts in our col-
lections, its branches seldom shooting more than six or nine
inches in a year : the buds are so close together, and the
spurs so numerous and crowded, that the fruit forms most
dense bunches. It can scarcely be propagated otherwise
than by budding.
8. KENTISH. Miller, No. 1-
Flemish. Langley, t. 18. f. 1.
Fruit middle-sized, round, flattened at both ends. Stalk
100 CHERRIES.
one inch and a half long, slender, and sunk in a rather deep
hollow. Skin of a dingy red, slightly marbled with dull
brown, and having occasionally a few both opaque and trans-
parent spots. Flesh rather firm, but succulent, with a some-
what astringent but saccharine juice.
Ripe about the middle of August.
This is one of the most common and most hardy cherries
cultivated in this country, the May Duke excepted.
The trees grow like those of the Morello, with slender
branches and shining leaves. The stone is so strongly at-
tached to the stalk, as to be withdrawn by it from the pulp
with facility, leaving the fruit apparently whole : a property,
I believe, not possessed by any other cherry. In this state
it is laid on hair sieves and exposed to the sun, where it
dries and becomes a delicious sweetmeat, similar in appear-
ance to that of a large sultana raisin, and will keep thus for
twelve months.
9. LATE DUKE. Pom. JVLag. t. 45.
Cerise Angloise tardive. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 22. ac-
cording to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit large, above the size of a May Duke, bluntly heart-
shaped, somewhat compressed, with a shallow depression
on one side. Skin a rich shining red. Flesh 4ender, am-
ber-coloured, juicy, and rich, of the same quality as a May
Duke. Stone rather large, roundish, ovate, compressed.
Ripe on a standard in August.
This cherry has a great affinity to the Arch Duke, if not
absolutely the same. It appears, however, to be scarce in
our gardens, and to be better known among the French than
with us, although its name indicates its being of English
origin. The branches are of vigorous growth, but more
spreading than those of the May Duke, and the leaves are
larger.
10. MAY DUKE. Langley, t. 17. fig. 3. Miller •, No. 3.
Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 28.
Fruit roundish, flattened at both ends, of a deep red co-
lour, and growing in clusters : when fully ripe, the flesh is
soft, juicy, and tender, with a very pleasant acid, and a rich
agreeable flavour.
Ripe the middle of July.
The common May Duke, as an open standard, is more
extensively planted in every county in England than any
other cherry, a sufficient indication of its utility and value to
the orchardist. Although it has been cultivated a consider
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101
able time in this country, I do not find it mentioned previ-
ously to R ay, in 1688.
11. MONTMORCNCY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 148.
Montmorency, a gros fruit. Duhamel, 10. t. 8.
Gros Gobet. Ib.
Gobet a courte queue. Ib.
Cerise a courte queue, of the French.
Cerise a courte queue de Provence. Ib.
Fruit large, round, very much flattened at both the base
and the apex, generally growing in pairs. Stalk stout and
stiff, an inch long, deeply inserted in '&-> wide» cavity. ,«Skir«
smooth, shining, of a beautiful soft, hut '"lively r,ed colour.
Flesh firm, 'yellowish white. Juici plentiful, with ajich and
very agreeable rich acid. ,..-•• ' * , >>
Ripe the middle and end of July.
The Montm jrency cherry is but little cultivated at pre-
sent in this country, although very common throughout
Normandy and other parts of France.
12. MORELLO. Langley, t. 16. f. 2.
Milan. Ib.
Cerise du Nord. Nois. Jirb. fruit, p. 19.
Fruit large, round, of a dark red colour, turning almost
black when fully ripe. Flesh deep red or purple, tender,
juicy, and blended with an agreeable acid.
Ripe in August and September.
The Morello cherry, one of the most useful in our col-
lections, is mentioned by Parkinson in 1629, who says it is
so called from its juice being like that of the JWorus or Mul-
berry.*
I would strongly recommend the Morello cherry to be
planted against an east, south-east, or south wall, trained
thinly, the branchss at least six inches apart, not suffering
them to be overloaded with fruit ; which should be kept on
the trees till it is perfectly ripe, or beginning to shrivel. It
will then be found most excellent in the dessert. This is
not the Cerisier tres-fertile of Duhamel, nor do I find it in his
collection. M. Noisette says he brought it to Paris from
Brabant in 1807.
WATERLOO. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 302. t. 21.
Fruit large, somewhat round, hollow at the base, mostly
* The Cherry commonly cultivated here as the Morello, appears to be different
from this sort, and is probably a seedling variety of the Flemish Cherry. Th«
English Morello is a larger and much finer sort, and is not common in our gar-
dens as it ought to be. Jim. Ed.
9*
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CHERRIES.
round at the apex, but some are a good deal flattened. Stalk
long and slender. Skin of a dark lurid appearance ; but
when quite ripe it changes to a dusky red, approaching to
black. Flesh firm, with a high flavoured juice.
It ripens some days later than the Black Eagle, the be-
ginning or middle of August.
This originated from a seed of the Bigarreau, impregna-
ted with the pollen of a May Duke, and its fruit was first
exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1815.
It was named by Mr. Knight, from the circumstance of
ii$ first perfecting i.ts frvit after the memorable battle of Wa-
terloo. Mi* Tb^J^nas'Pendarves Stackhouse, a daughter
pf JVIr, .Kjiight's, was presented with the Society's silver
y.21. 15,17, for having raised it.
SECT. II. — Fruit Heart-shaped.
14. BIGARREAU. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 46.
Graffion. Forsyth, Ed. 7. Nos. 18 and 19.
Turkey Bigarreau. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 17.
Fruit large, of an irregular, obtuse, heart-shaped figure,
flattened at its base. Stalk two inches long, inserted in a
very shallow cavity. Skin pale yellow, becoming amber-
coloured when matured, and of a fine red on the sunny side.
Flesh firm, pale yellow, slightly adhering to the stone, which
is large and round. Juice sweet and well flavoured.*
Ripe usually the end of July or beginning of August.
Young shoots very strong, with a white epidermis.
The bigarreau, or Grafnon cherry is sold in many nurse-
ries under both appellations, as distinct sorts ; but I could
never discover any difference, after cultivating them for
years. The Bigarreau cherry is the strongest upright
grower in its young shoots of all the cherries now cultivated ;
and it has also the largest leaves, excepting the tobacco-
leaved.
15. BLACK EAGLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 138. t. 9.
Fruit large, growing generally by pairs or threes, many
of which are flattened both at the apex and the base. Stalk
long, slender. Skin deep purple, or nearly black. Flesh
tender and bleeding. Juice very rich and high-flavoured.
Shoots very strong, with large leaves.
Ripe the end of July or beginning of August.
* By some called Yellow Spanish Cherry ; also, White Ox Heart.
Am. Ed.
CHERRIES. 103
Raised by Miss Elizabeth Knight, of Dounton Castle,
about the year 1806, from a seed of the Bigarreau, which
had been fertilized by the pollen of the May Duke.
The spurs of the Black Eagle produce bunches often or
twelve cherries each. The trees succeed best against an
east or south-east wall. The specimen for the plate in the
Hort. Trans, was taken from a north-east aspect when the
tree was eight years old.
16. BLACK HEART. Miller, No. 8.
Guignier a fruit noir. Duhamel, Vol. 1. p. 158. t. 1. f. 1.
Fruit pretty large, growing, for the most part, singly,
heart-shaped, a little flattened at the apex, compressed on
one side, with a slight suture. Stalk one inch and a half
long, slender. Skin of a dark purple approaching to black
when fully ripe. Flesh pale red, rather firm, but mellow,
with a rich well flavoured Juice.
Ripe the end of July or beginning of August.
The young shoots are erect, with a white epidermis.
17. BLACK TARTARIAN. Pom. Mag. t. 44.
Black Circassian. Hooker, t. 31.
Eraser's Black Tartarian. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 15.
Ronalds's large Black Heart. Ib. No. 14.
Black Russian, | f rf according
Eraser's Black Heart, J io ih/Pom. Mag.
feuperb L ircassian, )
Fruit large, usually growing singly, heart-shaped, with an
uneven surface, and of a shining purplish black colour.
Stalk one inch and a half or more, slender. Flesh purplish,
juicy and rich. Stone middle-sized, roundish ovate.
Ripe end of July to the middle of August.
This cherry is generally considered to have been brought
into this country from Russia, by the late Mr. John Eraser,
in the autumn of 1796. In the Pomona Londinensis, it is
stated to have been introduced from Circassia by Mr. Hugh
Ronalds, of Brentford, in 1794. And it is also said to have
originated in Spain, whence it was transmitted to the Rus-
sian gardens, and through them into England.
It is a cherry of great excellence, bearing well on a stand-
ard, but doing best on an east or west wall, on which its
branches are usually loaded with a profusion of rich and
handsome fruit. In the nursery quarters the young shoots
are the most erect of this class of cherries, with a white epi-
dermis, short joints, and plump eyes ; readily recognised
from every other kind.
104 CHERRIES.
18. BLEEDING HEART. Miller, No. 15.
Gascoign's Heart. Langley, t. 17. f. 45.
Fruit large, hearUshaped, having the appearance of a
small drop of tear at the end. Skin of a dark red colour.
Flesh firm, mellow. Juice plentiful, and of an excellent
flavour.
Ripe in August.
The young shoots are diverging with a brown epidermis.
19. COURONNE.
Coroun. Langley, t. 16. f. 1.
Corone. Forsyth, Ed. 3. 11.
Hertfordshire Cherry. Ib. 5.
Merisier a gros fruit noir. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 158.
Fruit middle-sized, heart-shaped, generally growing in
pairs, sometimes in threes. Stalk two inches long, slender,
inserted in a narrow, deep, round cavity. Skin deep purple,
or dingy hlack. Flesh firm, with a deep purple juice, sweet,
and of a pretty good flavour.
Ripe end of July and beginning of August.
Ths Cjuroin3 Chsrry reproduces itself from seed, and
the trees attain the largest size. They grow in a wild state,
and are also cultivated in several parts of England, particu-
larly in some parts of Hertfordshire ; and at Framingham
and Brooke, in Norfolk, whence they are sent in large quan-
tities to the neighbouring markets.
20. DOWNTON. Hort. Trans, Vol. v. p. 262. Pom.
Mag. t. 138.
Fruit usually growing singly, very blunt, heart-shaped,
nearly round, a little flattened on one side, with a very small
suture extending from the stalk to the apex. Stalk about
two inches long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin pale yel-
lowish, sprinkled with numerous red spots, with larger
patches of dull red or morone on the sunny side. Flesh
pale amber, transparent, tender, without any stain of red, ad-
hering slightly to the stone. Juice very sweet and high fla-
voured.
Ripe the middle and end of July.
Raised by Mr. Knight from a seed either of the Waterloo
or Elton, but from which is not certain. Its fruit was first
exhibited at the Horticultural Society July 16, 1822. It
bears well as a standard, and in richness of juice it is equal
to any cherry cultivated.
21. ELTON. Hooker, t. 7. Pom. Mag. t. 92. Hort.
Trans. Vol. ii. pp. 157. 301.
CHERRIES. 105
Fruit usually growing singly, pretty large, heart-shaped,
much resembling the Bigarreau, but much earlier. Stalk
two inches and a quarter long, slender. Skin pale waxy
yellow on the shaded side, mottled and dashed with rich red
next the sun. Flesh firm, but less so than the Bigarreau ;
very sweet and rich.
Ripe the beginning and middle of July, about the time of
the May Duke, or soon after.
This very excellent cherry was raised by Mr. Knight in
1806, from a seed of the GrafBon, which had been fertilized
by the pollen of the White Heart. It bears well upon an
open standard, but is much finer when grown against a wall,
and is highly deserving of cultivation.
22. FLORENCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 229. t. 14.
Fruit large, heart-shaped, flat at the base, and obtuse at
the apex, compressed on one side, with a shallow suture.
Stalk lono;, slender, seated in a deep, cup-shaped cavity.
Skin pala amber, very much marbled with pale red, and of a
very bright lively red where exposed to the sun. Flesh
white, firm, but not hard. Juice plentiful, rich and sweet.
Ripe end of July or beginning of August.
This very fine cherry was imported from Florence some
years ago by the late Mr. Houblon of Hallingbury Place, in
Essex.
23. HARRISON'S HEART. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 9.
Fruit large, heart-shaped, of a pale yellowish or amber
colour, slightly tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh
tender, with a rich high-flavoured juice.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
Mr. Forsyth says this Cherry was introduced from the
East Indies (1} by Governor Harrison, who went out as Go-
vernor of Fort Saint George, in December, 1710, and re-
turned in 1719.
24. KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii.
p. 211. Vol. iv. p. 510. Pom. Mag. 93.
Frm'Harge, blunt, heart-shaped, with an uneven surface
like that of the Black Tartarian. Stalk two inches long,
deeply inserted in a hollow, cup-shaped cavity. Skin of a
dark dull red, when fully ripe almost black. Flesh firm,
juicy, very deep purple, rich and high flavoured.
Ripe a week or ten days earlier than the May Duke. On
a south aspect, it will be ripe by the middle of June.
This very valuable and early cherry was raised by Mr.
Knight, about 1810, from a seed of the Bigarreau, which
106 CHERRIES.
f»
had been impregnated by the May Duke. It is sufficiently
hardy to bear on an open standard ; but it would be more
desirable to train it against a south or south-east wall, as its
fruit would then be a great acquisition to the dessert, along
with our early scarlet strawberries.
25. LUKEWA.RD. Miller, No. 11. Hitt, p. 299. ; Swit-
zer, 140.
Fruit heart-shaped, somewhat rounder, and not quite so
large as a Black Heart ; of a dark brown, or nearly black
colour, and possessing a most excellent juice.
Ripe the beginning of August. '
This is an old inhabitant of our orchards, althoughbut little
known or cultivated at present.
Parkinson, in 1629, calls it Luke Ward's ; Raye, in 1688,
Luke Ward's ; and Rea, in 1702, appears to be the first who
has given it the name of Lukeward. It is highly spoken of
by the old gardeners, and therefore ought to be brought into
notice and cultivated.
26. SMALL BLACK.
Black Mazzard. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 4.
Common Black of Buckinghamshire. Ib. No. 5.
Merry Cherry of Cheshire. 76. No. 2.
Small Wild Black. Ib. No. 7.
Black Polstead, in some places.
Merisier a petit fruit. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 156.
Fruit small, heart-shaped, flattened a little on both sides,
and without suture. Stalk one inch and three quarters long,
very slender, inserted in a small round cavity ; at its apex it
has a small, round, deepish dimple. Skin thin, of a jet black
colour. Flesh succulent, very deep purple. Juice purple,
sweet, accompanied with a slight bitter but agreeable taste.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This Cherry grows wild, and is cultivated also, in abun-
dance, in several parts of England, particularly in the Chil-
tern part of Buckinghamshire ; in Cheshire, and about Pol-
stead in Suffolk, where the fruit is called Merries, from the
French JVfense. In the season they are to be found in
almost every principal market town in England, where they
always find a ready sale. It is the principal fruit employed
for the making of Cherry Brandy, and it is the only sort
which ought to be used by nurserymen for their stocks, on
which to bud and graft the better kinds.
27. TOBACCO LEAVED,
CHERRIES. 107
Bigarreautier a feuilles de Tabac. Bon. Jard. 1827.
p. 296.
Cerisier de 4 a la livre. Ib. 1825. p. 239.
Four to the pound. Of some Nurseries.
Quatre a la livre. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 511.
Fruit small, heart-shaped, of a pale transparent yellow co-
lour, with a faint stain of red on the exposed side. Flesh of
firm consistence, sweet and pleasant, but without any parti-
cular richness. Stalk long, and the stone large in proportion
to the size of the fruit.
Ripe in August.
The young branches, in the Nursery, are very strong, and
crooked ; and the leaves of the very largest size.
How this Cherry should have obtained its name of four to
the pound, I am at a loss to conceive : its fruit is not half
the size of our Kentish Cherry, and not of one fiftieth part of
its value for any purpose whatever. Nurserymen will do
well to get rid of it altogether.
28. WHITE HEART. Langley, t. 18. f. 4.
Gui^nier a gros fruit blanc. Duhamel, t. 1. f. 3.
Fruit growing in pairs or threes, middle-sized, heart-
shaped, of a dull whitish yellow colour, tinged and mottled
with dull muddy red on the side next the sun. Stalk two
inches long, very slender, inserted in a hollow round basin.
Flesh melting, juicy, of a rich and pleasant flavour.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
The branches qf this sort are slender, diverging, with a
reddish-brown epidermis.
29. REMINGTON HEART.
This cherry was introduced in our nurseries by Mr. Re*
mington of Long-Island. It is the latest cherry we have,
the fruit ripening about the end of August, near a month
later than any European sort ; it is therefore valuable on
that account, and also as being of American origin, and a
fine cherry. Am. Ed.
A Selection of Cherries for a Small Garden.
Arch Duke 2 Florence, 22
Belle de Choisy 3 Holman's Duke 6
Bigarreau 14 Kentish 8
Black Eagle 15 Knight's Early Black 24
Black Tartarian 17 May Duke ]0
Downton 20 Morello 12
Elton 21 Waterloo 13
108 CURRANTS,
CHAPTER V.
CURRANTS.
The Currants most deserving of cultivation are the fol-
lowing : —
1. BLACK NAPLES. Pom. Mag. t. 43.
The superiority of this consists, not only in the larger
size of the fruit, but in the clusters being more numerous on
the bushes, as well as in each cluster bearing a greater num-
ber of berries. Cultivated in the Horticultural Garden at
Cheswick.
2. COMMON BLACK. Eng. Bot. t. 1291.
3. CHAMPAGNE, with pale red fruit.
4. LARGE RED, or RED DUTCH. •
5. WHITE CHRYSTAL, with white fruit and large bunches.
6. WHITE DUTCH, with yellow fruit and footstalks.
The nurserymen's Catalogues contain other names, some
of which are probably a repetition of the same fruit. There
are indeed several worthless varieties of the Red Currant to
"be found in gardens, which ought to be rooted up, and re-
placed by the larger fruited. Where the currant is cultiva-
ted for the purpose of making wine, the White Dutch is to
be preferred, as it is by far the sweetest : and it is also su-
perior in the dessert ; but its bunches are not so large as
those of the White Chrystal.
When it is grown for the dessert, the size of the bunches
should be increased to the utmost extent of which they are
capable. This can only be accomplished by management.
Where bushes are injudiciously planted, and where they are
suffered to become mossy and crowded with branches, the
bunches are always small, and the fruit inferior in quality.
On the contrary, where bushes are advantageously planted,
and have plenty of room ; pruned annually, divesting them
of their old spurs, removing the young ones where they are
too numerous, and keeping them thin of branches so .as to
admit plenty of sun and air, the bunches will be larger, and
the fruit superior in size :and flavour, in proportion to the
care and judgment bestowed upon their management.
FIGS. 109
CHAPTER VI.
FIGS.
SECT. I. — Fruit Blue or Black.
1. BLACK GENOA. Miller^ No. 2.
Fruit long, swelling pretty large at the apex, where it is
rather obtuse : the lower part is very slender next the stalk.
Skin of a dark purple colour, almost black, covered with a
purple bloom. Pulp bright red and highly flavoured.
Ripe in August.
2. BLACK ISCHIA. Miller, No. 5.
Fruit middle-sized, round, a little flattened at the apex.
Skin almost black when ripe. Pulp deep red, and very
highly flavoured.
Ripe in August.
This is a very productive fig ; but the birds are great de-
vourers of it, if the fruit is not protected.
3. BLACK ITALIAN. Forsyth, Ed. 7. $"0. 9.
Fruit small and round. Pulp very delicious.
An abundant bearer in pots. Mr.. Forsyth, from whom
this is taken, says he has gathered from one plant, in a
twenty-four pot, two dozen figs at one gathering.
4. LARGE BLUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 11.
Common Blue or Purple. J\f«7/er, No. 10,
Great Blue. Hanbury.
Large Purple. Nurs. Catalogues.
Fruit large, oblong. Skin purple, or dark brown, cover-
ed with a thick blue bloom. Pulp deep red, of a very good
flavour.
Ripe in August.
This is a very hardy sort, and a most excellent bearer.
5. SMALL BLUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 12.
Little Blue. Hanbury.
Fruit below the middle size, with a short footstalk. Skin
blue, thin. Pulp red, of very good flavour.
Ripe in August.
10
HO FIGS.
SECT. II. — Fruit Red or Purple.
6. BOURDEAUX. Duhamel, t. 2. f. 2.
Figue-Poire. Ib. Vol. i. p. 213.
Violette de Bourdeaux. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 70.
Fruit pretty long, of a pyramidal figure, rounded at the
apex, and a little pinched in towards the stalk, about three
inches long, and two inches in diameter. Skin brownish
red, becoming deep violet when fully matured, slightly mot-
tled with a few greenish specks. Pulp deep red or purple,
succulent and sweet.
This is cultivated throughout France, and produces two
crops annually, both of which in a warm season are good,
although not possessing very high flavour.
7. BROWN TURKEY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 64.
Brown Italian. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 9.
Fruit small and round. Pulp very delicious.
This and the Black Italian are mentioned by Mr. For-
syth, as being cultivated by him in pots, and each possess-
ing equal merit.
8. BRUNSWICK. Pom. Mag. t. 48.
Madonna. Miller, 9.
Hanover. Of some Gardens, according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit very large, obovate, fleshy, with an oblique apex.
E\je rather depressed. Stalk short and thick. Skin pale
green on the shaded side, with a tinge of yellow ; next the
sun, dull brownish red, sprinkled with small pale brown
specks. Flesh pinkish in the interior, nearly white next the
skin, but chiefly semi-transparent reddish brown, extremely
rich, sweet, and high flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This is one of the most useful of the hardy figs. In a
south-eastern corner, trained against a wall, it ripens by the
middle of August, in even unfavourable seasons. In an or-
dinary summer, in the neighbourhood of London, it begins
to mature by the beginning of that month. It is, perhaps,
the largest purple fig we have, and the most useful variety
that can be selected for a small garden.
9. CHESTNUT. Miller, No. 1.
Chestnut-coloured Ischia. Ib.
Brown Ischia. Ib.
Fruit of a large size, globular. Eye pretty large, and
FIGS.
Ill
pinched in at the stalk. Skin of a brown or chestnut colour.
Pulp purple, sweet and high flavoured, Seeds large.
This sort often bursts open when it ripens, which is ge-
neally in the beginning or middle of August. It will also
ripen well frequently on an open standard, when planted
on a warm soil ; and if planted against a hot wall two crops
may be obtained annually.
10. LONG BROWN NAPLES. Miller, 11.
Long Naples. Hanbury.
Fruit long, somewhat compressed at the apex. Stalk
pretty long. Skin dark brown when fully ripe. Pulp in-
clining to red, and well flavoured. Seeds large.
Ripe in September,
11. MALTA. Miller, 4.
Small Brown, of some Gardens.
Fruit small, much compressed at the apex, and very
much pinched in towards the stalk. Skin pale brown. Pulp
the same colour as the skin, very sweet and well flavoured.
Ripe towards the end of August.
If this sort is permitted to hang upon the tree till the fruit
is shrivelled, it becomes a fine sweetmeat.
12. MINION. Hitt, p. 306.
Fruit small. Skin brown. Pulp high flavoured.
Hitt says the tree is always low, and will bear without the
assistance of a wall.
13. MURREY. Miller, No. 7.
Brown Naples. Ib.
Round Naples. Hanbury.
Fruit pretty large, of a globular figure. Skin light brown,
with some faint marks of dirty white. Pulp nearly of the
same colour as the skin, and of a good flavour. Seeds
large.
Ripe the latter end of August.
14. PREGUSSATA. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57.
Fruit large, oblate. Stalk short and thick. Skin, where
shaded, purplish brown ; where exposed, of a very dark
brown, sprinkled with pale spots. Pulp deep red, remark-
aby sweet and rich. Seeds unusually small.
Ripe from August to October.
This most beautiful and most excellent fig was sent to
this country a few years ago, by Dr. Skey, from the Ionian-
Isles.
15. PURPLE GENOA. Hanbury.
112
FIGS.
Fruit large, long. Skin dark purple, when perfectly ripe.
Pulp extremely sweet and luscious.
16. SMALL BROWN ISCHIA. JVLiller, No. 13.
Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure, with a very short foot-
stalk. Skin light brown. Pulp inclining to purple, of a
very high flavour. -
Ripe late in September.
The leaves of this tree are less divided than any of the
other sorts.
17. VIOLETTE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 67.
Figue Violette. Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2. f. 1.
Fruit small, shortly turbinate, and flattened at the apex,
one inch and three quarters or two inches in diameter, and
nearly the same in height. Skin deep violet. Pulp near
the skin white ; the interior enveloping the seeds deeply
tinged with red.
The Violet Fig, like the Angelique, is cultivated in the
neighbourhood of Paris, and produces two crops annually ;
the autumnal one is the most productive ; and in a warm
season the fruit is excellent.
SECT. III. — Fruit Yellow, White, or Green.
18. ANGELIQUE. Duhamel, Vol. i. No. 2.
Coucourelle Blanche. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1.
Mdlitte. Ib.
Fruit rather small, somewhat pyramidal, about two inches
long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Skin
yellow, mottled with greenish white specks. Pulp white,
having the interior which envelopes the seeds tinged with
red.
This sort is somewhat like the Marseilles, but longer, and,
like that, in the neighbourhood of Paris, produces two crops
annually : the first is usually thin, but the second very abun-
dant ; and in a fine season the fruit is excellent.
19. GENTILE. Miller, No. 14. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No.
15.
Fruit middle-sized, of a globular figure. Skin yellow,
when fully ripe. Pulp yellow, with large seeds. Its fla-
vour is very good, but it ripens late, and the trees are
seldom good bearers, so that it is not much grown in this
country.
20. GREEN ISCHIA. Miller, No. 8.
Green Ischia. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 9.
FIGS. 113
Fruit oblong, somewhat globular at the apex. Skin very
thin, green ; but when fully ripe, it is stained through by the
pulp to a brownish cast : the inside is purple, and will stain
linen or paper. -Pulp high flavoured, especially in warm
seasons.
Ripe towards the end of August.
21. LARGE WHITE. Hanbury.
Fruit large, oblong, with a short foot-stalk. Skin white
and thin. Pulp white, but often more or less tinged with
purple, sweet and rich.
Ripe in August.
22. LARGE WHITE GENOA. Miller, No. 4. Forsyth,
Ed. 3. No. 4. i
Fruit large, globular, a little legthened towards the stalk.
Skin thin, of a yellowish colour when fully ripe. Pulp red,
of a good flavour.
Ripe about the end of August.
Mr. Forsyth says this bears two crops annually.
23. MARSEILLES. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48.
White Marseilles. Ib.
Pocock. Ib.
Figue Blanche. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 210. t. 1.
Fruit small, about two inches in diameter, and nearly the
same in height, slightly ribbed, somewhat turbinate, and
flattened at the apex. Skin pale green, becoming yellow-
ish white when highly ripened. Flesh white, dry, sweet,
and rich.
Ripe in August.
The Marseilles Fig has been for many years cultivated
by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle ; and he informs me that
it succeeds well in the highest temperature of a pine stove.
24. NERII. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 55.
Fruit rather less than the Marseilles, and more long in
shape. Skin pale greenish yellow. Pulp similar in co-
lour to that of a pomegranate.
It is much the richest of its species ; and there is in its
juice a slight degree of very delicate acid, which renders it
peculiarly agreeable to most palates. The Nerii Fig is also
cultivated by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle, who has been
so obliging as to furnish me with the above description, da-
ted Sept. 23, 1830. He says, " It offers fruit very abun-
dantly ; but the whole falls off alike in the stove and in the
open air ; and it succeeds only in low temperature, under
glass. I have obtained it in high perfection, by bringing the
10*
114 FIGS.
fruit forward, till it was about one third grown, in the stove,
and then removing the pots in which the plants grew to a con-
servatory."
25. SMALL EARLY WHITE. Langley,t. 52.
Early White. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23.
Small White. Hanbury.
Small White Early. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 3.
Fruit somewhat round, a little flattened at the apex, with
a very short foot-stalk. Skin thin ; when fully ripe, of a pale
yellowish white colour. Pulp white, sweet, but not high
flavoured.
Ripe in August.
Mr. Forsyth says this sort produces two crops annually.
It scarcely differs from the Marseilles.
26. SMALL GREEN. Nursery Catalogues.
Little Green. Hanbury.
Green Red within. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 32.
Fruit small. Skin green and thin. Pulp red and ex-
cellent.
The tree is a low grower, hardy, and a very good bearer.
27. YELLOW ISCHIA. Miller, No. 12.
Cyprus. Ib. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42.
Fruit large, of a pyramidal form. Skin yellow when
fully ripe. Pulp purple, and well flavoured. The leaves
are large, and not much divided.
Ripe in September.
The tree is a very luxuriant grower, but it does not pro-
duce much fruit in this country.
A Selection of Figs for a Small Garden.
Black Ischia 3 Pregussata 14
Brown Turkey 7 Large White Genoa 22
Brunswick 8 Marseilles 23
Chestnut 9 Nerii 24
Malta 11 Small Early White 25
GOOSEBERRIES.
115
CHAPTER VII.
GOOSEBERRIES.
The gentlemen of Lancashire (in England) have given
premiums for several years, for raising curious new sorts,
remarkable for size and flavour, and the following is a list
of two hundred of the principal, which have been exhibited
for this purpose, in the years 1828 and 1829.
The first column of figures, in each year, shows the num-
ber of prizes which each sort has won, at the different ex-
hibitions throughout England ; the second column, the hea-
visest berry of the aggregate meetings, in pennyweights and
grains, troy- weight.
An asterisk * denotes the berry to be new, and to have been brought out in that year
which stands at the head of the column under which it appears.
REDS.
1828.
1829.
1. Bang-up, Tyrer's
2. Boggart, Houghton's
3. British Crown, Boardman's
4. Briton, Haslam's -
5. Chance, Bell's -
6. Companion, Hopley's -
7. Crown Bob, Melling's -
8. Dreadnought, Reeve's -
9. Drum Major, Colclough's
10. Duke of Leeds
11. Duke of Richmond
12. Earl Grosvenor - - -
13. Elisha, Lovart's -
14. Emperor - ...
15. Fancy, Bell's
16. Farmer's Glory, Barry's
17. Footman -
18. Forward Red
19. Fox Hunter
20. Freeholder, Beardsley's
21. George IV. Colclough'3
5
36
21
2
19 2
17 10
18 10
16 21
1
15
12
6
4
20
2
1
14 15
16 15
17 21
16 11
24 19
17 3
16 13'
19 16
16 18
18 29
19 9
13 15
65
1
1
21 12
17 16
17 6
1
1
4
6
6
19 0
14 23
19 23
16 10
19 7
1
4
20
1
2
11
6
1
16 4
20 5
17 16
14 3
2
2
*
19 23
15 23
20 18
116
GOOSEBERRIES.
REDS. — continued.
1828.
1829.
22. Glorious, Bell's -
217 7
.
23. Governor, Bratherton's
12
20 11
2
; 16 12
24. Highwayman ...
2
18 5
25. Hit or Miss, Taylor's -
—
2
12 14
26. Huntsman, Bratherton's
98
24 0
118
21 20
27. Jolly Butcher, Cope's
1
19 8
4
18 4
28. Jubilee, Moore's -
14
20 16
6
16 10
29. Lancashire Lad, Hartshorn's
97
20 11
59
18 1
30. Longwaist, Wildon's
—
16 20
r
16 0
31. Lord of the Manor
4
18 18
21
18 11
32. Lottery, Whittaker's
4
19 2
11
19
33. Magistrate -
5
15 17
3
14 9
o A ~i\yr K x-t«-hnwk
o1*. iviagnum jjonuin - - -
35. Melbourn Hero
3
17 23
7
18 12
'36. Miner, Greenhalgh's
6
19 3
4
14 22
37. Moorcock - -
4il6 22
—
QQ IVpvpr IVTis^
I
14 0
OO. J.^lt5Vcr _LTJ.loo
39. Over-all, Bratherton's -
24
20 6
50
17 19
40. Pastime, Bratherton's -
7
17 17
6
16 8
41. Patriot
1
18 0
—
42. Plough Boy
2
16 11
43. Prince Regent, Boardman's
76
22 3
65
19 13
44. Printer
6
19 4
2
14 13
45. Richmond Hill, Ward's
12
19 2
4
15 6
46. Rifleman, Leigh's
3
18 19
47. Ringleader -
4
17 6
1
14 0
48. Roaring Lion, Farmer's
349
29 0
453
25 0
49. Robin Hood, Bell's
4
17 6
8
16 8
50. Rough Robin, Speechley's
2
17 9
51. Royal George, Bratherton's
1
22 7
6
17 6
52. Shakspeare -
34
19 20
26
19 18
53. Sir John Cotgrave, Bratherton's
22 25 2
121
21 16
54. Smolensko, Graves's
3621 20
38
18 6
55. Sportsman, Chadwick's
30J20 2
12
17 9
56, Squire Hamond -
21
23 20
32
18 19
57. Statesman, Billington's
5
22 23
J8
21 3
58. Superior, Cranshawe's -
!6 18
6
17 12
59. Tiger - ...
17 17
1
14 13
60. Top Sawyer, Capper's -
7
22 17
92
21 6
61. Triumphant, Denny's -
16 10
2
15 18
62. Trumpeter, Entwistle's
14 22
5
(8 6
63. Whipper-in, Bratherton's
13 17(
—
GOOSEBERRIES.
117
REDS — continued.
1828.
1829.
64. Yaxley Hero, Speechley's
3
18 10
3
65. Yorkshire Lad - - -
3
18 1
7
18 16
66. Young Sampson -
YELLOWS.
67. Bonny Roger ...
14
17 5
20 10
68. Bottom Sawyer, Capper's
2
17 19
—
69. Britannia ...
19
18-22
10
16 13
70. Bunker's Hill, Capper's
76
20 2
134
17 20
71. Chain, Forbes's
11
14 18
8
16 14
72. Cheshire Cheese, Hopley's
3
15 22
1
13 9
73. Conquering Hero
29
16 17
17
17 6
74. Cottage Girl, Heaps's
72
19 14
61
17 21
75. Delight, Needham's
19
19 20
17
19 9
76. Duckwing ...
51
19 20
78
19 7
77. Fleece
2
14 6
_____
78. Gipsey Girl, Manning's
1
14 2
79. Globe, Hopley's
57
21 0
93
20 0
80. Gold Wedge
—
2
14 14
81. Gunner, Hardcastle's
192
24 5
181
20 19
82. Hawk ...
f-
21 8
83. Invincible, Hay wood's
12
18 17
6
16 14
84. Leader, Piggott's
15
19 6
67
22 17
85. Lord Combermere
3
15 0
__
,
86. Lord'Suffield
5
17 10
87. Medal
1
15 12
__
_____
88. Miss Meagor ...
1
12 9
89. Nelson's Waves, Andre ws's -
72
22 8
47
17 2
90. Old Gold, Astley's
1.
15 18
1
13 14
91. Queen, Kay's - |g£-'j -
14
17 18
7
15 11
92. Radical, Smith's - /- J .
1
15 11
5
18 15
93. Ranger -
1
14 3
__
94. Regulator, Prophet's
27
18 1
9
16 14
95. Reveller -
21
18 6
5
16 5
96. Rockwood, Prophet's -
147
21 3
156
19 8
97. Rule-all -
98. Scorpion - .
2
14 ill —
HH
99. Shuttle, Dudson's
-
8
16 6
100. Smuggler, Beards well's
9
16 14
2
16 9
101, Sovereign, Bratherton's
112
22 17|| 90
19 20
118
GOOSEBERRIES,
YELLOWS — continued.
1828.
1829.
102. Swing-em, Blakeley's
|
J 14 20
z
t 15 19
103. Teazer, Prophet's
(
5 16 20
3;
I 19 20
104. Tim Bobbin, Clegg's
]
13 9
105. Trafalgar, Hallow's -
1
J 18 23
{
\ 15 17
106. Ville de Paris, Gradwell's -
£
1 15 12
]
12 17
107. Viper, Gordon's
w
' 18 5
3(
) 16 8
108. Willow, Bratherton's
2
16 1
£
. 16 5
GREENS.
109. Aaron, Lovart's
12
17 6
16
17 7
110. Anchor, Betts's -
3
18 1
—
-
111. Angler, Collier's
185
20 1
180
17 12
112. Bang-down, Billington's
1
15 10
19
16 11
113. Bang-Europe, Leicester's
13
18 12
63
16 9
114. Bellingham -
115. Bapt. Greenall -
2
12 6
1
13 12
116. Chisel, Blakeley's
117. Conquering Hero
7
15 18
4
15 1
118. Derby Ram
J
13 23
1
13 1
119. Dragon - ...
1
15 8
.
12 5
120. Elijah, Lovart's
74
18 21
28
17 3
121. Farmer, Chapman's -
3
15 20
6
14 20
122. Favourite, Bates's
32
18 20
103
16 20
123. Forester, Sharp's
1
13 5|
124. Gleaner, Billington's -
1
17 23|
10
17 3
125. Glory of Ratcliffe, Allan's -
126. Green Rover . -
2
15 19
_
127. Greenwood, Berry's
20
17 4
84
15 21
128., Heart of Oak, Massey's
2
13 1
129. Independent, Biggs's
85
16 4
36
14 22
130. Joke
1918 5
37
15 12
131. Jolly Tar, Edwards's
9
15 18i
4
13 0
132. Laurel, Parkinson's
18
16 13
10
14 4
133. Lively Green, Bardman's
19
15 22
16
14 2
134. Lord Byron
7
17 6
9
16 8
135. Lord Crewe, Clutton's
33;
23 0
63
16 5
136. Lord Nelson
1
15 10
137. Merryman, Neets's
1 ]
14 12
1 38. Mountain, Sandiford's
42 ]
9 19
22
16 11
GOOSEBERRIES.
119
GREENS — continued.
1828.
1829.
1 39. Moses, Lovart's
5
16 11
7
15 8
140. Navarino, Ward's
*
14 15
2
14 6
141. No Bribery, Taylor's -
17
17 0
24
17 6
142. Ocean, Wainman's
147
18 8
131
17 15
143. Fewer Picker, Bell's -
50
19 10
9
13 20
144. Profit, Prophet's
4
16 6
4
15 6
145. Providence, Hassall's -
4
20 7
11
18 4
146. Rover, Manning's
2
15 19
2
15 4
1 47. Southwell Hero
2|16 2
—
148. Speedwell, Taylor's -
3
19 6
2
14 12
149. Tantararara, Thompson's
24
20 10
—
150. Trump
9
17 15
23
18 13
151. Troubler, Moore's
64
17 12
96
17 13
152. Willow, Johnson's
17
19-20
5
15 0
153. Wistaston Hero, Bratherton's
6
17 2
8
15 4
WHITES.
154. Ambush
7
15 3
3
14 23
155. Bonny Lass, Capper's
95
21 ]0'
82
16 5
156. Cheshire Lass, Saunders's -
14
20 0
2
15 6
157. Counsellor Brougham -
2
15 0
2
13 14
158. Dusty Miller, Stringer's
3
15 0
1
11 21
159. Elizabeth, Eggleton's * -
1
12 12
1
15 5
160. Empress -
2
15 16
3
14 23
161. England's Glory, Hassall's -
1
15 12
7
16 13
162. First Rate, Parkinson's
30
17 12
50
21 0
163- Governess, Bratherton's
47
24 0
77
19 20
164. Great Britain
—
165. Huntingdon Lass
1
12 0
—
166. Julia, Johnson's
1
15 11
2
11 14
167. LadyDelamere, Wyld's
123
22 6
130
18 8
168. Lady Lilford
5
15 18
1
13 16
169. Lady of the Manor
33
20 9
65
17 19
170. Lancashire Lass, Wood's -
1
16 1
2
13 22
171. Lily of the Valley, Taylor's
3
16 6
13
17 15
172. Lioness - -
17
18 17
17
17 3
173. Lord Valentia -
2
18 3
4
18 5
174. Lovely Lass
—
T
-
.
175. Maid of the Mill, Stringer's
1
17 2
1
14 12
176. Marchioness of Downshire
2
14 9
—
120
GOOSEBERRIES.
WHITES — continued.
1828.
1829.
177. Merry Lass
1
11 1
1
10 1
178. Nailer, Blomiley's
75
18 12
59
17 3
179. Nonpareil
17
18 6
60
18 11
180. Ostrich, Billington's -
—
20
21 11
181. Platina, Lovart's
17
18 11
14
15 13
182. Princess Royal -
1
14 6
8
13 9
183. Queen Anne, Simpson's
26
18 20
13
16 6
184. Queen Caroline -
76
18 1
66
16 15
185. Queen Charlotte, Peers's
1
11 8
186. Queen Mary, Morris's
2
15 11
1
13 15
187. Reformer
7
16 3
4
14 16
188. Sheba Queen, Crompton's -
1
15 18
—
189. Smiling Beauty, Beaumont's
32
18 6
16
14 17
190. Smiling Girl
2
15 15
3
14 1
19 L Thrasher, Yates's
46
20 12
37
16 16
192. Toper, Leigh's -
14
15 16
9
15 10
193. Waiting Maid -
1
14 22
1
13 14
194. Wanton -
1
14 10
6
14 22
195. Wellington's Glory
102
20 . 4
71
16 8
196. White Eagle
236
23 12
240
20 0
197. White Lyon, Chelworth's
62
18 22
40
17 2
198. White Rock, Brundrit's
199. Whitesmith, Woodward's -
16
14 21
1
11 4
200. Wistaston Lass, Bratherton's
—
—
GOOSEBERRIES.
121
Additional Gooseberries cultivated in England.
An asterisk * denotes the new ones, with the years in which they
were first brought out and exhibited at the above meetings for
prizes.
A dagger t denotes those which were exhibited also, of more or less
merit.
REDS.
201. Abraham Newland, Jack-
son's.
202. Achilles, Gerrard's,
203. Ackei ley's Seedling.
204. Admiral, Mather's.
205. 'Admiral, Glazebrook's,
1827.
206. Admiral Keppel, Jared's.
207. 'Alliion, Bootes's, 1828.
208. Alexander, Mather's.
209. Alexander the Great.
210. 'Alfred, Stringer's, 1825.
211. Asion's Red.
212. Atlas, Brundrit's.
213. Attractor, Hippard's.
214. Bank of England, Walker's.
215. Beaulremont.
216. Beauty, Haffald's.
217 Beggar Lad.
218. fBellerophon, Colcough's.
219. tBelper Hero.
220. Billy Dean, Shaw's.
221 Black Bull.
222. Black Damson.
223. Black Dragon.
224. Black Eagle.
225. Black King-.
226. Black Lady, Mather's.
227. Black Prince, Shipley's.
228. Black Prince, Stapleton's.
229. Black Prince, Thorpe's.
230. Black Ram.
231. Black Virgin.
232. Black Walnut.
233. 'Bloodhound, 1825.
234. Bright Venus, Cheetham's.
235. British Prince, Boardman's.
236. Bullock's Heart, Pendle-
lon's.
237. 'Bury Muff, Haslam's, 1827.
238. 'Busy-body, Holme's, 1826.
239. Caldei bank's Red.
240. Carpenter.
241. Champagne.
242. {Champion of Liberty.
243. Charles Fox, Monk's.
244 Cheshire Sheriff, Adams's.
245. Cheshire Stag, Shelmar-
dine's.
246. tCoachman.
247. Cockspur.
248 Colonel Tarlton, Knight's.
249. Conqueror, Andrew's.
250. Conqueror Fisher's.
251. Conqueror, Gregory's.
252. Conqueior, Woi ihington's.
253. Cornwallis, Woi thington's.
254. 'Cottage Hero,V\hitmore's,
1827.
255. Crimson Walnut.
256. *Crown Prince, Cart-
wright's, 1825.
257. Defiance, Cooke's.
258. Double-bearing, Ackerley's.
259. Dudley and Ward.
260. Duke of York, Alcock's.
261. fDukeof York, Read's.
262 D..ke William, Livesey's.
263. Duke William, Savage's.
264. Dumpling, Halmon's.
265. Earl of Derby, Stanley's.
266. Early Red.
267. 'Eclipse, Johnson's, 1828.
268. t Economist, Wood's.
269. Emperor, Broad's.
270. Emperor, Gordon's.
271. Emperor, Wood's.
272. Emperor of Morocco.
273. Favourite, Hawlinson's.
274. f Forester.
275. Fiee-bearer, Rider's.
276. Freemason's Glory.
11
• £"•<
122
GOOSEBERRIES.
277. tFriend Ned.
278. fGalloper, Banks's.
279. "Gamester, Johnson's, 1827.
280. Globe, Ashton's.
281. Glory of Eecles, Worthing-
ton's.
282. Glory of England, Diens'g.
283. Glory of Scarsdale, Wal-
ler's.
284. Governor Penn, Rider's.
285. fGrand Tuik.
286. Great Britain, Gregory's.
287. Great Captain, Hope's.
Great Chance, Bell's, same
as No. 48.
288. *Gui<lo, Bothwell's, 1829.
289. "Hairy Bush, Banks's, 1827.
290. fHatherton Red.
291. Heart of Oak.
292. Hector.
293. Hercules, Mason's.
294. Hero, Jackson's.
295. Hero, Worthington's.
296. tHeroof Hull.
297 High Sheriff, Grundy's.
298. jllobby Horse.
299. "Hopeful, Telford's, 1825.
300. "Industry, Saxton's, 1827.
301. Ironmonger.
302. Johnny Lad.
303. Jolly Painter, Eckersley's.
304. Jolly Red Nose, Read's.
305. fJolly Shaver.
306. Jolly Smoker.
307. "Jupiter, Buersill's, 1829.
308. Keen's Seedling.
309. "Keeper, Cooke's, 1828.
310. King, Alcock's.
311. King, Hogbean's.
312. King, Odger's.
313. King, Rawson's.
314. Kintr Sheriff.
315. Lancashire Farmer.
316. f Lancashire Hero.
317. Late Damson.
318. Lay fort h's Seedling.
319. Lit'tleJohn.
320. *Liule John, Bell's, 1825.
321. "Lord Delamere, Sanders's,
1625.
322. Lord Hood, Fairlow's.
323. "Lord Lasce'les, Hains-
worth's, 1826.
324. | Lord Milton.
325. Lord Moira.
326. jLonl Wellington,
327 Malkin Wood.
328. Marquis of Stafford,
Knight's.
329. Master Tup, Thorpe's,
330. Matchless, Pendleion's,
331. fMayor of Over.
332. JMexbro Hero.
333. Mogul, Pendleton's.
334. Mogul, Singleton's.
335. Mongrel.
336. Morello
337 Moss Wether.
338. Mount Etna, Newton V
339. tMulaneer.
340. Murray.
341. Nero.
342. "New Church, Lovart's,,
1828.
343. tNonsuch.
344. Old England, Rider's.
345. Old Rough Red.
346. tOmbersley Hero.
347. Uronoko, Stanley's,
3-18. Ostrich's Egg.
349. tPamarch.
350. Peerless, Chapman's.
351 Perfection, Gregory's.
352. Pineapple.
353. Porcupine, Hall's.
354. Princess Royal, Withing-
ton's.
355. "Pryse Pryse, Biles's, 1827.
356. Ras'pberry.
357. Red, Raymond's.
358. Red, Siukeley's.
359. jRcd Lead.
360. Red Lion, Lee's.
361. Ked Lion, Ratcliffe's.
362. Red Mogul.
363. fRed Ocean.
364. Red Orleans.
365. Red Rose, Shelmardine's.
366. Red Top, Bradshaw's.
367. Red Walnut, Wild's.
368. Red Wolf.
369. R.-gulator, Holt's.
37O Rodney, Ackersley's.
371. Royal, Fox's.
372. Roval Anne, Yates's.
373. tRoval Forester, Hains
worth's.
374 Royal Uak. Boardman'a.
375. Saint John, Tillotson's.
376. Sampson, Kenyon's.
GOOSEBERRIES.
377. "Sandback, Hagues's, 1829.
423. *C
378. *Scarlet, Stock's, 1828.
379. Scarlet Seedling, Jackson's.
424. tC
380. fShaver.
425 K
381. Sir Francis Burdett, Mel-
4-26. C
lor's.
427. *C
382. fSir Robert Wilson.
428. K
383. fSir Watkin, Leicester's.
429. C
384. Slim, Jackson's.
385. f Smuggler.
430, *C
386. fSquire VVhittingham,
431. D
Cooke's.
432. tL
387. fScaffordshire Lad.
433. fD
388. Supreme, Gregory's.
434. fL
389. Surprise, Cheadle's.
435 D
390. Swing-em, Blakelev's.
436. ft
391. "Tarragon, Bell's, 1825.
437. D
392. Tillotson's Seedling.
438. E
393. Tom of Lincoln.
439. tf
394. *Top Marker, Saxton's,
440. *C
1828.
l
395. Tup, Siddal's.
441. G
396. Twarnblow's Seedling.
442. G<
397. Twig-em, Johnson's.
443. G
398. Victory, Lomax's.
444. tG
399. Volunteer, Taylor's.
445. G«
400. Wareham Russet.
I
401. Warrington Red.
446. G<
402. Warwickshire Conqueror.
403. fWanvickshire Lad,
447. G<
448 G(
Brookes's.
449. Gc
404. Watkin, Monk's.
450. Gc
405. fWelshinan.
451. G<
406. fWhittlesey Hero.
452. G.
407. Wonderful, Saunders's.
453. G<
408. Woodberv.
454. G<
409. {Woodman
455. *C
410. Worthington's Seedling.
456. G.
411. fYankey
457. G<
412. fYoung Wonderful, Saun-
l
ders's.
458. G«
459. G(
YELLOWS.
4<K» G
461 Gc
413. Adern's Seedling.
462 trJ
414. Amber.
463 H
415. Amber, Hunt's Early.
464 H
416. Bangor.
465. *t
417. Beauty of Eccles.
1
418. Bellemont.
466. H
419. *Belt, Read's, 1826.
467. th
420. Brandv Yellow Cheetham's.
468 In
421. Bright' Venus, Taylor's.
469. tJ
422. Canary, Caton's.
470. Jo
123
^Chairman, Houghton's,
1826.
tColonel Holden.
fCompanion.
Conqueror.
"Crafty, Taylor's, 1828.
tCredus, Robinson's.
Creeping Cereus, Daven-
port's.
Crispiana, Bootes's, 1827.
Defender, Davenport's.
t Delight, Lamb's.
tDelight, vvadham's.
f Diamond.
Diogenes, Coe's.
•fDon Cossack.
Drop of Gold, Maddox'i.
Eclipse, Blakeley's.
tFine Robin.
Gardener's Glory, Parkin-
son's, 1828.
Gibraltar.
Golden Ball, Stanley's.
Golden Champion.
tGolden Chili.
Golden Conqueror, Ma-
son's.
Golden Dolphin, Stanley's.
Golden Di op. Jackson's.
Golden Drop, Reynolds'*.
Golden Eagle, Nixon's.
Golden Gourd, Hill's.
Golden Griffin, Stanley's.
Golden Linnet.
Golden Lion, Cheadle's.
Golden Orange, Jackson's.
lden Pheasant, Talbot's,
Golden Prince. [1829.
Golden Sceptre, Withing-
lon's
Golden Tag.
Gold.-n Yellow, Dixon's.
Gold-find, r. Paikinson's.
Goliath, Rider's.
tHe-Goat, Parry's.
Hero, Kilton's.
Highlander, Horsficld's.
1 Ion. G. Lamb, Kemsley's,
466. Hornet, Williamson's.
tHtitfbandman.
Independent, Stanley's.
B.ill.
124
GOOSEBERRIES.
Jolly Gunner, same, as No.
81.
471. tJ..llv Patter.
472. Kilio'ii, Hamlet's.
Kilton Htro, same as No.
472.
473. Lemon, Rider's.
474. *Linton Beauty, Lee's,
1827.
475. tLord Rancliffe.
476. Melon, Stanley's.
477. Melon, \V.ig lev's.
478. *Moonshine, Davies's, 1829.
479. Nonsuch, Pindleton's.
480. tPolamlcr.
481. tPreacher, Penman's.
482. Primrose, Unsworth's.
483. *Prrnce of Orange, Bell's,
1825
484. Prince of Orange, Leigh's.
485. tPearse, Barnfort's.
486. fRanting Widow.
487. tRattle Snake.
488. *Rector, Worthington's,
1829.
489. *Ringwood, Ball's, 1825.
490. Robit> Hood.
491. tRough Robert.
Royal Gunner , same a* No
142
492. Royal Sovereign.
493. Rumbullion.
494. Saffron.
495. Sceptre, Withington'sv
496. tShepherd.
497. tSidesman, Read's.
498. tSrr Charles Wolseley.
499. Sir Sidney, Brtmdrit's.
500. Sparkier/Smith's.
501. "Superintendent, Billing-
ton's, 18-28
502. *'J>nor Belr, Bt.lmer's. 1829.
503. "Terror, Johnson's, 1829.
504. Tiger, Smith's, 1828.
505. tTrmmphant.
506. Twister, Williamson's,
1828.
507. *Two to One, Whtttaker's,
1828.
508. tVenerable.
509. Washington, Coe's.
510. Waterloo, Sydney's.
611. * Yellow Eagle, Ward's.
512. *Yellow Lion. 1825.
513. Yellow Top, Bradshaw's.
GREEKS.
514. *Ajax, Tanner's, 1S2&
515. tAudley Lass.
516. Blakeley Lron, Yearsley'*.
517. *Bold, Fenton's, 1828.
518. Bultock, Smithey, Fidl«rr».
519. Caesar, Harrison's.
520. Caesar, Holfon's.
521. tCbeshireHero.
522. {Crispin.
523 tDeceivers, Green.
524. tDiamend.
525. t Doctor Syntax, Hootonrs,
526. tDrdieof Ashton.
527. Duke of Bedford, Yates's.
528. *Earl of Chester, 1825.
529. Early Green, Hmry.
530. *Emerald, Leigh's, 1827.
531 *Enoch, Johnson's, 1827.
532. tEvergreen, Per ring's.
533. tFairplay, Halt's.
534. *-Faithfttl, Baker's, 1828.
535 Favourite, Harrison's.
536. Favourite, Wrig'ey's.
537. *Free Cost, Sexton's, 1827.
538. Gage, fields.
539. *Gmme Bag, Grtindy's, 1827.
540. General Carhop.
541. Goliath Champion, Coster-
den's.
542. Goose, Fox's.
543. Green, Belmont's.
544. fGreen Bag.
546. Green Balsam.
546. Green Chancellor.
547. tGreen Dragon.
548. Green Fig.
549. Green Gage, Horsfield's.
550. Green Gage., rHtmaston.
551. Green Gage, Sharret's.
Green Gascoigne, same fl*
No. 529.
5.52. Green Griffin.
553. tGreea Hero, Chadwick's.
5o4. Green John, Jackson's.
555. Green Joseph, Monk's.
556. Green Lizard, Jackson's.
557. *Green Mantle, Hogier's,
1829.
558. Green Margil, Stanley's.
559. tGreen Monkey. Banks's,
560. *Green Nettle, Fisher's,
1828.
561. Green Oak) BoaicUnau's.
GOOSEBERRIES.
125
Green Ocean, Ingham's,
same as No. 142.
562. *Gieen Prince, Summer's,
1829.
563. Green Prolific.
564. tGreen Rose.
565. tGrundv's Glory,,
566. Hercules.
567. *Invincible, Bratherton's,
1829.
568. Jay's Wing.
669. tJolly Crispin, Proudman's.
570. tLangley Green.
671. *Liitltt'(hnught-of, Moon's.
572. Livingsham, Blakeley's.
573. Lord Hood
574. tMask, Smith's.
575. tMuginau, Read's.
676. Myrtle, -Nixon's.
577. tNonmch.
578. Old Ball.
679. *Oswestry Hero, Morgan's,
1828
580. Patrick, Worthington's.
681. *Peacock, Lovart's, 1827.
582. tPretor, Hulme's.
683. Prize, Gregory's.
684. Rainbow, Tayloi's.
585. Reine Claude, Stanley's.
586. tReuben.
687. *Rough and Ready, Parkin-
son's, 1828.
688. tRouph Kobin.
589. Royrtl George, Rollison's.
590. Saint David, Sproson's.
591. *Sampson, Crompton's,
1827.
592. Satisfaction, Read's.
593 tSelf-conceit, Hanghton's.
594. tShaiiuoii, Hopley's.
595. tStranger.
596. Stump, Robinson's.
597. *Surprise, Walton's, 1828.
698. Syringa, Stanley's.
699. tTasso.
600. tTickler.
601. Tickle Tony, Brundart's.
602. tTop Sawyer, Rigby's.
603. Trial.
604. Triumph, Rider's.
605. ti'rueman.
606. Vanguard, Worthing ton's.
607. Victory, Lee's.
608. tVVarsiull Hero.
609. tWaterloo.
610. 'Yorkshire Bite, Copley's,
1825.
WHITES.
611. 'Advance, Moore's, 1827.
612. Apollo, Gibson's.
613. Bear, Moore's.
614. Beauty, H.-lt's.
615. Beauty of England.
616. tBonny Landlady.
617. tBiight Venus.
618. 'Butcher's Fancy, Pig-
gott's, 1828.
619. Caldei bank's White.
620. tChadwick.
621. Champion, Mills's.
6J2. Cheshire White Walnut.
623. tCock Robin.
624. 'Competition, Pugh's, 1827.
625. Competitor, Pugh's, 1828.
6-26. tCountry Farmer.
627. tCrab.
628. Crawford's Seedling.
629. 'Crick Cliff, Spencer's.
630. tCutler's Glory.
631. t Devil.
632 *Diana, Bratherton's, 1825.
633. Drop, Smith's.
634. tD.ike William.
635. t Duster.
636. * Elephant, Blomiley's, 1828.
637. tFair Lady.
638. tFaithful.
639. Fiddler, Lee's.
640 tFleur-de-hs, Copley'i.
641. t Fowler, Grundy's.
642. tFuddler, Lci^h'c.
643. tGabbler. Banks's.
644. tHarford Cottage.
645. Hart, iNixon's.
646. tHeart ufOak.
647. HijThland King, Gregory's.
648. Highland Queen, Board-
man's.
649. HighUnd White, Chap*
man's.
650. tHonesty.
651. Imperial, White's.
652. t locum para hie.
653. Jolly Carter, Cooke's.
654. Jolly Crofter, Bradshaw'i.
655. Jolly Cutler, Cooke's.
11*
126
GOOSEBERRIES.
656. Lady, Davenport's.
689.
657. *Lady Hoghton, Fish's,
690.
1829.
691.
658. tLady Manvers.
692
659. Lily, Bedford's.
693.
660. tMadame Riego.
694.
661. *Marv Anne, Eggleton's,
1825.
695.
662. fMermaid.
696.
663. Milkmaid.
697.
664. Miss Bold.
698.
665. *Miss Tollett, Williams's,
699.
1825.
700.
666. *Monton Lass, Piggott's,
701.
1827.
702.
667. tMoorpoot.
668. Mount Pleasant, Gregory's.
703
669. tMouiit Pleasant, White-
704.
head's
705.
670. tMountaiu of Snow.
706.
671. Mrs. Denman, Page's, 1825.
707.
672. tMrs. Lamb.
708.
673. tNoble Landlady.
709.
674. tNorthern Hero.
710.
675. Olive, While's.
711.
676. Pigeon's Egg.
712.
677. tPillar of Beauty.
713.
678. tPilot.
714.
679. tPiime Minister, Whitta-
715.
ker's.
716.
680. tRatiler, Hulme's.
717.
681. t Redress
718.
682. fid-publican.
683. fRinglet, Hague's.
719.
684. Ringley Ranter.
7-20.
685. tHnckgeiter. Andrews's.
721.
686. Hose, field's.
722.
687. Rose, Withington's.
688. tsampson.
tSelfishness, Read'*.
Silver-heels, Button's,
fSnowball, Adams's.
Snowdrop, Wood's.
tSounlon Lass.
Squire Houghton's Baren-
doe.
Sugar Loaf,
Swan's Egg.
{Taffy, Parry's.
tTurpin, Houghton's.
"Union, Wild's, 1828.
fVenture.
Victory, Green's.
*Village Maid, Bratherton's,
1825.
fViltoria.
fWaterloo.
f White Bear, Moore's.
White Belmount.
White Crystal.
White Hall, Atkinson's.
White Heart, iVixon's.
tWhite Lily, Worthington's.
White Lion, Harrison's.
White Lion, Kenyon's.
White Mogul. Mather's.
White Muslin, Holding's.
White Nobh', Kenyon's.
White Orleans.
White Bengal
*White Veal, Beckwith's,
1828.
White Walnut.
White's Imperial.
tWilton Lass.
* Woodstock Superb, Biles's,
1825.
A SELECTION OF GOOSEBERRIES FOR A SMALL GARDEN.
Reds.
1. CAPPER'S TOP SAWYER. No. 60. in the list.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit late, very large,
oblong, pale red, hairy near the base ; very excellent.
2. CHAMPAGNE. No. 241.
Branches erect. Fruit late, middle-sized, somewhat ob-
long, dark red, hairy ; most excellent.
3. FARMER'S ROARING LION. No. 48.
GOOSEBERRIES. 127
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit late, very large,
oblong, dull red, smooth : the largest of all the gooseber-
ries.
4. KNIGHT'S MARQUIS OF STAFFORD. No. 328.
Branches somewhat erect. Fruit late, large, roundish-
oblong, bright red, hairy : excellent.
5. MELLING'S CROWN BOB. No. 7.
Branches drooping. Fruit rather late, large, oblong,
bright red, hairy : very good.
6. OLD ROUGH RED. No. 345.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit small, round, dark
red, very hairy : most excellent for preserving as gooseberry
jam, and the best for bottling when green.
Yellows.
7. DIXON'S GOLDEN YELLOW. No. 459.
Branches drooping. Fruit early, pretty large, roundish-
oblong, greenish yellow, smooth.
8. GORDON'S VIPER. No. 107.
Branches drooping. Fruit early, large, somewhat turbi-
nate, greenish yellow, smooth.
9. HAMLET'S KILTON. No. 472.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit early, large, round-
ish-oblong, bright greenish yellow, slightly hairy.
10. HARDCASTLE'S GUNNER. No. 81.
Branches somewhat erect. Fruit rather late, large, obo-
vate, with large veins, hairy or bristly.
11. HILL'S GOLDEN GOURD. 450.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit very early, large,
oblong, greenish yellow, slightly hairy : very excellent.
12. PROPHET'S ROCKWOOD. No. 96.
Branches erect. Fruit very early, large, roundish-ob-
long, dark yellow, slightly hairy.
Greens.
13. EARLY GREEN HAIRY. No. 529. Pom. Mag.
t. 22.
Branches erect. Fruit early, small, round, deep green,
hairy : early and excellent.
14. EDWARD'S JOLLY TAR. No. 131.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit early, of a mid-
12S GOOSEBERRIES.
dling size, large, roundish-oblong, with yellowish veins,
smooth.
15. MASSEY'S HEART OF OAK. No. 128.
Branches drooping. Fruit rather early, large, oblong,
with pale yellow veins, smooth : excellent.
16. NIXON'S GREEN MYHTLE. No. 576.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit late, large, oblong,
tapering to the base, pale green, smooth.
17. PARKINSON'S LAUREL. No. 132.
Branches erect. Fruit rather late, large, roundish-ob-
long, pale green, very downy.
18. WAINMAN'S OCEAN. No. 142.
Branches drooping. Fruit pretty early, large, oblong or
ovate, smooth : the largest of this colour.
Whites.
19. CHELWORTH'S WHITE LION. No. 197.
Branches somewhat drooping. Fruit late, roundish-ob-
long, slightly hairy, sometimes nearly smooth.
20. CROMPTON'S SHEBA QUEEN. No. 188. Pom.
Mag. t. 12.
Branches somewhat erect. Fruit early, pretty large,
roundish-oblong, downy : excellent.
21. MOORE'S WHITE BEAR. No. 705.
Branches somewhat erect. Fruit early, large, roundish-
oblong, hairy, or somewhat bristly.
22. SAUNDERS'S CHESHIRE LASS. No. 156.
Branches erect. Fruit very early, large, oblong, downy :
excellent for tarts early in the spring, when few are ready
for that purpose.
23. WELLINGTON'S GLORY. No. 195.
Branches erect. Fruit pretty early, large, somewhat
ovate, very downy : excellent.
24. WOODWARD'S WHITESMITH. No. 199.
Branches erect. Fruit pretty early, large, roundish-ob-
long, or somewhat ovate ; when highly ripened and exposed
to the sun the skin becomes brownish, very downy : very
excellent, and more in esteem than any other gooseberry of
this colour.
This list is by far the most ample of any that has yet ap-
peared, will enable the grower to form a just estimate
of the comparative merit of the principal part of those
gooseberries which have been exhibited for prizes from
GRAPES. 129
1825 to 1829 inclusive; a period, probably, when hor-
ticulture has been as extensively encouraged, and flourished
as much, as at any time of equal extent within our memory.
The flrst part will enable those who are desirous of exhibit-
ing the largest specimens in the dessert to choose the hea-
viest kinds of the different colours, let his selection be large
or small ; and, together, it will afford the nurseryman the
means of correcting his collection, if it should happen to be
wrong, and thus accomplish a two-fold purpose, which will
fully compensate for the space it takes up in the present
work.
NOTE BY THE EDITOR.
The list is by far too large for any useful purpose what-
ever, while the selection of only twenty-four sorts, is rather
too small, the amateur, in this instance, must be guided by
his own fancy in the selection. In the first list of 200 kinds,
ample data is afforded, by the number of prizes and weights
of the best berries, during two years in succession ; and
in the second list of 522 sorts, those marked * and "j", will
enable him, in a great measure, to form an opinion in
order to excel in the production of this fruit of fancy and
prize competition. It is, however, to be regretted that so
many names appear in the collection. I should judge that
a good selection, containing 1 00 sorts of distinct charac-
ter, would be sufficient ; but it appears that the author
wished to gratify, to the full extent, those gentlemen of the
fancy, by inserting the whole Lancashire list without any
curtailment, in order to gratify them, as some might other-
wise think their favorite sorts had been neglected.
Am. Ed,
CHAPTER VIII.
GRAPES.
SECT. I. — Black or blue fruited.
1, ALICANT. Miller, No. 31.
Black Portugal. Hort. Soc Cat. No. 120,
Black Spanish. Speedily, No. 2Q.
130 GRAP1S.
Gros noir d'Espagne. Bradley, No. 37.
Teinturier. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 4.
Bunches very long without shoulders. Berries of a mo-
derate size, somewhat oval. Skin thick, of a black colour.
Flesh soft, juicy, of an agreeable flavour. Seeds uncom-
monly large.
Requires a vinery.
The leaves in the autumn are beautifully variegated with
red, green, and yellow.
2. BLACK CORINTH. Langley, p. 114. t. 46. Jig. 1.
Miller, No. 3.
Black Ascalon. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 49.
Currant. Miller, No. 3.
Raisin de Corinth. Bradley, No. 18.
Zante, or Zante Currant. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 49.
Bunches short and rather small. Berries small, roundish,
about the size of a pea, with a few larger ones intermixed,
generally without stones, and much clustered on the bunches.
Skin thin, of a deep black colour. Juice sugary, but with-
out perfume.
The fruit of this is brought to the extent of 6000 tons
annually from the Ionian Islands, and sold in the shops under
the name of Currants.
The Prince Cornato sent twenty plants of this grape from
Zante, in 1 8 1 7, to Sir Herbert Taylor, for the Queen ; it
had, however, been cultivated by Langley above a century
ago.
Requires a vinery or stove.
This grape ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a south-
east wall, August 24, O. S., or September 4, N. S.
3. BLACK DAMASCUS. Speechly, No. 2.
Worksop Manor Grape, oj some gardens.
Bunches middle sized. Berries large, globular. Skin
thin, of a fine black colour. Flesh delicate. Juice rich,
and of an exquisite flavour. The bunches generally consist
of berries of different sizes ; the small berries being without
stones, and the large ones with only one. As the berries do
not set closely on the bunches, if the small ones are properly
thinned out the large ones will acquire additional size and
flavour, and will thus be the finest and best black grape that
can be brought to table.
The blossoms of this should be fertilized with those of
some hardy kind, which has always the effect of improving
the bunches. Imported from Damascus by Edward, ninth
GRAPES. 131
duke of Norfolk, and cultivated at Welbeck, many years
prior to his decease in 1777.
Requires a hothouse, or pine stove.
4. BLACK FRONTIGNAN.*
Black Frontignac. Miller, No. 13.
Blue Frontignac. Speechly, No. 14.
Violet Frontignac. Ib.
Muscat noir. Duhamel, No. 9.
Bunches small and short. Berries small, round, and grow
close upon the bunches. Skin black, when fully exposed,
and covered with a blue or violet bloom. Flesh tender ;
the juice of a rich vinous musky flavour.
It ripens well generally, in a warm season, on a south
wall, upon a dry bottom, and under good management ; but
it is much better to plant it in the vinery.
This is the true Black Frontignan grape, and has been
known to every practical gardener in England since the time
of Miller. It was introduced into this country by Sir Wil-
liam Temple, before 1654.
5. BLACK GRAPE FROM TRIPOLI. Speechly, No. .3.
Bunches middle sized, and well shouldered, with long
slender foot-stalks. Berries large, globular, very equal in
size, slightly compressed : some are without stones, and
others have two or three in each ; but they are very small in
comparison with those of any other kind. Skin thin, of a
deep purple colour, apparently black, covered with a thin
blue bloom. Flesh delicate and tender, with a very rich,
highly-flavoured juice.
Requires a hot house or pine stove.
This is a very excellent grape, and has a good deal the
appearance of the Black Damascus ; but its bunches are
always composed of equal sized berries : they are not so
deep coloured, and it ripens nearly a month sooner in the
same temperature. The leaves of both are very beautifully
variegated in the autumn.
6. BLACK HAMBURGH. SpeecMy, No. 18.
Warner's Black Hamburgh, of some gardens.
Potier bleu. Knoop. Fruct. p. 145.
Bunches tolerably large, with two short compact shoul-
ders, nearly as broad across as the bunch is deep. Berries
* It derives its name from Frontignan, a town of France, in the department of
the Herault, celebrated for its excellent Muscadine wine, generally called Frontig-
nac. It is situated on the lake Meguleone, four le«gues S. S. W. of Montpellier.
John Rea, in 1702, mentions the Muscat of Frontignan.
132 GRAPES.
pretty large, of an oval figure, but when grown to an extra-
ordinary size, they are much enlarged at the head. Skin
rather thick, of a deep purple colour, nearly black, and
covered with a blue bloom. Flesh tender. Juice sugary,
and well flavoured.
Requires a vinery.
This very valuable grape was brought into England by
Mr. Warner, who had his garden at Rotherhithe in 1724.
Hence jjt is sometimes called the Warner Grape. It is a
great bearer, and its bunches, although not large, are always
perfect, and regularly formed. In the autumn the leaves
are mottled with green and yellow.
7. BLACK LISBON. Speechly, No. 46.
Bunches large and well shouldered. Berries large, glo-
bular. Skin thin, of a black colour. Juice plentiful, of a
pretty good flavour.
Requires a vinery or hothouse.
Mr. Speechly is the only authority we have for this grape ;
he says the bunches are shouldered not unlike the Black
Hamburgh, that it is a pretty good fruit, and (1790) but lit-
tle known in this country.
It has been said by some to be the same as the Black
Spanish, or Alicant. Its regularly shouldered bunches, and
its globular berries with thin skins, determine it at once to
be a wholly different sort.
8. BLACK LOMBARDY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 82.
West's St. Peter's. Ib.
West's Black St. Peter's, of some Collections. ,
Bunches long, with large shoulders. Berries large, round,
and of an even size. Skin thin, of a very black colour
when fully ripe. Juice plentiful, of a very high flavour.
Seeds very small. Wood short jointed. Eyes prominent.
Leaves rather small, smooth, shining underneath, and deeply
serrated ; they turn to a purple colour as the fruit becomes
ripe.
Requires a hothouse.
Mr. Oldacre has given a very good account of this grape,
which he thinks is but little known. He always begins to
force it in the middle of April ; it becomes ripe in Novem-
ber ; and he sometimes keeps it on his vines till the end of
March Gard. Mag. Vol. i. p. 36.
9. BLACK MORILLON. Miller, No. 6.
Auvergne. JVLartyn's Miller, No. 7.
GRAPES.
133
Auverna. Miller, No. 6.
Pineau. /&.
Le Bourguignon. Bradley, No. 24.
Small Black Cluster. Speechly, No. 34.
True Burgundy. Martyn's Milter, No. 7.
Bunches small, but rather larger than those of the Millers
Burgundy. Berries middle-sized, somewhat oval. Skin
of a very black colour. Juice very sweet.
It is hardy, and ripens well on a south wall.
This is the true Burgundy Grape, and is readily distin-
guished from the other, in not having its downy appearance;
it has also larger berries, and they are not so closely set
upon the bunches. It might be successfully cultivated in
this country for wine. In Burgundy it is highly esteemed
for this purpose.
10. BLACK MUSCADEL. Speechly, No. 8.
Mogul, of some Collections.
The Bunches of this grape contain Berries of different
shapes and sizes; generally they are large and oval; but
some of them are very large and long, somewhat compressed,
and flat at the ends. Skin thin, of a black colour, with de-
licate juicy Flesh. The leaves change in autumn to a bright
scarlet.
Requires a hothouse.
11. BLACK MUSCADINE. Langley, t. 36.
Black Ohasselas. Miller, No. 8.
Chasselas Noir. Ib.
Bunches about the size of those of the White Muscadine.
Berries globular. Skin of a black colour, covered with a
bluish bloom. Juice rich, if well ripened, and of a very
good flavour.
Requires a vinery.
12. BLACK PRINCE. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 45.
Bunches rather long, and generally unshouldered ; they
are, however, occasionally well shouldered. Berries oval,
and, when well thinned out, of a very good size. Skin dark
blackish purple, covered with a thick blue bloom. Flesh
white, abounding with sweet well flavoured Juice. In pull-
ing the berry from the stalk, a long receptacle is left, which
is red, and covered with the white flesh. Seeds large, gene-
rally four, and sometimes five, in each berry. Leaves rather
fleshy, broad in proportion to their length, with long foot-
stalks, tinged with red : the principal lobes not deeply di-
12
134 GRIPES.
vided, broadly serrated, becoming variegated in the autumn
with pale red and dark purple.
The Black Prince is of easy culture, requiring only the
protection of the greenhouse or common vinery ; and in fa-
vourable seasons it will, on a warm dry soil, ripen its fruit
on a south wall.
Mr. Hooker's drawing was made from a bunch produced
at Highgate in 1813.
13. BLACK RAISIN. Speechly, No. 39.
Raisin Grape. Miller, No. 18.
Bunches large and long; the largest have good-sized
shoulders. Berries large and oval. Skin thick, of a black
colour. Flesh hard and firm. Juice very high flavoured.
Wood long-jointed. Buds somewhat pointed. Leaves
large, very much serrated, with long red footstalks.
It is a tall grape, and requires a hothouse.
Mr. Oldacre, who has given a very good account of it in
the Gard. J\fag.9 says, if the bunches are cut in October
with long footstalks to them, and hung in the kitchen so as
not to touch each other, they will be so ripened by the
warmth of the room by Christmas as to eat extremely well.
14. BLACK SWEETWATER. Speedily, No. 17.
Bunches small, close, and short. Berries small, round.
Skin thin, of a black colour. Juice very sweet, with but
little perfume.
This ripens on a common wall, and is but seldom intro-
duced under glass.
15. CLARET GRAPE. Speechly, No. 31.
Blood Grape. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 43.
Bunches small. Berries very closely set, small, black,
of a somewhat oval figure. The Juice is of a blood red
colour, and of a harsh taste, unless the berries are highly
matured. The leaves change to a russet red early in the
summer, and die of a deep blood colour in the autumn.
It ripens pretty well on a south wall.
The branches of this, like those of the White Sweetwater,
are very short-jointed. It is very tender when in blossom :
on that account the bunches are seldom perfectly formed,
and always contain numerous small-sized berries among the
larger ones.
16. EARLY BLACK JULY. Langley, t. 47. f. 3. Hort.
Soc. Cat. No. 17.
Madeleine. Ib.
Madeleine noire. Ib.
Maurillon hatif. /6.
GRAPES.
135
Morillon hatif. Duhamel, No. 1.
Raisin prccoce. Ib.
Raisin de la Madeline. Ib.
Bunches small. Berries small, round, of a black colour,
and generally thin upon the bunches. Juice sweet, with
but little perfume.
It ripens early on a south wall ; but being tender when in
blossom, it seldom produces a fair crop.
17. ESPERIONE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 93. t. 2.
Hardy Blue Windsor. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57.
Turner's Black. Ib.
Bunches handsomely shouldered, and differing little in
size from the Black Hamburgh. Berries varying much in
form ; being sometimes round, frequently flat-rotund, and
indented on the head with the remains of the style. A
groove or channel is often observed on one side, or both,
decreasing from the head downwards. Skin of a deep pur-
ple colour, inclining to black, covered with a thick blue
bloom. The Flesh adheres to the skin, arid though neither
high flavoured nor melting, is pleasant. The leaves are va-
riously cut, and die upon the tree of an orange hue.
The Esperione Vine is prolific to an extraordinary de-
gree, very hardy, and of most luxuriant growth, perfecting its
fruit equally well and early with the Sweetwater and Mus-
cadine, and in unfavourable seasons has a decided advan-
tage over these and any other hardy grape in our possession.
18. FRANKENTHAL. Hort. Soc. Cat, No. 60.
Frankendale. Ib.
Frankenthal. Knoop. Fruct, p. 138.
Bunches tolerably large, with small handsome shoulders,
a little resembling the Black Hamburgh. Berries somewhat
oval, but flattened at the head, where it is much broader
than at the stalk ; and when fully ripe, they are indented on
the sides as if by pressure between the ringer and thumb.
Skin deep purple, approaching to black, covered with a thin
blue bloom. Flesh tender. Juice sweet arid rich, and of
excellent flavour.
It ripens well in the vinery, but is much higher flavoured
when grown in the hothouse, where it forces well, and will
bear a high degree of heat.
19. LARGE BLACK CLUSTER. Speechly, No. 35.
The Berries of this are larger and more oval than those
of either the old Black Cluster or the Burgundy : they are
black, and not so delicate, the Juice being of a harsh, rough
136 GRAPES.
taste : the leaves are of a beautiful bright scarlet in the au-
tumn, before they fall off.
Mr. Speechly says he had this sort sent him from Lisbon,
and was assured of its being the grape from which port wine
is made. It does not appear, from his account of it, that it
deserves to be cultivated in this country except as a wine
grape.
20. MALVOISIE. Speechly, No. 21.
Blue Tokay. Ib.
La Malvoise. Bradley, No. 41.
Malmsey Grape. Ib.
Bunches about the size of those of the Black Cluster.
Berries small, of a somewhat oval figure. Skin brown, co-
vered with a blue bloom ; it is thin, and the Flesh delicate.
Juice rich and vinous.
Requires a vinery.
Bradley says it bears well, and though the berry is small,
it is extremely rich and high-flavoured ; that it ripens early,
and is so full of juice that he esteems it the most melting of
all grapes.
21. SAINT PETER'S. Langley, p. 115. Speedily, No. 43.
Black Grape from Palestine. Ib. No. 44.
Saint Peter's Black. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 128
Bunches pretty large and long, very generally without
shoulders. Berries pretty large, almost globular. Skin
thin, of a black colour. Flesh delicate, with a very excel-
lent and well-flavoured Juice.
The berries, when subjected to a high temperature, are*
very apt to crack, on which account it is not advisable to
plant it in the forcing-house ; but for the vinery it is a most
excellent grape.
22. THK MILLRR'S BURGUNDY. Pom. Mag. t. 56.
Miller's Burgundy. Speechly, No. 23.
Miller Grape. Miller, No. 5.
Le Meunier. Chaplal, Tr. surle Vigne, Vol. i. p. 169.
Morillon Taconne. Bradley, No. 2. according to the
Pom. Mag.
Bunches short and thick. Berries small, roundish,, black,
even sized, and grow very close on the bunches. Skin not
thick, with a fine blue bloom Flesh tender, and filled with
clear, very sweet, and high-flavoured Juice. The Seeds are
two, and small.
The leaves distinguish this from almost every other sort ;
they are covered on both sides, especially in the spring,
GRAPES. 137
with a cottony wool, or hoary down, which in their young
state is almost white ; hence the name of the Miller's
Grape.
It ripens perfectly on a south wall.
The figure in the Pom. Mag. abave quoted, is a very
excellent representation.
The drawing was made from a bunch produced in the
Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, the plant of which had
been obtained from the remains of an ancient vineyard at
Tortsvorth in Gloucestershire, fifteen miles from Bristol, and
was undoubtedly one of the sorts cultivated formerly in that
ancient place.
SECT. II. — Red or Purple Fruited.
23. CAMBRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN GRAPE. Pom. Mag.
t. 21.
Bunches from nine to ten inches long, sometimes with a
rather narrow shoulder. Berries closely set, very even-
sized, of a rather oval figure, deep purple, inclining to brown.
Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, high-flavoured, and very pleasant.
Seeds two or three in each berry. The leaves become of a
bright crimson colour late in the autumn.
It ripens very well on a south wall, upon a dry bottom ;
but it deserves to be planted in the vinery, where the bunches
would be larger, and the berries of a higher flavour.
This grape, although standing in a public establishment
like that of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, does not ap-
pear to have attracted any particular notice until a few years
ago. It is planted against a south wall, in a department of
the garden allotted principally to compost soils and empty
pots ; a place wholly unfrequented by visiters.
I saw it for the first time in the beginning of July, 1815,
and my attention was directed to it in consequence of the
forward state of its berries, which were then as large as a
full-sized marrow pea. In the September following I re-
ceived a bunch of it from Mr. Biggs, the curator, which cor-
responded fully with the one figured in the Pom. Mag. I
believe it to be wholly distinct from any other grape in our
gardens. How it came into the garden there I could obtain
no information.
24. DAMSON GRAPE. Speechly, No. 41.
Black Damson, of some Collections.
Damask Grape. Miller, No. 14.
12*
138
GRAPES.
Bunches large, with short stiff shoulders. Berries very
large, oval, with short stiff footstalks, of a beautiful purple
colour, and grow very loose on the bunches. The Juice,
when fully ripened, has a sort of Damson or Medlar-like fla-
vour, which to some palates may be agreeable. The wood
is very strong, and the leaves thick and succulent, more so
than almost any other sort.
It ripens late, and requires a hothouse.
25. GREY AUVKRNAT. Miller, No. 33.
Berries middle-sized, somewhat oval, and placed thinner
on the bunches than those of the Black Auvernat ; they are
of a pale muddy colour, inclining to brown, and contain a
sweet Juice.
It ripens on the common wall, and is well adapted to the
purpose of making wine.
26. GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN.
Grizzly Frontignac. Speechly, No. 12.
Grizzly Frontinac. Langley,ip. 115.
Muscat Gris. /for/. Soc. Cat. No. 63.
Bunches middle-sized, with small narrow shoulders. Ber-
ries round, larger than those of the White Frontignan, and
growing closer upon the bunches : they are of a pale brown
colour, intermixed with red and yellow. The Juice is very
rich, and possesses a high musky flavour.
Requires a hothouse.
It was introduced by Sir William Temple previously to
1654.
26.* LANGFORD'S INCOMPARABLE.
Bunches rather large, about seven inches deep, with well-
formed shoulders of about the same extent. Berries of un-
equal sizes : the largest are oval, six eighths of an inch long,
and five eighths of an inch in diameter, but rather the widest
at the apex : the smaller ones are less oval, and the smallest
ones nearly globular ; these contain one small seed, and the
larger ones two large seeds, each. Skin brown, but of a
deep purple when fully ripe, and covered with a blue bloom.
Flesh tender, and full of Juice, which, if well ripened, is sac-
charine, but without any peculiar musky flavour, somewhat
resembling that of the Black Cluster. The berries set re-
markably thick upon the bunches, which, if net thinned out,
are apt to spoil each other.
*No. 26. is inserted twice, in consequence of Langford's Incomparable having
been sent me after the numerical arrangement had been completed.
GRAPES. 139
The original plant of this fine grape is now growing against
the house of Mr. William Langford, at Wilton, near Salis-
bury, where it appears to have been planted some years.
He says he has gathered two hundred weight and a quarter
of grapes from it at one time; and some of the bunches,
which he has sent to Mr. Beckford, have been pronounced
superior, as an out door grape, to any he has tasted out of
Italy. A basket, containing a few bunches, was sent by
Mr. Langford to Mrs. Mackie, of Norwich, on the 8th of
November, 1830, from which this description is taken, and
from whom plants may be obtained. This grape was ob-
served a few years ago by a friend of mine, in passing through
Wilton, in consequence of the crop, which was abundant,
being at that time nearly ripe, although other out-door grapes
had not begun to change their colour.
27. LE CGEUR. Speechly, No. 6.
Morocco. 76.
Bunches short, with small stiff shoulders. Berries some-
what heart-shaped, of a tawny grizzly colour : they are very,
unequal in size, some being exceedingly large ; these never
contain more than one stone in each, and the lesser ones
have none : their stalks are short, and singularly large.
Juice rich and musky.
This is a late grape, and requires a hothouse. The small
berries are generally ripe and decayed before the large ones
are matured, which often renders the bunches unsightly.
Mr. Speechly says it is a much esteemed grape, and very
scarce. I do not find it mentioned by .any other author.
28. LOMBARDY. Speechly, No. 23.
Flame-coloured Tokay. Ib.
Rhenish Grape. Ib.
Red Rhenish, of some Collections.
Bunches very large, frequently weighing six or seven
pounds ; they generally terminate abruptly, but they are
always handsomely formed, with proportionate shoulders.
Berries large, of a somewhat oval figure. Skin of a pale
red or flame colour. Flesh firm, with a pretty well flavoured
Juice.
Requires a hothouse,
29. POONAH. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 516.
Bunches large and well shouldered, tapering gradually to
a point. Berries slightly oval, dark red when fully exposed
to the sun, but pale when shaded, fleshy, with seldom more
than two seeds in each : sweet, but not very juicy.
140 GRAPES.
This is a late sort, and requires as high a temperature to
ripen it as the Muscat of Alexandria : it will then keep a
long time. It makes vigorous wood, and is a free bearer.
Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, in 1817, from Bombay.
It is cultivated successfully at Poonah, and the ripe fruit re-
gularly sent thence to Bombay and its dependencies.
30. PURPLK FRONTIGNAN.
Purple Frontignac. Speechly, No. 13.
Black Constantia. Hort. Soc, Cat. No. 45.
Purple Constantia. Ib. No. 47.
Bunches very long. Berries of a middling size, round, of
a black or deep purple colour. Juice very rich, and of a
very high flavour.
Requires a hothouse, or a warm vinery.
This was received by Mr. Speechly from the Cape of
Good Hope, under the name of Black Constantia : he says
it is one of our very best grapes.
31. RAISIN DES CARMF.S. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 27.
Raisin de Cuba. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 1 0.
Bunches long, loose. Berries very large, of an irregular
oval figure, with a few small berries intermixed. Skin ra-
ther thick, of a dusky reddish purple colour, and covered
with a fine bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, and very rich, com-
bined with a little acid. Seeds large, seldom more than one
in each berry.
Requires a hothouse or vinery.
32. RED CHASSKLAS. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 7.
Red Muscadine. .Miller, No. 9.
Chasselas Rouge. Duhamel, No. 3.
The Berries of this are something larger than those of the
Black Muscadine, and grow much thinner upon the bunches :
they are of a dark red colour when highly ripened. Juice
sweet, and of a very good flavour.
Requires a vinery.
33. RED FRONTIGNAN.
Red Frontignac. Speechly, No. 15.
Muscat Rouge. Duhamel, No. 7. t. 4.
Bunches larger than those of the Black Frontignan, and
without shoulders. Berries larger also, perfectly round, and
of a dark red colour. Flesh delicate and tender. Juice
plentiful, of a most rich, musky, vinous flavour.
It requires a hothouse, and is one of our very best grapes.
34. RED GRAPE FROM SYRACUSE. Speechly, No. 5.
The Berries of this are very large, of a red colour, and of
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an oval shape, somewhat irregularly formed. They hang
rather loosely upon the Bunches, which are pretty large.
The Skin is thick, and the Flesh hard.
It requires a hothouse.
Mr. Speechly says it is a noble grape, and butlitttle known
in this country. It makes strong wood, and is a most excel-
lent bearer.
35. RED HAMBURGH. Speechly, No. 19.
Warner's Red Hamburgh. Ib.
Brown Hamburgh. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 75.
Gibraltar. Ib: No. 67.
The Berries of this are of a dark red or purple colour,
with a thin Skin, and a juicy delicate Flesh. The size and
figure of both the bunch and the berry are very much like
the Black Hamburgh, except the latter being less oval, and
growing more loosely on the bunches.
When the berries of the Red Hamburgh are imperfectly
ripened, they are of a pale brown colour, which occasions it
to be called the Brown Hamburgh ; but if perfectly matured,
it is by many considered to be the richest and best flavoured
of the two.
The leaves of this in autumn become mottled with green,
purple, and yellow : those of the black Hamburgh are mot-
tled with green and yellow only : they were both brought
into this country by Mr. Warner, of Rotherhithe.
The oldest vine of this kind known in England is that at
Valentine's House, near Ilford, in Essex.
Mr. Gilpin, in his Forest Scenery, Vol. 1. p. 153., says
it was planted a cutting in 1758, and is the parent of the
well known Hamburgh vine now growing at Hampton
Court.
36. HED MUSCADEL. Speechly, No. 9.
The Berries of this are large, oval, and of a beautiful red
colour, having the rudiments of the style adhering to their
ends ; the Skin is thick and the Flesh hard, something like
the Raisin Grape. The -Bunches frequently arrive at the
weight of six or seven pounds, and are most elegantly form-
ed of berries of an equal size. The leaves change in au-
tumn to a beautiful red and green colour.
It is one of our latest grapes, and requires a hothouse.
87. RED MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. Miller, No. 28.
Red Frontignac of Jerusalem. Ib.
Red Jerusalem Muscat. Ib.
Muscat d'Alexandrie Rouge. Knoop. Fruct. p- 146,
142 GRAPES.
Bunches pretty large, and shouldered. Berries rather
large, of an oval shape. Skin thick, of a red colour. Flesh
very firm, with a saccharine, high flavoured, musky Juice.
It requires a hothouse.
Bradley says it requires a good deal of sun to bring it to
perfection, but it is then one of our best grapes. It is more
esteemed about Paris than the White Muscat. When
against good walls, it ripens very well, without any artificial
heat.
38. SAINT AUGUSTIN GRAPE. G. Lind. Cat. 1815.
Bunches pretty large, with moderately sized shoulders.
Berries of an unequal size and form: the large ones are
oval, obtuse at the head, and contain three or four seeds
each ; the middle sized are round, and contain one or two
seeds ; the small ones are round also, and are without seeds.
Skin rather thick, deep red or purple, covered with a blue
bloom. Flesh firm, with a sweet and rather musky Juice.
It requires a vinery, or perhaps a stove.
In the autumn of 1794, I observed a vine growing against
the south side of a house, in the parish of Saint Augustin,
near the gates, in Norwich. A few of the bunches were
then pretty ripe, and some of the largest berries measured
three inches and three quarters in circumference. This
tree which is the original one in this country, was import-
ed from Spain about fifty years ago, by a Mr. Lindoe, a
manufacturer, of that city, and planted against the house of
Benjamin Cogman, which is now (1830) inhabited by his
son, and where the tree is still growing. I have not yet seen
this fine grape under glass ; but I expect ere long to give
some account of its merits, whengrown under ahigher^tem-
perature.
39. VARIEGATED CHASSELAS. Hort. Trans. Tol. i. p.
259. t. 16.
Bunches rather long, without shoulders. Berries rather
small, of a round figure, hanging loose upon the bunches.
Skin very thin, of a bluish violet, where shaded ; but where
exposed, of a deep purple. Flesh tender, with a very sac-
charine Jw'ce, and of a pretty good flavour.
It has ripened at Downton Castle, where it was raised,
and an account of it sent to the Horticultural Society, Feb.
4, 1812. It sprang from a seed of the White Chasselas,
impregnated with the pollen of the Aleppo : the leaves
are variegated in the autumn with red, green and yellow ;
and they have long, red, flattish petioles.
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It requires a vinery.
In warm seasons it would ripen on a south wall, upon a
dry bottom.
40. WORTLEY HALL GRAPE. Hort. Trans. Vol iv. p.
516.
Bunches in general appearance like those of the Black
Hamburgh. They are well shouldered and tapering, and
the berries regularly distributed. Berries large, rather oval
than round, somewhat broadest at the head, with an irregu-
lar surface. Skin very glossy, dark purple. Flesh thick,
but juicy, sweet, and pleasant ; with a very slight Muscat
flavour. Seeds large, but rarely more than one in each
berry.
It requires a hothouse.
This grape sprang up from seed, in the stove at Wortley
Hall, in Yorkshire, and first bore fruit in 1819, when it was
exhibited at the Horticultural Society : the bunch weighed
two pounds.
SECT. III.— White or Yellow Fruited.
41. ALEXANDRIAN CIOTAT. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
3. t. 1.
Bunches large and long, with narrow shoulders. Berries
oval, a little broader at the head than next the stalk, and they
sit rather thin upon the bunches. Skin pale yellow on the
shaded part ; but where exposed to the sun, of an amber co-
lour, and covered with numerous brown russetty dots. Flesh
firm, like the Muscat of Alexandria, but not with its perfume :
the Juice is, however, good ; and it is a great bearer.
It requires a vinery.
Raised some years ago by John Williams, Esq. in his
garden at Pitmaston, near Worcester.
42. BOURDELAS. Duhamel, No. 13.
Bourdelais. Ib.
Burdelais. Miller, No. 10.
Bunches very large, weighing sometimes five or six
pounds. Berries large, of an oval figure, growing very close
upon the bunch, and containing generally four seeds. Skin
nearly white, approaching to yellow as the berries become
ripe. The Flesh is hard, and the Juice, unless well ripened,
too austere to be palatable.
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It would require a hothouse to bring this to perfection ;
but its merits are not sufficient to deserve its being cultiva-
ted in this country.
The French have two other kinds of Bourdelas ; one
with red fruit, and the other black. In untoward seasons,
they press them for verjuice.
43. CIOTAT. Speedily, No. 45.
Parsley-leaved. 76.
Ciotat. Duhamel, No. 5. t. 2.
Raisin d'Autriche. 16.
Parsley-leaved Muscadine. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 39.
Bunches nearly the size of the White Muscadine. Ber-
ries round, white, of a middling size, with a thin Skin, and a
delicate juicy Flesh, which is very sweet, but not highly fla-
voured. The leaves are finely divided, wholly different
from any other sort.
It will ripen pretty well on a south wall, in a warm sea-
son ; but the bunches are larger, and the berries much bet-
ter flavoured, in the vinery.
Miller says it was originally brought from Canada, where
it grows wild in the woods. This is probably a mistake,
which may have arisen from Gornutus having inserted it in
his work. It was cultivated here by John Tradescant, jun..
in 1656.
44. CORNICHON. Speechly, No. 50.
Cornichon Blanc. Duhamel, 12. t. 6.
Bunches rather small, and very loosely formed. Berries
an inch and a half long, their breadth not half an inch.
They taper from the stalk, are enlarged singularly in the
middle, and end in an obtuse point ; their shape may be
compared to the small end of a fish's bladder: they are
white, with a thick skin, and a firm sweet flesh.
It requires a hothouse.
It has nothing to recommend it but its long keeping.
The French have also a Blue or Violet Cornichon, but it
has not yet been introdnced into this country.
45. GENUINE TOKAY. Speechly, No. 22.
White Morillon. 76. No. 36.
Bunches of a moderate size, rather larger than those of
the Blue Tokay. Berries white, of an oval figure, and
grow rather close upon the bunches. Skin thin. Flesh
very delicate. Juice rich and abundant.
The leaves are covered on their under side with a fine
soft down, having the appearance of satin.
145
It will ripen pretty well in some seasons against a warm
south wall ; but it ought to be planted in the vinery. Mr.
Speechly says it was sent from Hungary? some years ago,
to his grace the Duke of Portland. It is highly probable
that this furnishes the delicious and incomparable Tokay
wine.
46. GREEK GRAPE. Speedily, No. 47.
Green Chee. Hart. Soc. Cat. No. 71.
Bunches of a moderate size, and handsome. Berries
middle-sized, of a somewhat oval figure, and grow pretty
close upon the bunches. Skin of a bluish white colour.
Flesh delicate, with a rich and well-flavoured juice. The
leaves grow on short footstalks, and very much resemble
those of the White Sweetwater.
It requires a hot-house or a vinery.
Mr. Speechly says this is a justly esteemed fruit. It is
grown in the counties of Durham and Northumberland un-
der the name of Green Chee.
47. MALMSEY MUSCADINE. Speedily, No. 30.
Malvoisee Mus-quee. Bradley, No. 15.
This somewhat resembles the White Muscadine, but the
bunches and berries are rather smaller, and the juice of a
higher flavour, being remarkably sweet.
It requires a vinery,
Bradley says it is one of the richest musked grapes, comes
from Montserrat, and grows also plentifully about Turin.
48. PITMASTON WHITE CLUSTER. Hort. Trans. VoL
in. p. 249. t. 8.
Bunches larger than those of the Black Cluster, compact
and shouldered. Berries round, a little flattened at the
head. Skin, when perfectly ripe, of an amber colour,
bronzed with russet on the side next the sun. Flesh ten-
der, with an agreeable juice.
It ripens, on a south wall, earlier than the Sweetwater.
It was raised about twenty years ago by John Williams,
Esq., of Pitmaston, near Worcester, from a seed of the
small Black Cluster.
49. ROYAL MUSCADINE. JVf«7/er, No. 4. Speechly,
No. 29.
D'Arboyce. 76.
White Muscadine. Parkinson, No. 3.
Bunches large, with middling-sized shoulders. Berries
of a moderate size, round, white, when ripe turning to an
13
146 CHAPES.
an amber colour, having a thin skin, a soft flesh, and a rich
vinous juice.
It requires a vinery, or a stove.
This is readily distinguished from the White Muscadine
of Miller and Speechly, by the wood and foliage growing
remarkably gross and strong. That it is the White Musca-
dine of Parkinson there can be but little doubt, as he de-
scribes it as growing to a much larger size than the other
was ever known to attain : he says some of the bunches
have weighed six pounds, and some of the berries half an
ounce.
It would be very desirable to come to some clear under-
standing in regard to the application of the names Royal
J\Iuscadine and While Muscadine. These names have
been used by Miller and Speechly, and, having been applied
by them alike, I am reluctant to discontinue either the one
or the other, feeling satisfied that the substitution of others
for those already established under such authority would in-
crease, rather than diminish, the already too much confused
nomenclature of our fruits. Under this impression I have
continued the name of iloyal Muscadine here, and shall no-
tice its misapplication when speaking of the White Musca-
dine.
50. SYRIAN. Speechly, No. 32.
The Bunches of this grape are very regularly formed,
with shoulders nearly as broad as the bunch* is long : they
are also larger than those of any other sort at present
known. Berries large, of an oval figure. Skin white. Flesh
firm and hard, and if well ripened, of a pretty good flavour.
The wood is very strong, and the leaves large. It is an ex-
cellent bearer, and the bunches when ripe may be left many
weeks longer than almost any other sort.
It requires a hot-house to ripen it well.
A bunch of this sort was grown to a most enormous size
in 1781, at Welbeck, by Mr. Speechly. It measured nine-
teen inches and a half across the shoulders, its length was
twenty-one inches and three quarters, its circumference four
feet and a half, and it weighed nineteen pounds and a half.
The Syrian Grape is supposed to be the sort mentioned in
Numbers, xiii. 23.
51. VERDELHO. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 106. t. 8.
Bunches loose, rather small, inclined to shoulder. Ber-
ries oval, small, having numerous very small ones, without
seeds, interspersed ; of a greenish yellow, but of a slightly
amber-coloured russet when fully exposed to the sun. Skin
GRAPES. 147
thin, almost transparent. Juice rather acid in ripening, but
when fully matured tyftt rich saccharine flavour.
It requires a vinery.
This is the principal grape employed in Madeira for the
making of Madeira wine. It is pronounced Verdellio by
the natives. Introduced into this country by John Williams,
Esq., ofPitmaston. The Verdelho Grape may be grown
to great advantage in pots in the greenhouse : the plants
might be brought in early in the spring. The leafless stems
of the vines, when first introduced, and indeed till the mid-
dle of May, would not injure the greenhouse plants : and the
fruit would become perfectly ripe long before the middle of
October, the Verdelho being rather an early grape.
52. WHITE AUVERNAT. Miller, JVb. 32.
Bunches small, rather larger than those of the Miller's
Burgundy. Berries small, somewhat oval, growing close
upon the bunches, and whejn ripe of a muddy white colour.
Juice pretty good.
It will ripen against a south wall : but it is much better
adapted to the purpose of making wine than for the dessert ;
for the former it is excellent.
53. WHITE CORINTH. Speedily, No. 48.
Corinth Blanc. Duhamel, 14. t. 7.
Bunches small. Berries small, round, white, with a very
thin skin ; when perfectly ripe they are transparent, so that
the seeds, although small, may be seen through them.
It requires a vinery.
54. WHITE FRONTIGNAN.
White Frontignac. Speechly, No. 11.
Muscat Blanc. Duhamel, 6. t. 3.
Bunches rather long, without shoulders. Berries middle-
sized, rather closely set, of a muddy white, or greenish yel-
low, and covered with a thin, white, powdery bloom. Flesh
delicate. Juice sugary, very rich, with a highly musky fla-
vour.
Against a south wall, upon a dry soil, and in warm sea-
sons, this grape ripens well in many parts of England ; but
it highly merits cither a vinery or a hothouse.
55. WHITE HAMBURGH. Speedily, No. 20.
White Raisin. Langley, p. 116. t. 43 and 44.
Raisin Muscat. Miller, No. 34.
White Lisbon. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 78
White Portugal. Ib.
Bunches large, loosely formed. Berries large, of an oval
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GRAPES.
figure. Skin (hick, of a greenish white colour. Fle*k
hard. Juice, sweet, slightly mixed with acid.
It requires a hothouse.
This graper although not abounding much in flavour,
keeps a long time after it is ripe ; and, on that account, it is
by many much admired. Large quantities, to the value cf
10,000/., are annually brought into this country (England)
from Portugal, in the winter season, and sold in the shops
by the name of Portugal grapes.
56. WHITE KISHMISH. Hort. Trans. Yol. iv. p. 212.
t. 4.
Bunches little more than five inches long, well shoulder-
ed, and tapering evenly to the point. Berries little larger
than those of white currants, and of the same form, of a
greenish tint, deepening to pale yellow, and becoming ulti-
mately of an amber hue. They are not very sweet, but
juicy, of a pleasant refreshing flavour, and wholly fiee from
seeds. Leaves rather thick, roundish, and not deeply cut.
This grape is said to be a native of the island of Kishm,
or Kishmish, in the Persian Gulf, and was brought from SL
Petersburgh by Mr. Oldacre, in IS 12.
It requires a vinery or a stove.
57. WHITE MELIE. 3J?7/er, No. 29.
Melier Blanc. Ktioop. Frucl. p. 136.
Berries middle-sized, somewhat of an oval figure, and
grow pretty close upon the bunches ; they are of a greenish
white, and covered with a thin white bloom. Juice very
sweet.
It will ripen on a warm south wall, and is very good for
the purpose of making wine.
58. WHITE MUSCADINE. Langhy+p. 114. t, 35. Kilt*
p. 307. Miller* No. 10. Speedily* No. 27.
Common Muscadine. Pom. JWttg* t. 18.
Royal Muscadine. Hort. Sac. Cat. No. 97. according
to the Pom. Ma<r.
Early White Grape, from TenerifTe. Speedily, No. 42.
Bunches middle-sized, loose, with a broad shoulder, oc-
casionally acquiring considerable size ; but more frequently,
against a wall, of about six inches deep, and four inches and
a half or five inches across the shoulder. Berries quite
round, middle-sized, clear watery green, when very ripe be-
coming a dull yellowish brown on the most exposed peaces.
Flesh firm, watery, and sweet ; when well ripened acquir-
ing a saccharine quality, but a_t no time high flavoured.. 1 he
leaves are middle-sized^ roundisht with an open base,
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ly and regularly lobed, quite smooth on each side, pale
green, becoming yellow late in the autumn.
This ripens upon a south wall generally from the middle to
the end of September ; and the bunches will hang upon the
vines,, if the season be favourable, till the beginning of No-
vember.
The White Muscadine Grape of Langley, Hill, Miller,
and Speechly, has always been considered to be the one
described as* above. It is the most common and the best
known of any white grape in our gardens, in consequence
of its hardiness and productiveness, and the certainty with
which it ripens against our common walls.
According to Langley, the White Muscadine ripened at
Twickenham, in 1727, on a south-east wall, Aug. 16, 0. S.,
or Aug. 27, N. S.
Under this mode of culture it has a pretty general and
uniform appearance ; but when grown in the vinery, or un-
der a higher temperature, it assumes a different character.
Vigorous wood, with a free use of the scissors in thinning
out the bunches, will give them, as well as the berries, an
increased size, and, when highly ripened, a fine amber co-
lour : in addition to this, like the Black Prince, the lar-
gest bunches become more shouldered, and in proportion
shorter.
In this state it is supposed by many to be a distinct grape,
and called the Royal JWuscadine.
The application of this name to a fruit with which it can-
not, with any propriety, be associated, can have but this ef-
fect, that of perpetuating an absurdity instead of removing
it. A further continuance of a practice like this, it is con-
chived, cannot be sanctioned by any one who takes any
pride in his profession, or who is desirous to promote its
further improvement.
59. WHITE MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. Speechly, No. 1.
Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 100.
Frontiniac of Alexandria. Miller, No. 27.
Jerusalem Muscat. Ib.
Muscat d'Alexandrie. Duhamel, 10. t. 5.
Passe-longue Musque. Ib.
. Soc. Cat. No. 100.
Bunches large, and well shouldered. Berries large, oval
and when well ripened of a fine, pale amber colour, and
where exposed to the sun tinged with a deep amber russet •
13*
150 GRAPES.
/the large ones are generally without stones. Skin rather
thick, and the flesh firm and hard. Juice not plentiful, but
of a sweet, highly musky, and most delicious flavour.
This may be justly considered as one of the very best
grapes ever introduced into this country. It requires a
higher degree of temperature to ripen than many others, and
generally succeeds best in the pine stove. It may, never-
theless, be ripened very well in a lower temperature ; but
then it is necessary it should be forced early in the spring.
The Tottenham Park Muscat, which was said to be the
produce of a seed oftheMuscatof Alexandria, sown in 1819,
turns out to be nothing more than this. It has been proved
to be so over and over again, by the best practical gardeners,
who have grown them both. The size of its berries has
been urged as constituting its difference ; but berries of the
Old Muscat have been grown, near London, which measured
four inches in circumference the long way, and three inches
and a half the short one, when the largest produced by Mr.
Burn, of the Tottenham Park Muscat, which were compa-
red with them, did not equal that size.
I have several times seen the orignal vine at Tottenham
Park, where it has a small house to itself, which, under Mr.
Burn's excellent management, certainly produces fruit of
the very highest character ; and I have always observed
that there were other bunches, besides the first, which would
form two other crops, and ripen in succession. 1 he old
Muscat, however, will do the same, when subjected to simi-
lar treatment.
60. WHITE MUSCAT FROM LUNEL. Speedily, 49.
Berries large, oval, and when perfectly ripe of a fine am-
ber colour, sometimes clouded with russet, especially on the
side next the sun ; they form pretty large bunches. The
skin is thin, and the flesh delicate, replete with a vinous
juice.
It requires a hothouse or a vinery.
Mr. Speechly says it is a plentiful bearer, and may be
justly esteemed a valuable sort.
61. WHITE SWEETWATER. Langley, p. 113. t. 50.
Speechly, No. 16.
Parel Druyf, of the Dutch Gardens.
Berries large, round, of a white colour, and when highly
ripened, especially when exposed to the sun, they are sha-
ded with a light russet. They grow close on the bunches,
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which are of a middle size. Juice very saccharine and lus-
cious Wood short-jointed.
On a south wall it ripens well in dry warm seasons ; but
if the weather prove unfavourable when the vine is in blos-
som, the bunches become imperfectly formed, and contain
numerous very small berries.
The White Sweetwater ripened at Twickenham, in 1727,
on a south wall, Aug. 10, O. S., or Aug. 21, N. S. (Lang-
ley.}
The Dutch gardeners call it Parel Druyf, and force it
in large quantities for market.
There are several names of White Sweetwater to be
found in different nurserymen's catalogues, but most of
them have arisen from the whim or caprice of their culti-
vators.
SECT. IV . — Striped-Fruited.
62. ALEPPO. Speechlij, No. 4.
Raisin Suisse. Miller, No. 26.
Switzerland Grape. Ib.
Berries middle-sized, of a roundish figure. Skin thin, of
various colours : some are black, some white ; but mostly
they are striped with black and white in distinct lines : oc-
casionally, one bunch will be black, one white, and another
half black and half white. Flesh juicy, and of an exquisite
flavour. The leaves in the autumn are curiously striped
with red, green, and yellow, somewhat similar to the Alep-
po Cos Lettuce.
A plentiful bearer, requiring a vinery or a hothouse.
SEC. V. — American Grapes, by the Editor.
The species of American Grapes are as follow :
1. VITIS LABRUSCA. Downy-leaved grape. Sweet's
Hort. Brit. No. 9.
Taurina. Walt. Fl. Car. 242.
Fox Grape. Pursh Fl. No. 1.
Michaux, Fl. Amer. v. 2. p. 230.
This species is found " in shady woods, from Canada to
Florida." The bunches are rather short. The berries
large, a little inclining to an oval shape. Skin black, having
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a musky or fox scent. Fruit, when ripened, sweet and rich,
but pulpy.
2. V. BLANDA. White-berried (Eland's grape.) Sweet's
Hart. Brit. No. 10.
Bland's Grape. Pursh, Flor. No. 1. var.
Pursh, in his Flora Americse, supposes this to be only a
variety of the former species. Sweet, in his Hortus Britta-
nicus, has established it as a distinct species. The size of
the bunch and form of the berry are very similar to the
former species. When perfectly ripe they are very sweet,
having not so much pulpiness, and they ripen a little earlier
than the former sort.
3. V. JEsxivALis. Fox Grape. Sweet, No. 11. Pursh,
No. 2.
Vulpina. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 1181. Michaux. 2. p.
230.
Labrusca. Walt. Flor. Car. 242.
"In fields and woods, Virginia to Carolina. Berries
dark blue, very agreeable to eat, and frequently converted
into very good home-made wine. It is known by the name
of Summer Grape."
4. V. CORDIFOLIA. Winter Grape. Sweet, No. 12.
Mich. Fl. Am. 2. p. 231. No. 3.
Incisa. Jacq. Shaubr. 427.
Vulpina. Walt. Fl. Car. 243.
" On edges of rivers and in woods. Canada to Florida.
Berries green or amber-coloured. Small, and ripen ex-
tremely late. Of a very tart taste. Commonly called
Winter Grape, or Chicken Grape." Pursh.
5. V. RIFARIA. Sweet scented. Sweet, Hort. Brit.
No. 13. Pursh, No. 5. Mich. 2. p. 231.
Odoratissima. Donn, Catalogue, 66.
" On the gravelly shores and islands of the rivers. Penn-
sylvania to Carolina. Flowers of an exquisitely fine smell,
somewhat resembling Reseda Odorata (Mignonette.) Fe-
male plants are very seldom found north of the Potomac
river, though the male extends very far beyond it."
6. V. ROTUNDIFOLIA. Bullet Grape. Sweet, Hort. Brit.
No. 14. Pursh, Fl. Jim. No. 5. Mich. 2. p. 231.
" On river sides and islands. Virginia to Florida. Ber-
ries very large, dark blue, agreeable, commonly called Bull
or Bullet Grapes." Pursh.
7. V. PALMATA. Palmated leaved. Sweet, Hort. Brit.
No. 15. Pursh, p. 170. Not described by Michaux.
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153
It does not appear that Pursh ever saw the fruit; he
merely states that it is found " in Virginia."
THE AMERICAN CULTIVATED GRAPES.
1. ISABELLA GRAPE.
Bunches of a good size. Berries large, of an oval shape.
Skin quite black, rather thick, a common feature in most
American grapes. Juice, when perfectly ripe, very sweet
and rich, with a little pulpy consistence. When the vine is
vigorous, it generally produces five good bunches on each
shoot. It is an uncommonly fine and full bearer, producing
almost as many bunches of fruit as there are leaves on the
vine. Very hardy, and promises fair to become an impor-
tant sort for making good wine. Some of the vines about
New-York .and Brooklyn produce an almost incredible quan-
tity of fruit, and when well manured will grow to a very large
size. By good cultivation and proper pruning, the berries
improve much in size and quality, with less pulp and thinner
skin.
This grape is said to be a native of Dorchester, South
Carolina, and was introduced into New-York by Mrs. Isa-
bella Gibbs, the lady of George Gibbs, Esq. It has been
supposed by some that it was either an imported grape or a
mixed kind between a native and foreign grape. I incline to
neither opinion. I believe it to be a pure native grape, from
the species No. 1 . without any foreign mixture, improved by
cultivation.
2. WHITE SCUPPERNON.
Bunches short and closo set. Berries large, of a roundish
figure. Skin white with some purple specks, of a brownish
colour on the sunny side. Juice, when perfectly ripe, sweet,
rich, and aromatic, with but little pulp. Ripens earlier than
the Isabella. Is also a great bearer, producing from three
to five bunches on each shoot. W7hen properly cultivated,
it spreads to a great extent. This sort also bids fair to be a
fine wine grape.
3. RED SCUPPERNON.
Bunches short, not so thick set as the former kind. Ber-
ries more loose, of a roundish shape, and of a brick colour,
Skin thin for a native grape. Juice sweet and of a good vi-
nous flavour ; the pulp melting.
This is also a great bearer, and deserves an extensive cul-
tivation both as a wine and a table grape.
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4. SCHUYLKILL MuscADEL. Jldlum, No. 2.
Alexander's Grape.
Tasker's Grape.
Berries large, of an elliptical shape. Skin, when ripe,
quite black. Juice very sweet and luscious.
This grape is said to have been found growing in a natu-
ral state, near the Schuylkill river, in Pennsylvania, by Mr.
Alexander, gardener to Governor Penn, before the revolu-
tionary war. Adlum says, " I have made a wine of this
grape that Mr. Jefferson pronounced worthy the best vine-
yard in France."
5. BLAND'S GRAPE. Jldlum, No. 3.
The Bunches are large and well shaped. Berries large,
round, or oblate. Skin of a red colour, inclining to a dark
purple when perfectly ripe. Juice sweet and lively, having
a little musky flavour, with a little astringency. Mr. Bar-
tram is supposed to have first cultivated this grape.
6. CLIFTON'S.
Clifton's Constantia. Jld. No. 4.
This is very similar to the Schuylkill No. 4. The berries
are not quite so large. It is said to have originated from
seed in the garden of Mr. William Clifton, Southwark, in
Philadelphia.
7. LUFFBOROUGH. Jld. No. 11.
Berries large, of a deep purple colour. Juice sweet, with
a musky flavour, and pulpy. Skin thick. Adlum says the
pulp dissolves by fermentation, and it makes an excellent
wine.
8. ELKTON. Jld. No. 12.
" An uncommonly large Fox Grape, of a deep purple co-
lour. Before it is quite ripe, it has a pulp in it, but when per-
fectly ripe, the pulp turns to a substance like a plum, and
becomes quite thick." Jld. p. 177.
9. GILBERT'S WHITE SHONGA.
Bunches of a medium size ; short and thick set. Berries
of a large oval shape. Skin white, inclining to a purple tinge
on the sunny side, and in some seasons much more so than
others. The Juice, when perfectly ripe, is very sweet and
luscious, with but little pulp. The Bunch, in size and shape,
resembles the Isabella, and appears to belong to the species
No. 2.
This grape was found by Garret Gilbert, Esq. of this city,
in a natural state, on the Shonga mountains, State of New-
York, in the fall of 1S25T and planted in his garden, where it
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now occupies a large arbour in connexion with the Isabella,
so that there is no doubt of its being a native. It is a great
bearer, of similar habits with the Isabella, differing from that
kind only in colour, and coming to maturity a little earlier.
It is well worthy of general cultivation.
Within a few years the attention of the American horticul-
turalist has been particularly drawn to the cultivation of na-
tive grapes; and it is a somewhat singular circumstance that
while many species of grapes are found in a natural state in
all parts throughout this continent, from the northern boun*
dary to the southern extremity, yet amidst all the grapes,
both European and Asiatic, scarcely any of them can well
be suited in any part of this continent, at least not so as to
become an article of commerce. It is true all the foreign
kinds may be cultivated here with more or less pains ; but I
speak of them as thriving with the same facility and manage-
ment as our native kinds. They generally require protec-
tion in winter ; and during the warm summer and fall months
are very liable to become mildewed in a greater or less de-
gree, while every species and variety of the native grape will
accommodate themselves to any part with little difficulty.
Hence cultivators have come to the conclusion that if this
country is to be a wine country, we must turn our particular
attention to our native grapes, and endeavour to find im-
proved varieties for this purpose. Some of the sorts have
already risen much in public estimation, and in the opinion of
judges, are much improved in flavour and productiveness.
It is however to be regretted that the nomenclature is not
better established ; some sorts being called by one name in
one part of the country, have different names in other parts.
In many instances the inferior kinds of French Grapes are
dressed out with some local name as an American Grape,
and in other instances real American Grapes are called by
foreign names, to which they have no kind of affinity.
The kinds which at present seem well established, I have
noticed particularly, leaving a host of names out of the ques-
tion until better data and more practical knowledge will give
them a more decided character.
MULBERRIES.
CHAPTER IX.
M U L B E R H I 2 S >
The only Mulberries cultivated in England are the black
and the white fruited ; the black for its fruit, the white for
the feeding of silk worms. Black Mulberries are propaga-
ted by laying down the young branches in the autumn, or
early in the spring. At the end of the year the layers may
be removed from the stools and planted out in rows, three
feet apart, and a foot from plant to plant in the rows : those
intended for training may be planted out at once for the pur-
pose, and the richer the soil is in which they are planted, the
more rapid will be the progress of the trees.*
* There are more kinds of Mulberries used for the feeding of ril!--.,-crmB than
ear author has laid down, I shall therefore insert here all the knoivn sort* as I
find them in Sweet's- Hortus Britannicus, London, 1830.
1. MORUS alba, White Mulherry, nat. China, hardy, int. 1596.
2. tartarica, Tartarian do. Tarfary 1784.
3. italica, Italian do. Italy,
4. constantinopolitana) do. Constantinople,
5. nitrra, Common Klack do. Italy, 3548.
6. rubra, Red Mulberry do. JSI . America, '1629.
7. scabra, Rough do. 1812.
pcnnsylvanica, Pennsylvania!! do.
S. .pumila, Dwarf Mulberry,
10. indica, Indian Mulberry, India, Stove, 1820.
11. sinensis, Chinese djp. China, G. H.
12. JUauritana, Mauritius, do. Mauritius, Stove.
Observe the Chinese Mulberry, No. 11. is, as I suppose, the same kind as culti-
vated here by the name of J\Torus Multicaulis, and said to be the finest kind for
•ilk worms. If so, it requires no greenhouse, nor any other kind 'of protection from
pur severest winters. The leaves arc much larger, and appear to be more delicate
in texture than the common White Mulberry. None i»f my plants were injured
last winter (1831-1832) exposed fully to the open air, and the thermometer below
zero. Further particulars on their cultivation in its proper place. See second
part of this work. Am. Ed,
PEACHES.
CHAPTER X.
PEACHES.
An asterisk (*) denotes those which Nurserymen term
French Peaches, and which require to be budded upon
the Pear Plum Stock, t
SECT. I. — Melting, pale fruited.
1. ALMOND PEACH. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 1. t. 1.
Leaves doubly serrated, glandless.J Flowers large, pale
rose colour. Fruit below the middle size, about seven
inches in circumference, globular, with a slight suture
extending from the base to the apex, which is flat and some-
what depressed. Skin covered with a thickish down, of a
delicate yellow, tinged with pale red on the sunny side, and
beautifully marbled with a deeper colour. Flesh pale ci-
tron, but of a bright red next the stone, from which it sepa-
rates ; it is perfectly melting, and very juicy.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September. §
This beautiful little peach was raised by T. A. Knight,
Esq., of Downton Castle, from a seed of the Sweet Almond,
the blossom of which had been impregnated by the blossom
of a peach.
It was first exhibited at ftie Horticultural Society in Sep-
tember, 1817.
2.* BELLE CHEVREUSE. Duhamel, No. 18. G. Lindl.
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers middle
sized. Fruit middle sized, more long than round, rather
naiTowed at the apex. Skin greenish white next the wall,
but of a beautiful flesh colour, marbled and streaked with a
darker colour on the sunny side. Flesh white and melting,
but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful,
sugary, and richly flavoured. Stone oblong, almost smooth.
Ripe the beginning of September.
t Any of the peaches may he budded here with equal success either on Muscle
Peach, or Almond stocks; and the kinds marked with an asterisk (*) called
French Peach, if they require more attention in England than the other sorts, ore
in general the best kinds for this country under our fine autumnal sunshine.
Am. Ed.
$ See classification at the end of the Nectarines.
$ The time of ripening in this country may be estimated about a fortnight, and in
•ome instances, three weeks earlier than here stated, for all the Peaches and Nea-
tarines. Jim. Ed.
14 -
158 PEACHES.
3. BELLE DE VITRY. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 25. G*
Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542.
Admirable Tardive. Ib.
Bellis. Miller, No. 22. Forsyth. Ed. 3. No. 26.
Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers small, dull
red. Fruit middle sizedr a little more broad than long,
with a somewhat deep and broad suture, which extends to
the apex, which leaves one of its sides prominent, and the
other flat, terminated by a depressed and somewhat flat
nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall, but tinged
with red on the sunny side, and marbled with a dull and
deeper colour. Flesh rather firm, greenish yellow, but red
at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and
of a very good flavour.
Ripe the end of September, but it ought to hang some
days upon the tree before it is gathered; in order to have it
in perfection.
The flesh of this is more firm than that of many of the
melting peaches, which has occasioned some, like Mr. For-
syth, to consider it as a Pavie; but in determining this,
there can be no difficulty, as all melting peaches adhere
more or less to the stone, but can be readily detached with the
finger and thumb: in the Pavie this operation is impracticable.
4** BOURDINE. Duliamel, 16. t. 12.
Bourdin. Ib.
Narbonne. Ib.
Bourdine. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545.
Bon. Jard. 1827. lard. Fruit, t. 20.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small,
blush, edged with carmine. Fruit pretty large, and nearly
round, divided by a wide and somewhat deep suture, the
flesh swelling unequally on its sides, but a little flattened on
the back. Stalk inserted in a deep and wide cavity. Skin
greenish white next the wall, but on the sunny side it is of a
lively red, marbled, and shaded with a deeper colour, flesh
white, melting, but very red at the stone, from which it se-
parates. Juice sugary and highly flavoured. Stone small,
and nearly round.
Ripe the middle of September.
It is said this peach derived its name from one Bourdin, a
French gardener in the time of Louis XIV. That there is
some resemblance between this, the Teion de V cnus, and
the Royale, will not be denied ; but that they are identically
the same is what I cannot admit. In order that I may not,
PEACHES. 159
in this instance, add to the confusion whic1! nt present exists
in the names of modern cultivators, I shall follow the exam-
ple of Duhamel, and oar own countryman Miller, in consi-
dering the Hour dine, the Teton de Venus, and the Roy ale,
as three distinct varieties.
5.* DOUBLE MONTAGNE. JlUon's Epitome. G. Lindl.
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539.
Sion. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 52.
Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large. Fruit
middle sized, of a roundish figure, a little narrowed and flat-
ted at the apex. Skin greenish white on the shaded side ;
but of a blush or soft red, and marbled with a deeper colour
on the side next the sun. Flesh very delicate, melting, and
white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful,
and highly flavoured. Stone ovate, mucronate, and rugged.
Ripe the middle and latter end of August.
This is a beautiful and excellent peach, and must not be
confounded with the Noblesse : it ripens a week or ten days
sooner, and cannot be propagated upon the Muscle. "f
6. EARLY ANNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 539.
Anne. Langley Pom. t. 22. f. 2. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5.
Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large, very
pale, nearly white. Fruit below the middle size, globular.
Skin white, with scarcely any colouring on the side next the
sun. Flesh soft, melting, and white to th3 stone, from which
it separates. Juice a little musky, but saccharine, and well
flavoured.
Ripe the middle of August.
It is said to have derived its name from the celebrated
Anne Dunch, of Pewsey, in Berkshire. It is sold in some
nurseries under the name of White, Jlvant.
7. EARLY DOWNTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 217.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large,
pale rose. Fruit rather small, narrowed at the apex, which
is generally terminated by a small acute nipple ; very hol-
low at the base. Skin pale yellowish white, sprinkled with
red dots ; but of a bright red on the sunny side. Flesh yel-
lowish white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice
rich, with a good flavour.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This beautiful little peach was raised by Mr. Knight, of
f Muscle, Plum Stock. Am. Ed.
160 PEACHES.
Downton Castle, who sent an account of it, with two
others, to the Horticultural Society, Aug. 21, 1815.
8. FLAT PEACH OF CHINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
512. t. 19. G. Lindl in Hort. Trans. Vol. V. p. 549.
Java Peach. Ib.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
The Fruit of this most singular peach is flatted, and com-
pletely concave at both the apex and the stalk. It is about
two inches and a half in diameter, and scarcely three quar-
ters of an inch thick, through the eye to the stalk, which
thickness consists only of the stone and skin. The crown
of the fruit looks like a brottd and rather hollow eye, of an
irregular five-angled shape, surrounded by the appearance of
the remains of the segments of a calyx : the whole surface
of this eye is roughly marked with small irregular warted
lines, like the crown of a Medlar. The colour of the Skin
is pale yellow, mottled or speckled with red on the part ex-
posed to the sun. Flesh pale yellow, having a beautiful ra-
diated circle of red surrounding the stone, and extending far
into the fruit. The consistence and flavour of the flesh is
that of a good melting peach, being sweet and juicy, with a
little noyeau flavour.
It first ripened its fruit in this country at Thames Ditton,
and was sent to the Horticultural Society by John Braddick,
Esq., in 1819. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 512.
9. FORD'S SEEDLING. G. Lindl. in Hart. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 539.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,,
of a beautiful pale rose colour. Fruit middle sized, a little
narrowed at the apex, and having a slight suture. Skin yel-
lowish green, marbled with bright red on the sunny side.
Flesh yellowish green, quite to the stone, from which it
separates. Juice plentiful, of a rich poignant flavour.
Ripe the middle of September.
10.* MALTA. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
539. Pom. Mag. t. 15.
Peche Malte. " Duhamel, No. 11.
Peche de Malte. Lelieur.
Malte de Normandie. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 91.
Balle da Paris. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 276.
Italian Peach. Miller, No. 12. According to the Pom.
JV/ao*.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale. Fruit middle sized, generally depressed at the apex>
PEACHES.
161
with abroad shallow suture on one side, and slight traces of
one on the other. Skin, on the shaded side, pale dull green-
ish yellow ; next the sun, broadly marked with broken
blotches of dull purplish red. Flesh greenish yellow, with a
slight stain of purple next the stone, from which it separates.
Juice plentiful, very rich, with an extremely agreeable vi-
nous flavour. Stone middle sized, oval, pointed, rather
rugged.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
A very excellent and hardy peach, said to ripen its fruit
well on an open standard in Normandy. It bears carriage
remarkably well, and will keep longer when gathered than
any other peach, except the clingstones.
11.* NEW NOBLESSE. Nursery Catalogues.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale rose. Fruit middle sized, somewhat oval, with an ob-
scure sulure, quite even at the apex, but" terminating with a
small acute nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow on the sha-
ded side ; but next the sun of a pale red, and marbled with
different shades of deeper colour. Flesh greenish yellow
quite to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful,
rich, and of a most exquisite flavour.
Ripe the beginning of September.
This Peach has been sold for some time by Mr. Ronalds
of Brentford, who says it was raised by a friend of his from
seed ; but when and where I have not been informed.
12. NOBLESSE. Langley,p. 101. t. 28. fig. 3. G. Lindl.
in Hort, Trans. Vol. v. p. 539. Pom. Mag. t. 95. and
of all English Writers beginning with Sivilzer, in 1724.
Mellish's Favourite. Of the Nurseries.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale blush. Fruit large, for the most part roundish oblong,
a little narrowed at the apex, and terminated by an acute
nipple. Skin slightly downy, pale yellowish green next
the wall; but of a marbled dull red, marked with broken
streaks and blotches of a darker colour on the sunny side.
Flesh melting, pale yellowish white to the stone, from which
it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and highly flavoured.
Stone large, obovate, pointed.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of Septem «r.
This is one of our very best hardy peaches, and perhaps
one of the most common ; but it is often confounded w:th an-
olher, well known, the Vanguard, which is somewhat simi-
lar in appearance and in its general characters. It is, how-
14*
162 PEACHES.
ever, distinguished by its fruit being, for the most part, ob-
long, narrower, and plump at the apex, with a pointed nipple :
in the Vanguard the fruit is equally large, or even more so,
always globular, rather than oblong, and its crown ^or apex
flat and often depressed. Nurserymen need not to be at any
loss to distinguish the two sorts when maiden plants in the
nursery ; the lateral shoots of the Noblesse being nearly as
long as the main leader ; those of the Vanguard being less
numerous, arid exceeded considerably by the main shoot ;
besides, the plants of the Vanguard are of a taller growth
than those of the Noblesse. Indeed, so obvious and inva-
riable have I found these characters, that should the two
kinds become inadvertently intermixed in the nursery rows,
the most inexperienced foreman would be enabled to sepa-
rate them, without any fear of mistake.
In the Hort. Trans, above quoted, I stated that Mellish's
Favourite and the Noblesse were the sa.me. I have this
year again been favoured by Mrs. Gurdon, of Letton, with
specimens of both, and I find them identically one and the
same.
13. OLD ROYAL CHARLOTTE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 540.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale blush. Fruit middle sized, nearly globular, but a lit-
tle narrowed at the apex, where it is generally terminated
by a small nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall ;
but tinged with blush, and marbled with a deeper colour on
the sunny side. Flesh soft, melting, and white to the stone,
from which it separates. Juice sugary and vinous. Stone
obtuse, a little rugged.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This is undoubtedly the first Royal Charlotte ever known
in our gardens. It was first sold by Robert Lowe, a nur-
seryman at Hampton Wick, about the year 1760. It has
much the appearance of a Noblesse, but is smaller, and on
the same aspect ripens ten days or a fortnight before it. The
specimen from which this description was written, was from
a tree growing at Heyden Hall, in Norfolk, in 1792. It had
been purchased from Mr. Lowe, and planted therein 1766.
14. RED NUTMEG. Miller, No. 2. G. Lindl. in Hort,
Trans. Vol. v. p. 547.
Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 21.
Brown Nutmeg. Of some Collections.
Avant Peche rouge. Buhamel, No. 2. t. 3.
PEACHES. 163
Leav.es small, crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers
large. Fruit small, but larger than those of the White Nut-
meg, of a somewhat globular figure, having a well marked
suture extending from the base to the apex, terminated by a
small, round, obtuse nipple. Skin pale yellow next the
wall ; but of a bright scarlet or vermillion, and slightly rnar-
bled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yel-
lowish white, but red at the stone, from which it separates.
Juice sweet and a little musky.
Ripe the end of July.
This is the earliest hardy Peach cultivated in this coun-
try, and is very good when just ripe, but in a short time it
becomes doughy, j"
15. SULHAMSTEAD. Hort. Trans. 'Vol. v. p. 513.
Leaves deeply serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit large, somewhat globular, depressed at the apex,
slightly cleft, with a corresponding depression on the oppo-
site side. Skin covered with a h'ne short down, of a clear
pale yellow next the wall ; but of a pale red, and marbled
with a darker colour on the sunny side. Flesh melting,
pale yellow quite to the stone, from which it separates.
Juice abundant, sweet, with a rich vinous flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This h'ne Peach, somewhat resembling, externally, a
Newington, was raised in the garden of Mrs. Thoytes, of
Sulhamstead House, near Reading, in Berkshire, and was
first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1819.
16. VANGUARD. G. Lindl Plan of an Orchard, 1-796.
ib. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit large, nearly globular, and quite flat or depressed at
the apex. Skin yellowish white next the wall, but marbled
and streaked with a few dashes of much deeper colour on
the sunny side. Flesh melting, and wl ite to the stone,
from which it separates. Juice rich and sugary. Stone
somewhat ovate, rugged, and sharp pointed.
Ripe the beginning of September.
17. WHITE MAGDALEN. Miller, No. 5. G. LindL
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540.
Madeline Blanche. Duhamel, 8. t. 6.
Montagne Blanche. Knoop. Fruct. p. 79.
Not worth cultivating. Jim. Ed.
164 PEACHES.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale rose. Fruit below the middle size, somewhat globu-
lar, rather more broad than long, having a deeply marked su-
ture, which extends from the base to the ap$x, where it is
terminated by a small, slightly sunk nipple, and having a
rather wide cavity at the base. Skin yellowish white next
the wall, but on the sunny side tinned with red, and marbled
with a deeper red colour. Flesh melting, of a yellowish
white, with a slight tinge of red next the stone, from which
it separates. Juice plentiful, but not high flavoured. Stone
small, obtuse, a little rugged.
Ripe about the middle of August.
18. WHITE NUTMEG. Miller, No. 1. G. LindL in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540.
Avant Peche blanche. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1.
Leaves small, doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers
large, very pale blush. Fruit very small, the least of all the
varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very con-
spicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on
one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nip-
ple. Skin white, but when fully exposed it has a very pale
blush tinge. Flesh white to the stone, from which it sepa-
rates. Juice very sweet, of a musky and very agreeable fla-
vour. Stone small, oval, mucronate, very slightly rugged.
Ripe the middle of July.
SECT. II. — Melting red or purple fruited.
19. ACTON SCOT. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 140. t. 10.
G. LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale
rose. Fruit rather small, or below the middle size, some-
what narrowed at the apex, where it is usually very much
depressed. Suture shallow, on one side of which it is fuller
than on the other. Skin rather woolly, pale yellow, of a
bright red on the sunny side, and marbled with a deeper co-
lour. Flesh melting, yellowish-white to the stone, from
which it separates. Juice sugary, with a slight bitter, but
flavour pretty good.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This was raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle ; the
offspring of the Noblesse, impregnated with the Red Nut-
PEACHES.
165
meg, and was exhibited for the first time at the Horticultural
Society in 1814.
20.* BELLEGARDE. Duhamel. 28. t. 20. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. Pom. Mag. t. 26.
^f nn6', ) according to. the Pom. Mag. of the
Early Galande. E ^ jyurserieSt
Violette Hative. J
Noire de Montreuil, of the French Nurseries.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small,
bright reddish pink. Fruit pretty large, globular, of a very
regular figure, with a shallow suture, and a slightly hollowed
apex, with a little projecting point in its centre. Skin, on
the exposed side, rich deep red, with dark purple or violet
streaks ; on the shaded side, pale green faintly tinged with
yellow. Flesh pale yellow, slightly rayed with red at the
stone, very melting, juicy, and rich, and from which it sepa-
rates. Stone rather large, slightly pointed.
21. BARRINGTON. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 543. Pom. Mag. t. 147.
Buckingham Mignonne, according to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit rather large and handsome, roundish, somewhat
elongated, and rather pointed at the summit. Suture mode-
rately deep along one side. Skin pale yellowish green next
the wall, deep red next the sun, marbled with a darker co-
lour. Flesh yellowish white, slightly rayed with crimson
tints next the stone, from which it parts freely ; melting,
juicy, and very rich. Stone middle sized, ovate, with a
lengthened sharp point, very rugged, and of a dark brown
colour.
Ripe the middle and latter end of September.
This very handsome and valuable Peach was raised above
twenty years ago by a Mr. Barrington, of Burwood, in Sur-
rey.
22.* CHANCELLOR. Miller, No. 14. Pom. Mag. t. 61.
G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 550.
Chancelliere. Duhamel , Vol. ii. p. 24.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
reddish. Fruit large, oval, with a very distinct suture, hav-
ing a rather small cavity at the base. Skin not very downy,
dark crimson next the sun, pale yellow next the wall, finely
mottled towards the union of the two colours. Flesh pale
yellow, but of a very deep red next the stone, from which it
separates. Juice rich, and of a vinous flavour. Stone ob-
long, tapering to the base, and pointed at the summit.
Ripe the middle of September*
166 PEACHES.
This is not the Veritable Chancelliere of Duhamel, which
has large flowers, and mast be considered as the true Chan-
cellor ; but appears to be mentioned by him at the conclu-
sion of his description of that fruit. The Chancellor Peach
is said to have been raised from a seed of the Chevereux, in
the garden of M. de Seguier, Chancellor of France.
23.* DOUBLE SWALSH. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Yol.
v. p. 550.
Swalze or Swolze. Langley, p. 105. t. 32. fig. 1.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
dark red. Fruit middle sized, somewhat ovate, and mostly
terminated by a small nipple. Suture deep, on one side of
which it is considerably more swelled than on the other.
Skin pale yellow next the wall, but of a bright and deep red
on the sunny side. Flesh soft, melting and white, but pale
red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful and
well flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
Langley says, the Double Swalsh Peach was brought into
England by Lord Peterborough before 1729.
24. EARLY ADMIRABLE. Langley, p. 103. t. 30. fig. 2.
G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545.
Admirable. Duhamel, 29. t. 21. Miller, No. 19.
Belle de Vitry. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 277.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers middle-
sized, pale red. Fruit above the middle size, somewhat
globular. Skin yellowish white next the wall, but of a beau-
tiful red on the side next the sun. Flesh white, but red at
the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, vinous,
and well flavoured.
Ripe the middle of September.
The Early Admirable Peach ripened at Twickenham, in
1727, on a south-east wall, August 3d, O. S., or August
14th, N. S. — Langley.
This Peach, although by no means an early one, has been
called the Early Admirable in the time of Miller, a name
which cannot now be abandoned, because we have another
peach called the Late Admirable. M. NOISKTTE, in the
Bon. Jard., makes his Belle de Vitry a synonym of it ; but
in this he is not sanctioned by Duhamel, who has always
been considered as of unquestionable authority.
25.* EARLY VINEYARD. Alton's Epitome. G. Lindl.
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 543.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale
PEACHES. 167
rose. Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, and a little
depressed at the apexf swelled a little more on one side of
the suture than ~on the other, and very hollow at the base.
Skin yellowish white next the wall, and sprinkled with red
dots,i but of a dull red, and marked with a deeper colour on
the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, except at the stone,
where it is tinged with red, and from which it separates.
Juice sugary, very rich, and high flavoured.
Ripe the end of August or the beginning of September.
The name of this peach originated with the late Mr. Lee
of Hammersmith, whose nursery at the early part of its
establishment by his father, was called the Vineyard. It has
somewhat the appearance of the Grosse Mignonne, but it is
not so large nor of so dark a colour, and Mr. Lee assured
me it always ripened on his wall a week or ten days earlier:
had the two peaches been alike, it could not have escaped
the notice of that very distinguished cultivator. For this
reason, and from my own observation, I have determined not
to abandon the name to a mere synonym. On the other
hand, I am quite satisfied that plants may be purchased from
nurseries, under this name, that may prove to be the Grosse
Mignonne.
26.* GEORGE THE FOURTH. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p.
413. Pom. Mag. t. 105.
Leaves large, acutely crenate, with globose glands. Floic~
ers small, dull red. Fruit middle-sized, globular, deeply
lobed at the summit, with a deep cavity for the footstalks,
projecting more on one side of the suture than on the other.
Skin moderately downy, of a uniform dark red next the sun,
and of a fine pale yellow on the shaded part, mottled with
bright red at the junction of the two colours. Flesh pale
yellow, rayed with red at the stone, from which it parts freely.
Stone vory small, bluntly oval, not particularly rugged. Fla-
vour good when upon an open wall, excellent when forced.
It is said in the Pom. J\lag. to be between a Clingstone and
a Melter.
Ripe about the middle of September.
An American variety of considerable importance, not so
much for its good quality as a* hardy kind, as for being a
forcing peach of great merit.
Mr. Michael Floy, of New- York, in his letter of Novem-
ber 5, 1823, says, " This is one of the finest peaches I have
seen, and the richest I have tasted : it originated in the gar-
den of Mr. Gill, in Broad-street, in this city. This is the
168 PEACHES.
second year of its fruiting. The original tree is remarkably
thrifty and bore a very full crop this season. "f
27. *GROSSE MIGNONNE. Dukamel, 14. t. 10. G.
Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 543.
Mignonne. Ib.
Veloutee de Merlet. Ib.
Grimwood's Royal George. Hooker's Pom. Land. 41.
Grimwood's New Royal George, } /• ,T r, 7. 7 »/.
French Mignonne, 1 °/ the EnZhsh ^
Large French Mignonne, . )
Vineuse. Lelieur.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, deep
rose. Fruit large, depressed, hollowed at the summit, with
a moderately deep suture, and swelled considerably on one
of its sides, and a wide cavity at the base ; the side marked
by the suture is shorter than the opposite one. Skin rather
thinly clad with down, of a rich, very deep red, next the sun,
thickly mottled on a yellowish ground next the wall. Flesh
pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, from which it freely
separates; melting, juicy, with a rich vinous flavour. Stone
small for the size of the fruit, ovate, very rugged.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September. The sy-
nonyms above quoted may be safely relied upon as belong-
ing to the Grosse Mignonne of Miller, Duhamel, and Noi-
sette. The figure in Duhamel is a perfect representation
of the fruit.
The name of Grimwood's Royal George was given by
MR. GRIMWOOD, to plants which he propagated from the
Grosse Mignonne, in the early part of the reign of George
the Third : by which he derived a profit beyond what he
would have done had he sold them under what he knew to
be their proper name. See Hooker's Pomona, t 41. It is
said the name of Mignonne originated with one of the kings
of France, on account of its excellence.
28. HEMSKIRKE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 69.
Hemskirk. Langley's Pom. t. 31. f. 4. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol v. p. 539.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
fine pale rose. Fruit below the middle size, more broad
than long, but somewhat narrowed at the apex. Skin green-
ish yellow, with numerous red dots, and pearl-coloured
specks interspersed ; but next the sun of a bright red, and
t The original tree it since dead. — Am, Ed.
PEACHES.
169
marbled with a deeper colour. Flesh melting, of a greenish
yellow quite to the stone, from which it separates. Juice
plentiful, sugary and vinous. Stone small, almost round,
and nearly smooth.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
A very beautiful early fruit from the Royal Gardens at
Kensington some years ago.
29. LATE ADMIRABLE. Langley, p. 106. t. 32. f. 5. G.
Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. vJ p. 545.
Royale. Duhamel, 33. t. 24. Jard. Fruit, t. 23. Bon.
Jard. 1827. p. 278.
Royal. Pom. Mag. i. 73. Miller. 7.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, pale
red. Fruit large, 10 or 11 inches in circumference, of a
roundish figure, rather inclining to oval. Suture deep, hav-
ing the flesh swelled boldly and equally on both sides, with
a slight depression on the summit, where there is usually a
small, pointed nipple. Skin pale green or yellowish next
the wall ; but of a pale red, marbled and streaked with
darker shades on the sunny side, cavity of the .base rather
small. Flesh delicate, melting, of a greenish white, but red
at the stone, from which it separates. Juice- plentiful, and,
in a warm season, highly flavoured.
Ripe the end of September.
This is a most excellent and extremely hardy peach, well
deserving of cultivation. It ought invariably to be planted
against either a south or south-east wall, as on colder as-
pects there is little chance of growing it in perfection.
30. LOCKYER'S MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 542.
Lockyer's Peach. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 40.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small,
Fruit middle-sized, nearly globular. Skin greenish yellow
next the wall, sprinkled with numerous red dots ; hut of a
dull red, and marbled with a darker colour on the sunny side.
Flesh greenish yellow, slightly coloured with red nextlhe
stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful and good in
flavour.
Ripe the middle of September.
31. LORD FAUCONBERG'S MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542.
Lord Falconbridge's. Hanbury.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat ovate, being broader
15
170
PEACHES.
at the base than at the apex. Suture rather deep. Skin
pale yellow next the wall, sprinkled with numerous red dots ;
but of a dull red, marked with several broad spots or patches
of a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish
white, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice
plentiful and rich. Stone rather flat.
Ripe the middle of September.
This very fine and handsome Peach has been many years
in England, as appears by Hanbury, whose last edition was
published in 1769. It was cultivated by Messrs. Perfect,
of Pontefract, fifty years ago, and at that time was plentiful
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but does not appear to have
found its way into the London nurseries. There are seve-
ral Peaches of this class called Mignonnes, which approach
very nearly eacruother, and may be considered as the same ;
but this I consider to be distinct, as I have never observed
those broad and well marked dark patches which so strongly
characterize this, upon any of the other varieties.
32. MADELEINE DE COURSON. Lelieur, Pom. Fran.
p. 292. Pom. Mag. t. 30. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 539.
Madeleine Rouge. Dithamel, 10. t. 7.
Madeleine de Courson. Ib.
Rouge Paysanne. Of the French.
Red Magdalen. Miller, 9.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale blush. Fruit below the middle size, glotmlar, flatten-
ed, deeply cleft on one side. Skin pale yellowish white next
the wall ; but of beautiful red on the sunny side. Flesh
quite white, with a little red at the stone, from which it sepa-
rates. Juice plentiful, rich, and vinous. Stone blunt, ra-
ther large in proportion to the size of the fruit.
Ripe the end of August or beginning of September.
This is a very excellent Peach, and ought to be found in
evjJI^ood collection of fruit. It is the true Red Magdalen
of Miller, and, as such, should never have given way to the
one now cultivated under that name ; but, like the Elruge
and Red Roman Nectarine of that author, the ignorance of
some, and the indolence of others, have allowed far inferior
fruits to usurp their names.
33. MILLET'S MIGNOMNE. Hanbury. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small,
Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat globular figure, but rather
PEACHES. 171
more broad than long. Skin greenish white next the wall
but of a deep red or purple colour on the sunny side. Flesh
very melting, greenish white, but red at the stone, from which
it separates. Juice plentiful and well flavoured. Stone
smatl, cb!onj, rugged.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
In a cold wet season, this tree is frequently attacked,
more or less, with mildew ; it ought, therefore, to be planted
• on a dry soil, and in a warm sheltered situation. It is said
to have been raised by a Mr. Millet, a market gardener at
Brentford, above sixty years ago.
34. MONTAUBON. Langley, t. 28. f. 4. Hilt. p. 319.
Switzer, p. 88. Miller, No. 1 1. G. Lindl. Hort. 'in Trans.
Vol. v. p. 539.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale. Fruit middle sized, with a small suture extending
from the base to the apex. Skin greenish yellow next the
wall ; but of a deep red on the sunny side. Flesh melting,
and white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plen-
tiful, rich, and excellent.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
35.* NEIL'S EARLY PURPLE. G. Lindl. inHort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 544.
Neal's Early Purple. Hooker. Pom. Lond. t. 23.
Early Purple. Miller, No. 6.
Johnson's Early Purple, J
Johnson's Purple Avant, f /, ,„
Purple Avant, ( °f Nursery Catalogues.
Padley's Early Purple, )
Veritable Pourpree Hative. Duhamel, 12. t. 8.
Peche du Vin. Of the French Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale
lively rose. Fruit middle-sized, rather more broad than
long, somewhat depressed at the apex, having a well marked
suture, and a rather deep cavity at the base. Skin pale yel-
low or straw colour next the wall, with a mixture of scarlet
dots ; but of a rather dull red, and marbled with a deep pur-
ple on the sunny side. Flesh melting, yellowish white, but
red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful,
rich, of an excellent flavour. Stone rugged, oval, sharp-
pointed.
Ripe the middle and end of August, ten or fourteen days
before the Noblesse.
This little Peach has long been known in France, but not
172 PEACHES.
in this country. It appears to have been introduced, a few
years ago, by Mr. Neil, who sold two of the plants to Mr.
Padley for five guineas ; hence it has obtained Mr. Padley's
name, as well as that of Mr. Neil. It is much grown, as
M. Noisette has informed me, by the gardeners of Mon-
treuil, and known to them as the Peche du Yin.
36.* NEW BELLEGARDE. Nursery Catalogues.
New Galande, ) ,,
Brentford Mignonne, j
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small,
bright crimson. Fruit above the middle size, a little more
long than broad, with a narrowed apex, and a very shallow
suture. Skin pale yellow next the wall ; but of a deep red,
marbled and shaded with a deeper colour on the sunny side.
Flesh pale yellow, and melting, but red at the stone, from
which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and very highly
flavoured.
Ripe the beginning of September.
This very handsome and excellent Peach has been sold
by Mr. Ranalds of Brentford, under the name of Brentford
Mignonne, who informs me it was raised by a friend of his
from seed. Its characters being those of the Bellegarde,
that name has been assigned it in preference to that of a
Mignonne.
37.* NEW ROYAL CHARLOTTE.
Royal Charlotte. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p.
542.
Queen Charlotte. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 38.
Kew Early Purple. Jliton's Epitome.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers middle-
sized, dark red. Fruit rather above the middle size,
somewhat narrow at the apex, and more swelled on one
side of the suture than on the other. Skin pale green-
ish white on the shaded side ; but of a full deep red, and
marbled with still deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh
greenish white, but pale red next the stone, from which it
separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and extremely well fla-
voured.
Ripe the beginning of September.
I have named this the New Royal Charlotte^ to distin-
guish it from No. 14.
38.* NIVETTE. Duhamel, 37. t. 28.
Nivette Yeloutee. Ib.
Nivette. Miller, No. 26. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Yol. v. p. 546.
PEACHES.
173
Velontde Tardive. Bon, Jard. 1827. p. 278.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, pale
red. Fruit pretty large, somewhat ovate, with a shallow
suture, and a rather depressed apex. Skin greenish yellow
next the wall ; but when exposed to the sun, of a lively red,
shaded and marbled with a few dashes of a deeper co-
lour. Flesh when fully ripe, of a pale yellow, but very red
at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and
of an excellent flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of September.
39.* PETITE MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 550.
Double de Troyes. Duhamel, 3. t. 4.
•Peche de Troyes. Ib.
Petite Mignonne. Ik.
Early Mignonne. JWiller, 3.
Small Mignonne. Ib.
Mignonette. Ib,
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit below the middle size, somewhat globular, but com-
pressed near the stalk, which is inserted in a small deep ca-
vity. Suture rather deep, extending from the base to the
apex, which is terminated by a flattish obtuse nipple. Skin
yellowish white next the wall, but of a fine red on the sunny
side. Flesh white, with a rosy colour next the stone, from
which it ssparates. Juice plentiful, and richly flavoured.
Stone small, oblong, and thick.
Ripe the end of August.
40.* PouRFRfiE HATIVE. Duhamel, 15. t. 11. G.
Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 547.
Vineux. Ib.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large,
bright rose. Fruit below the middle size, globular, de-
pressed at the apex, having a deep suture extending from
the base and across ths summit. Skin pale yellowish white
next the wall, but of a deep mottled red or purple on the
sunny side. Flesh melting, pale yellowish white, but very
red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful,
of a rich vinous flavour. Stone middle-sized, rugged, broad-
ly-ovate, blunt at the summit, not pointed.
Ripe the end of August or beginning of September.
41. PRESIDENT. Pom. Mag. t. 54.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small,
deep red. Fruit large, roundish, approaching to oval, with
15*
174 PEACHES.
a shallow suture. Skin very downy, dull red next the sun,
pale yellowish green in the shade. Flesh whitish; but
deeply rayed with red next the stone, from which it separates
very freely. Juice plentiful, rich, and high-flavoured. Stone
oval, pointed, and very rugged.
Ripe the end of September.
This is an American Peach of great merit, lately intro-
duced into this country. As it ripens late, it requires to be
planted against a south wall, and care must be taken that
it is perfectly ripe before being gathered.
42. PURPLE ALBERGE. Langley, p. 304. t. 30. fig.
5. G. Lindl. in Horl. Trans. Vol. v. p. 546. Miller,
No. 18.
Red Alberge. Ib.
Alberge Jaune. Duhamel, 5. t. 5.
Peche Jaune. 76.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Floivers small,
bright pale crimson. Fruit middle sized, nearly globular,
having a pretty deep suture extending from the base to the
apex. Stalk inserted in a rather deep cavity. Skin yel-
low next the wall ; but on the sunny side of a deep red or
purple colour, which extends nearly round the fruit. Flesh
deep yellow, but of a soft red next the stone, from which it
separates. Juice plentiful and highly flavoured.
Ripe the beginning of September.
A very neat and hardy little peach, well deserving of cul-
tivation.
MILLER has made his Purple or Red Alberge a syno-
nym of the Rossamia, which, however, does not belong to
the same DIVISION ; the great similarity between the two
fruits has led many gardeners to confound them. The ad-
vantage of a synoptical arrangement of these fruits, in which
the glands are made a foundation of the DIVISIONS, isclearly
manifest ; for without consulting the simple character, the
difference between the Jllberge and the Rossanna would,
even now, have been left in a state of uncertainty.
43. RAMBOUILLET. Langley, t. 33. f. 3. Miller, jflfc,
21.
Rambullion. Ib,
Leaves crenate. Flowers large. Fruit middle sized,
rather more long than broad, and divided by a deep suture.
Skin pale yellow next the wall, but of a fine red colour on
the sunny side. Fle&h bright yellow, but deep red at the
PEACHES. 175
stone, from which it separates. Juice rich, of a vinous fla-
vour.
Ripe the middle of September.
This peach appears not to be known by any of our mo-
dern cultivators ; yet, should it fall in their way, the above
description, although defective, will enable them to distin-
guish it from any other sort.
44. RED MAGDALEN. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 542. Jliton's Epitome.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small,
dark dull red. Fruit middle-sized, rather more broad than
long. Suture deep, extending nearly half an inch beyond
the centre of the apex ; swelled much more on one side of
it than on the other, and having a wide cavity at the base.
Skin pale yellowish white next the wall, but of a very deep
red, interspersed with a few ash-coloured and dark specks on
the sunny side. Flesh melting and white, but red at the
stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and of a
very good flavour. Stone oblong and thick.
Ripe the beginning of September.
This is a good peach, but apt to be mildewed when plant-
ed upon a cold soil.
I have not quoted any synonyms under this head ; for,
although it may have been sold under different names by
different nurserymen, it does not follow that these names
should be considered as synonymous.
45. Ross ANN A. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
551. Miller, No. 18.
Rossanne. Duhamel, No. 6.
Alberge Jaune. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 277.
Peche Jaune. Ib.
St. Laurent Jaune. Ib.
Petite Roussanrie. Ib.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, pale
dull red. Fruit middle sized, something larger than the
Purple Aloerge, and generally a little more flattened ; but
it has a similar suture, extending to the apex, where is im-
planted a small sharp-pointed nipple. Skin yellow next
the wall, but on the sunny side of a deep red or purple co-
lour, which extends nearly round the fruit. Flesh deep
yellow, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice
plentiful, and of a good flavour.
Ripe about the middle of September.
The glands on the leaves form an unerring character,
176 PEACHES.
and, indeed, the only one by which this peach and the Pur-
ple Alberge can be distinguished. Had DUHAMEL been
aware of the importance of this character, his Traite des
Arbres Fruitiers, as far as regards Peaches and Necta-
rines, would have been invaluable, and the discrepancies
between him and modern authors avoided. In the Bon
Jardinier, the Roussanne and Jllberge Jaime are made the
same ; but that they are distinct, the glands are evidence ;
and that the Purple Jllberge, and the Rossanna, described
by me, are those intended by DUHAMEL, is clear, not only
from his description of both, but by his Ordre de Maturite.
46. ROYAL GEORGE. Miller, Ed. 2. No. 14. G. Lindl.
in HorL Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. Pom. Mag. t. 119.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small.
Fruit above the middle size, nearly globular. Suture deep,
especially at the apex, where it extends almost two-thirds
across. Skin of a yellowish white next the wall, sprinkled
with numerous red dots ; but of a deep red, and slightly
marbled with a deeper colour on the side next the sun. Flesh
melting, yellowish white, but very red at the stone, from
which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and high-flavour-
ed. Stone ovate, slightly furrowed.
Ripe about the middle of September.
There is very little doubt but that this is the Royal
George of both HITT and MILLER, although evidently not
the Royal George of SWITZER, and may therefore be con-
sidered as the original Royal George. It is a most excel-
lent peach, and a very beautiful figure of it is given in the
Pomological Magazine. There are, it is true, several
peaches sold in the nurseries under this name : but this is
the sort most generally allowed the right one.
47.* ROYAL GEORGE MIGNONNE. G, Lindl. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. v. p. 542.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Floivers small,
dark dull red. Fruit middle-sized, a little ovate, mostly
narrowed at the apex, and terminated by a small nipple.
Sfcin-pale yellowish white, sprinkled with numerous red
dots next ^the wall ; but of a very bright red, and marbled
with a deeper colour oh the sunny side. Flesh yellowish
white, but of a pale red at the stone, from which it separates.
Juice sugary and rich.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
48.* ROYAL KENSINGTON. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 7.
G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544.
PEACHES. 177
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large
pale rose. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat flattened at the
apex, and swelled a little more on one side of the suture
than on the other. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall,
sprinkled with numerous red dots, buf of a fine dark red,
and marbled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh
pale greenish yellow, with a few red streaks near the stone,
from which it separates. Juice rich, and of a very highly
vinous flavour.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
The name of this very beautiful and excellent Peach
originated with Mr. Forsyth. He says it was sent from
France to her Majesty Queen Charlotte, about the year
1783,1 and planted in the Royal Gardens at Kensing-
ton, where he found it in 1 784, and mentioned in the cata-
logue of the gardens as a new Peach from France.
49.* SMOOTH-LEAVED ROYAL GEORGE. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 'p. 544. Forsyth.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large,
fine deep rose. Fruit above the middle size, nearly glo-
bular, but a little depressed at the apex, and the suture al-
most obscure. Skin yellowish white next the wall, sprinkled
with numerous minute red dots, but of a beautiful red or
carmine colour on the sunny side. Flesh melting, yellow-
ish white, except near the stone, where it is deeply stained
with red, which at the apex reaches nearly through to the
skin. Juice plentiful, sugary, and of a high vinous flavour.
Stone small, deeply rugged.
Ripe about the middle of September. This is not only
one of the handsomest, but one of the best peaches in our
collections, not excepting the Bellegarde, and cannot be too
extensively known. The name appears to have originated
with the late Mr. Lee of Hammersmith.
50.* SPRING GROVE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 214.
Pom. Mag. t. 97.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large,
pale blush. Fruit middle-sized, globular; broadest at the
base, with a very shallow suture. Skin greenish yellow next
the wall, but of a bright crimson on the sunny side. Flesh
greenish yellow to the stone, from which it separates. Juice
plentiful, rich, and high-flavoured. Stone rather large, obo-
vate, pointed.
Ripe about the end of August,
PEACHES*
This peach was raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Gas-
tie, from a stone of Neil's Early Purple, and the pollen of
the Red Nutmeg. It differs from its female parent in be-
ing a much rounder fruit.
51.* SUPERB ROYAL. Forsyth, Ed. 3. 37. G. Lind.
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544.
Royal Sovereign. Nurs. Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, deep
rose. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, but a little nar-
rowed at the apex, and little more full on one side of the suture
than on the other. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall,
sprinkled with numerous red dots, but of a rather dull red,
and marbled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh
melting, pale greenish yellow, but tinged with red next the
stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and
high flavoured.
Ripe the beginning of September.
It is probable this peach may be sold under other names
in the nurseries. Two trees were planted against a south
wall in Mr. Lee's private garden at Hammersmith, under
the above name, which proved to be one and the same fruit.
52. TETON DE VENUS. Hilt, p. 323. Miller, 24.
Duhamel, p. 32. t. 23. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 278. Jard.
Fruitier, t. 22. G. Lindl in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
546.
Leaves deeply crenate, with globose glands, and some-
what puckered on each side of the midrib. Flowers small,
pale rose, edged with carmine. Fruit large, a little more
long than broad, divided by a wide and deep suture, extend-
ing from the base to the apex, where it is terminated by a
broad, prominent, obtuse hippie, and having a wide cavity at
the base. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall ; but of a
lively red, and marbled with a deeper colour, on the sunny
side. Flesh melting, greenish yellow, but red at the stone,
from which it separates. Juice sugary, and of an excellent
flavour.
Ripe the end of September. ' «^
I have examined the leaves of many trees of this kind
in the nurseries in the Duke of Devonshire's garden, and
also in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick ; and I have
uniformly found them to be more deeply and more acutely
crenate than those on any other glandular-leaved variety.
PEACHES. 179
SECT. III. — Pavies, or Clingstones.
53. BRADDICK'S AMERICAN. f G. Lindl. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. v. p. 553.
Braddick's North American. Ib.
American Clingstone. Nurs. Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, pale
blush. Fruit middle sized, somewhat narrower at the apex
than at -the base, with a considerable fulness on one
side of the suture, which is rather deeply marked. Skin
pale yellow, tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh pale
yellow, quite to the stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice
plentiful, pretty good.
Ripe the middle of September.
This is not BraddicL's American Peach of the Hort.
Trans. Vol. ii.-p. 205. t. 13., which appears to be a melting
peach. Some description ought to have accompanied that
plate. J
54. CATHARINE. Langley, Pom. t. 33. f. 6. G. Lindl.
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549. Pom. Mag. t. 9.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands, narrower than in
many others, and puckered on each side of the midrib.
Flowers small, reddish. Fruit above the middle size, ra-
ther more long than broad, generally more swelled on one
side of the suture than on the other, and terminated by a
small nipple, very uneven at the base. Skin pale yellow-
ish green on the side next the wall, and thickly sprinkled
with red dots ; but on the sunny side it is of a beautiful red,
marked and streaked with a darker colour. Flesh firm,
yellowish white, but very red at the stone, to which it close-
ly adheres. Juice plentiful, and, if thoroughly ripened, in a
fine warm season it is richly flavoured. Stone middle-siz-
ed, roundish oval, very slightly pointed.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
55. INCOMPARABLE. dUlon's Epitome. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol v. p. 549.
Pavie Admirable. Ib. 553.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
pale. Fruit large, of a roundish figure, swelling a little
more On one side of the suture than on the other. Skin pale
t See No. 72. Am. Ed. J See No. 69. Am. Ed.
180 PEACHES.
yellow next the wall ; but of a pale red, shaded with light
scarlet or deep crimson on the sunny side. Flesh pale
yellow, but red at the stone, to which it closely adheres.
Juice sugary, and well flavoured. Stone roundish, and
almost smooth.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
The Pavie Admirable is now, for the first time, made a
synonym of the Incomparable, the latter having been es-
tablished in Mr. Aiton's Epitome. The name of Pavie
Admirable is no where to be found, I believe, previously to
its insertion in my Plan of an Orchard, published in 1796,
whence it was copied into Mr. Forsyth's book, in 1802.
56. MONSTROUS PAVIE OR POMPONNE. G. Lindl. in
Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 546.
Monstrous Pavy of Pomponne. Miller, No. 29.
Pavie Rouge de Pomponne. Duhamel, p. 35. t. 26.
Pavie de Pomponne. Lelieur.
Pavie Cornu, \
Pavie Rouge, V Duhamel, Yol. ii. p. 37.
Pavie Monstreux, J
Gros Melecotori, ) T> T j i o«>v nwn
Gros Persique Rouge, } **• Jard' 1827' P- 279'
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large,
and crumpled at their margins. Fruit very large, some-
times measuring fourteen inches in circumference, some-
what oval, with a well-defined suture extending from
the base to the apex, which narrowed, and terminates with
an obtuse nipple. Skin yellowish white next the wall ; but
on the exposed side of a deep intense red, a lighter part
of which reaches nearly round the fruit. Flesh firm, yel-
lowish white, but very red at the stone, to which it closely
adheres. Stone small in proportion to the size of the fruit.
Ripe in a warm and dry season the middle or towards the
end of October, when the flavour is pretty good ; but in cold
seasons it will not ripen abroad in this country.
57. OLD NEWINGTON. Langley, Pom. t. 31. f. 1.
Miller, No. 20. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
538.
Newington. Parkinson, No. S.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale rose. Fruit large, somewhat globular. Skin pale
yellowish white on the side next the wall, but of a beautiful
red marbled with dashes and streaks of a deeper colour
where fully exposed to the sun. Flesh yellowish white, but
PEACHES. 181
very red at the stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice
rich, and of a high vinous flavour.
Ripe the middle of September.
58. PA VIE MADELEINE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 538. Duhamel, No. 9.
Pavie Blanc. Ib.
Persique a Gros. Fruit Blanc. Bon. Jard. 1822.
Melecoton. Ib.
Merlicoton. Ib.
Myrecoton. Ib.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale blush. Fruit middle sized, somewhat broadly globu-
lar. Suture rather deep at the base, but shallow at the
apex, where is sometimes implanted a small acute nipple.
Skin pale fellowish white next the wall ; but df a beauti-
ful red, marbled and streaked with a deeper colour on the
sunny side Flesh firm, pale yellowish white to the stone,
to which it closely adheres. Juice sugary, and well flavour-
ed. Stone middle sized, shortly ovate, thick, not deeply
rugged.
Ripe the beginning of September.
This has been considered by some to be the same as
Smith's Newington ; but it appears to me to be a different
fruit, being always more broad than long, while the other is
always more long than broad, and has also more colour at
the stone.
59. PORTUGAL. Hitt, p. 322. Miller, No. 23. G.
Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 553.
Leaves crenate. Flowers small. Fruit above the middle
size, somewhat globular. Skin pale yellow next the wall,
sprinkled with numerous red dots ; but of a deep red or
purple colour on the sunny side. Flesh firm, yellowish
white, but of a faint red at the stone, to which it closely ad-
heres. Juice rich and vinous, btone small, deeply fur-
rowed.
Ripe the middle or towards the end of September.
"' 60. SMITH'S NEWINGTON. Lanyley, p. 101. t. 28. fig.
1. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 538. Miller,
No. 10.
Early Newington. Ib.
Smith's Early Newington. Hitt, p. 320.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
pale rose. Fruit middle sized, rather oval, a little narrow-
ed at the apex, and more swelled on one side of the suture
16
182 PEACHES.
than on the other. Skin pale yellow or straw colour nest
the wall ; but of a lively red, marked with light and dark
purple dashes on the sunny side. Flesh firm, pale yellow,
but of a light red next the stone, to which it closely adheres.
Juice excellent.
Ripe the beginning of September.
SECT. IV. — ADDITIONAL AMERICAN PEACHES.
By the Editor.
The following are selected as fine kinds, and believed to
be of American origin. Several of them cannot be excelled
by any European sorts, and are worthy of a place in every
collection. I sent most of the kinds to the London Hor-
ticultural Society in the years 1823 and 1825. The only
kind of them ( George the Fourth,) which our author describes,
shows that the climate of England is not sufficient to
produce them in perfection without artificial heat. The
George the 4th Peach ripens here the latter end of August
or beginning of September, and is what we call a Summer
Peach. The time of ripening in England appears to be
near a month later. What then would they do with
our later peaches, particularly the Heath, one of our very
latest, and when perfectly ripe, probably the best? We
want the most sheltered and warmest part of the garden
here to ripen this sort. Still I should recommend to the
English gardeners to give all the sorts a trial, in a good
Peach-house, where they can command a heat of seventy
or eighty degrees in the month of September. They will
find that their " Braddick's American," which by our au-
thor's description does not promise much, may change its
character, and probably turn out to be the rich and high-fla-
voured Lemon Clingstone ; and all the other kinds would
find a place in a new edition, if perfectly ripened, with
high encomiums of character. However, it is important
that the true kinds are selected ; for it is a fact, that
all the kinds which I take to be original sorts will pro-
duce a number of varieties from seeds, of a similar type with
the original — some indifferent, and some very poor. Hence
we have hundreds of names, as sorts not worth culti-
vating ; although, to a careless observer, they may pass
as tolerable peaches. The facility of raising peaches from
seed, in this country, has led many to neglect innocu-
lated trees, and trust to seedlings. Trees should always
be innoculated with scions from trees in a bearing state,
PEACHES. 183
and when the fruit is ripe ; they will then know to a cer-
tainty what kinds are good, and of the best quality, and
such only should be budded from,
61. ASTOR PEACH. Hort. Soc. Cat. 175.
Leaves broad, deeply serrated, with globose glands. Flow-
ers medium, rose-coloured. Fruit large, more broad than
long, a little sunken at the apex, with a deep cavity at the
base ; the suture dividing the fruit pretty even, forming a
handsome figure. Skin pale yellow, with a deep red
cheek on the exposed side. Flesh melting, whitish yel-
low, with a few rays of red near the stone, which is small
roundish, and not much pitted ; separating freely. Juice
very sweet and plentiful, of a rich and high flavour.
Ripe the last week in August.
This is a most excellent Free-stone Peach, and in gene-
ral a good bearer ; the tree of thrifty growth. . I found the
original tree in a garden in New-York. The tree was large,
thrifty, and full of fruit ; about eight or ten years old : it had
come up accidentally from a seed. I sent it to the Hort.
Society in 1823.
62. BLOOD CLINGSTONE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 176.
This is a tolerably large Clingstone, with little to recom-
mend it but its curiosity. The Flesh is of a deep blood co-
lour to the stone ; when perfectly ripe it is juicy, with an
acidity in its taste, by some deemed agreeable, and used for
culinary purposes and preserving. I sent it to the Hort. Soc.
in 1823.
Ripe first week in September.
63. BREVOORT'S SEEDLING MELTER. Hort. Soc. Cat.
177.
Leaves crenated, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit below the medium size, nearly round. Flesh white,
firm, with a very little red at the Stone, which is small, flat,
and a little swollen at the bottom, separating easily. Skin a
dirty white, with bright red on the exposed side. Juice rich
and sugary.
Ripe middle of August.
This excellent little Peach was raised from seed by Mr.
Henry Brevoort of this place in the year 1822, and is wor-
thy of general cultivation. I sent this sort to the Hort. Soc.
m 1825.
64. CONGRESS. Hort. Soc. Cat. 180.
Leaves crenated with round small glands. Flowers small,
and rose-coloured. Fruit about the medium size. Skin
184 PEACHES.
of a greenish yellow with a brownish red on the exposed side-
Flesh melting. Juice rich, sweet, and good flavoured.
65. EARLY SWEET WATER. Hort. Soc. Cat. 184.
Leaves large and broad, doubly serrated ; glands none.
Flowers large, white and rose-coloured. Fruit about a me-
dium size, nearly round and regular, slightly pitted at the
apex, and showing a kind of pistilla point. Skin thin, white,
with a small portion of colour on the exposed side. Flesh
melting, white, and separating readily from the stone ; which
is small, round, and nearly flat, and pitted. Juice very
sweet and good. Ripe the first week in August.
This is the best early peach we have, coming in a few days
after the early Ann, or White Nutmeg, which it resembles
in shape, growth of the tree, &c. ; it is, however, about dou-
ble the size, and it is probable that it originated from a seed
of that kind, but is every way very superior in quality ; and
as the trees have a larger and stronger growth, is supposed
to have been mixed in the pollen with some other sort. The
tree has a peculiar habit of growth, which renders it very
difficult to propagate from. The young shoots will be
almost destitute of perfect buds to innoculate with : care,
therefore, should be taken to see that each bud has a per-
fect eye, or they will never grow. I experience more difli-
culty to bud a row of this sort, in my Nursery, than of all
other kinds put together. I first found it in the garden
of Mr. Henry Brevoort : he had several trees of them, and
it was one of his favourite sorts. He had budded them by
the name of a " French Peach," but cannot tell where he
first got it. I have no doubt, however, of its originating in
this country. I sent trees of it to the Hort. Society, in 1823,
66. EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Hort. Soc. Cat., 185.
Serrated.
Unique.
New Cut-Leaved. Hort. Soc. 206.
Leaves narrow and very deeply and doubly serrated ; in
some instances almost to the mid-rib, more so than any
other kind of peach : without glands. Flowers small and red.
Fruit large, broader than long, one cheek projecting out
much more than the other, and forming an irregular shape.
Skin downy, of a brownish yellow, with a crimson red on
the exposed side. Flesh melting, separating freely from the
stone, which is small for the size of the fruit. Juice sweet,
and of an excellent flavour.
Ripe last week in August.
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I first discovered this most curious peach when quite a
young tree, on the edge of a swamp near the English Neigh-
bourhood, in New-Jersey, in the year 1809. Being struck
with its curious appearance, I took scions from it, and
budded them in my nursery. I sent some of the young
trees to London in the spring of 1812: and in the fall of
that year obtained fruit from my Serrated Peach, as I called
it, which I thought good. I planted these pits, and the leaves
of all the seedlings were similar ; yet many of the trees
that bore fruit were inferior sorts, and rejected. One of them
had very fine fruit, and superior to the original, which I called
"Emperor of Russia," and sent it to Mr. Robert Barclay,
in 1819, and to the Hort. Society^ in 1823, by that name.
67. NEW-YORK WHITE CLINGSTONE. Hort. Soc. Cat.
208.
Williamson's New- York. Ib. 224.
Newington, Nursery Catalogues.
Leaves crenated, with round glands. Flowers small, red.
Fruit large, round, with a pointed apex, or small nipple.
Skin white, inclining to a very light yellow, with a rose co-
lour on the exposed side ; some of the fruit having but little
colouring. Flesh light yellow, melting and soft, but adhe-
ring close to the stone, which is rather oval, and raised in
the middle. Juice very plentiful, sweet, luscious, and high
flavoured.
Ripe early in September.
This most excellent Clingstone Peach, of which there are
many seminal varieties, differing more or less in size and
quality, but evidently of the same type ; by some has been
considered to be a Newington, and confounded with that
sort, but is in many respects different, and the true sort
much superior. I first found it in the late David Wil-
liamson's Nursery in 1807. He had worked many of
them, and, by a note I found in his Nursery Book when I
came in possession of his Nursery, he had found it in a
private garden in the city of New- York. I have found none
of the new varieties to equal the original.
68. WASHINGTON PEACH. Hort. Soc. Cat. 22a.
Boyce Peach.
Leaves crenated, large and broad, with round glands.
Flowers small. Fruit large, rather broader than long, full
at the bottom, very equally divided by the suture, which is
rather deep near the bottom. Skin very thin, and peels rea-
dily with the fingers, with a very slight downiness, light yel-
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186 PEACHES.
low, with a deep crimson blush. Flesh pale yellow, melting
and tender, juice abundant, very sweet and luscious ; it se-
parates from the stone, but not so easily as some sorts, ge-
nerally leaving a little of the flesh behind. The Stone is
quite small for the size of the fruit.
Ripe second week in September.
This is one of the finest of peaches at the season when in
perfection. I found this peach in my garden in 1 806. It
was undoubtedly a worked tree, and had been planted there.
Mr. Brevoort knew the Peach, and called it thvBoyce Peach.
He said it had been cultivated by Mr. Boyce, a Gardener
in New-York, many years before ; but where it originated
he could not tell. This kind should be planted in every gar-
den as a very superior sort. I sent young trees of it to the
London Hort. Society in 1823. One very peculiar trait in
the character of this Peach is its rapid growth ; when the fruit
is nearly ripe, it is only of an ordinary size, but in the course
often days the size will have doubled. The perfectly ripe
fruit generally weighs nine ounces.
69. RED CHEKK MALACOTAN. Coxe's View, No. 28.
Hogg's Mallacotan.
Lady Gallatin.
Probyn Peach, and other names.
Fruit above a medium size, inclining to the oval at top,
fuller at the bottom, in shape very similar to the variety of
Lemon Clingstone, called Pine Apple Cling. The Skin
a fine yellow, with a deep red cheek ; the Flesh of a deep
yellow, with a little red close to the stone, and from
which it separates freely. The Juice not very abundant,
but sweet and very fine, with a little of that pleasant acidity
of the Lemon Clingstone.
Ripe first week in September.
Mr. William Prince, the senior proprietor of the Flushing
Nurseries, informed mo, that this Peach was first discovered
by him in his Peach Orchard in rather a singular manner :
He had sent his man to gather some Lemon Clingstones ;
in examining them, he found that some of them were free
stones. On being informed that they all came off the same
tree, he went and found that one part of the tree was Lemon
Clingstone the other | art probably a limb that had sprung
from the natural tree below the graft) this fruit ; he gave
the name as above, and innoculated from it. I have known
this kind thirty years ; and as a proof of the fruit having
PEACHES. 187
originated here, there are a host of names from seed of this
kind. The best of them is one that came up accidentally
in the garden of Mr. Thomas Hogg, Florist, and is quite as
good as the original ; and I think rather earlier. This is the
variety I now work from as the best: some of the varieties
are very indifferent.
70. EARLY ORANGE PEACH. Nursery Catalogue.
Yellow Rare Ripe. Hort. Soc. Cat. 219.
Rare Ripe Early Yellow. 76.217.
Yellow Malacotan.
Leaves crenated with round glajids. Flowers small, of a
dingy red. Fruit under a medium size, inclining to the
oval shape, apex full, with a,small tip. Skin greenish yellow,
with but little colouring of red, in some none. Hesh a fine
yellow, firm, and rather dry, separating freely from the
stone which is small for the size of the fruit. .Juice rich
and sweet, although not plentiful. Ripens the last week in
August. This, like the former kind, has many seminal va-
rieties, some good and some poor : the true Orange Peach
is very fine. I sent it to the Horticultural Society in 1823.
71. HEATH. Hort. Soc. Cat. 189.
Heath Clingstone. Ib. 191.
Late Heath. Code's View, 13.
Late October, of some catalogues.
Fruit large, inclining to an oval shape, and terminating in
a projecting point at the apex, and slightly cleft at the su-
ture. Skin white and downy, with very little, and in some
instances, no red, having a brownish cast on the sunny side.
Flesh, white and juicy, adhering firmly to the stone ; ten-
der and melting. Juice very plentiful, sweet and luscious,
of a high fine flavour.
Ripe in October.
The Heath Peach requires a warm sheltered situation to
brin^ it to perfection north of New-York. It ought to be train-
ed against a south wall or board fence. It succeeds best far-
ther south, and in the state of Maryland arrives to the greatest
stato of perfection. This is one of the latest peaches we
have, and when perfectly ripe, equal to the very best ; arid
the best, for preserving — it will keep till November. Coxe
says, " The original stone was brought from the Mediter-
ranean by the late Daniel Heath, and has ever since been
propagated from the stone in Maryland, where it grows in
high perfection and great abundance. " The juice is so
188 PE1CHE3.
abundant as to make it difficult to eat the peach without in-
jury to the clothes."
72. LEMON CLINGSTONE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 196.
Lemon Clingstone, Hoyte's. Ib. 197.
Kennedy's Carolina. Ib. 194.
Kennedy's Lemon Clingstone. Ib. 198.
Lemon Largest. Ib. 199.
Pine Apple. Ib. 212.
Pine Apple Clingstone. Ib. 213.
Large Yellow Pine Apple. Coxe's Vieiv, 24.
Leaves crenated, with uniform glands. Flowers small,
deep red, petals very short. Fruit large, of an oval shape,
projecting and terminating with a nipple at the apex ; large,
and full at the bottom ; in appearance much like a large le-
mon. Skin deep yellow, with a brownish red on the expo-
sed side. Flesh firm, of a deep lemon colour, with a little
red at the stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice abun-
dant, rich, vinous and sprightly, sweet, with an agreeable
acidity ; and when perfectly ripe, most excellent. •
Ripe the middle and latter end of September.
This is an old resident of our gardens ; by all accounts
it was first brought here by Mr. Robert Kennedy, from Caro-
lina, about forty years ago ;• it was generally called Kennedy's
Carolina. Two kinds used to be cultivated, as was supposed
different sorts, designated by early and late. A number
of seminal varieties have been cultivated by different names
as above. The Pine Apple Cling is more round ; Hoyte's
Lemon very large and pretty round : they all however are,
with slight variation, of the same type, and no one kind equal
to the old original sort. A few bearing trees of the
true sort are yet to be found in New-York, but the
greater part cultivated as Lemon Clingstones are very infe-
rior. I would recommend to all the Nurserymen to culti-
vate the old kind only : the fruit is much sought after for
making the finest sweetmeats. The trees should have a
good warm dry situation to ripen in perfection. I sent it to
the Hort. Soc. in 1823.
73. MAMMOTH PEACH. Hort. Soc. Cat. 200.
Saarte Mout, or Aunt Sarah's Peach.
Fruit very large, of rather an irregular shape, inclining to
the oval form ; suture very slight, one cheek projecting out
more than the other. Skin pale green, with a brownish cast
on the exposed side. Flesh greenish yellow, separating free-
ly from the stone, which is large and heavy, generally con-
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taining two pits in each. Juice not very abundant, but sweet
and rich.
Ripe in September.
The Mammoth, or Aunt Sarah Peach, was discovered
in a garden in New- York about forty years ago by Mr. Bre-
voort ; he budded it in his Peach Orchard, and considered it
a Peach of superior excellence, as well as an extraordinary
large fruit. I sent it to the Hort. Soc. in 1823.
74. MORRIS'S WHITE FREESTONE. Hort. Soc. Cat.
203.
White Rare Ripe. Ib. 229. Coxe's View, 19.
Luscious White Rare Ripe. Hort. Soc. Cat. 221.
Philadelphia Freestone. Jb. 214.
Leaves crenated, glands reniform. flowers middle -sized,
white and rose colour. Fruit large, and inclining to the oval
form ; suture even, but not deep ; apex a little sunken. Flesh
white, inclining to a yellowish cast, separating freely from
the stone. Juice rich and sweet.
Ripe about the middle or latter end of September.
75. MORRIS'S RED FREE STONE. Hort. Sec. Cat. 202.
Red Rare Ripe. Ib. 218. Coxe>s View, 9.
Leaves crenated, with small round glands. Flowers mid-
dle-sized. Frwt nearly round, of large size, apex a little
sunken. Skin greenish white, with a beautiful red cheek
on the exposed side. Flesh whitish and melting, separating
freely from the stone, which is small, round, and not much
furrowed.
Ripe about the middle and latter end of August.
These two excellent Peaches I received from Philadel-
phia, and were said to have come from the garden of Ro-
bert Morris, Esq. I sent them to the Horticultural Society
in 1823.
76. HOFFMAN'S POUND PEACH.
Morrisania Pound Peach. Hort. Soc. Cat. 205.
Morrison's Pound. Ib. 204. Pound, Ib. 215.
Fruit very large and heavy, of a pretty round shape. Skin
a light brownish white, and brownish red on the exposed
side. Flesh a light yellow, firm and compact, separating
freely from the stone, which is rather large. Juice rich and
sugary, with a slight aromatic flavour.
Ripe about the middle of September.
This fine large Peach, and the latest freestone, was obtain-
ed from G ouverneur Morris, of Morrisania, who got the
scions from Martin Hoffman, Esq. It came up in a natural
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state in his meadow, on York Island, about forty years ago. I
sent it to the Hort. Soc. in 1823. As it was first obtained
from Mr. Morris, it was called the Morrisania Pound Peach ;
but on finding that it originated with Mr. Hoffman, it was
deemed proper to give it that name. It is one of our finest,
as well as the largest of our fall Peaches.
Selection of Peaches for a small Garden.
Neil's Early Purple 35
New Noblesse 1 1
New Royal Charlotte 37
Noblesse 12
Royal Kensington 47
Royal George 46
Smith's Newington 60
Smooth-leaved Royal
George 49
Vanguard 16
-*MoriiH'» White Free-
stone 74
*New-York White
Clingstone 67
*President 41
*Red Cheek Malacotan 69
^Washington 68
*Early Sweetwater 65
*Early Orange 70
Barrington
21
Bellegarde
20
Bourdine
4
Catherine
54
Chancellor
22
Early Anne
6
Ford's Seedling
9
Grosse Mignonne
27
Late Admirable
29
Madeleine de Courson
32
Malta
10
*Astor Peach
61
*Brevoort's Seedling
63
^Congress
64
*Emperor of Russia
66
*George the Fourth
26
*Heath
71
*HofFman's Pound
76
*Lemon Clingstone
72
*Mammoth Peach
73
^Morris's Red Free-
stone
75
Those marked with an asterisk (*) are added by the Editor,
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CHAPTER XI.
NECTARINES.
SECT. I. — Melting pale Fruited.
1. FAIRCHILD'S. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p.
548. Bitted. 3. p. 314.
Fairchild's Early. Miller, No. 1.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
Fruit the smallest of all the nectarines, being only about
four inches and a half in circumference, nearly globular, a
little flattened at its apex. Skin bright yellow next the wall,
shaded with deep scarlet on the sunny side. Flesh melting,
bright yellow to the stone, from which it separates. Juice
rich, with a little perfume. Stone obtuse, nearly smooth.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This beautiful little Nectarine was raised by Thomas
Fairchild, a gardener at Hoxton near London.
2. HUNT'S LARGE TAWNY. Nursery Catalogue.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large,
deep rose colour. Fruit rather small, but larger than the
last, about five and a half or six inches in circumference,
somewhat ovate, a little compressed on one side of the su-
ture, and fuller on the other, with a prominent apex. Skin
pale orange, shaded with deep red on the sunny side, and
interspersed with numerous russetty specks. Flesh deep
orange, melting, of an excellent flavour, and separates from
the stone.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This very excellent Nectarine originated from the follow-
ing variety about the year 1824, not through the seminal
process ; but, as it appears, by a spontaneous effort in na-
ture to enlarge the parts of fructification. In the spring of
1826 I observed a few of the maiden plants in the nursery
with much larger blossoms than those on the other plants,
but promiscuously intermixed among them : which at first
led me to suppose that some other sort had been introduced
through the carelessness of the budders in the previous
budding season; but upon a close examination, I found
there was not in the whole collection of Peaches and Nec-
tarines then in flower, one kind whose blossoms correspond-
- -
-
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ed with these. I marked the plants, and in the autumn had
two or three potted of each sort. In 1828 I placed them
under glass, and forced them ; their blossoms still main-
tained their enlarged character, and were succeeded by fruit
which differed inno other respect from the original sort than
that of being larger, yet ripening about the same time.
A fully expanded blossom of the small Tawny Nectarine
is about seven-eighths of an inch in diameter from the ex-
tremity of one petal to that of the opposite one. In this it
is an inch and a quarter, and the petals are imbricated at
the base.
There appears to me a great singularity in this accidental
change of character, and to some it may appear incredible ;
but I state it as a fact that has happened under my own in-
spection, being perfectly satisfied that it had never been ob-
served previously by any other person.
There are other instances upon record where fruit has
spontaneously changed its character ; but none so decidedly
as this, which has enlarged its blossoms, as well as its
fruit.
3. HUNT'S SMALL TAWNY. Nursery Catalogue.
Hunt's Early Tawny. G. Lindl. in HorL Trans. Vol.
v. p. 542.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small,
deep rose colour. Fruit rather larger than that of the Fair-
child's, about five inches in circumference, somewhat ovate,
a little compressed on one side of the suture, and a little
fuller on the other, with a prominent apex. Skin pale
orange on the shaded side ; but when exposed to the sun,
shaded with deep red, intermixed with numerous russetty
specks. Flesh deep orange, melting, juicy, extremely well
flavoured, and separates from the stone.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
4. NKATE'S WHITE.
New White. G. Lindl. in H or I. Trans. Vol. v. p. 548.
White, or Flanders. Hooker, Pom. Lond. p. 30.
Emmerton's New White. Nursery Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
Fruit middle-sized, roundish, very pale yellowish green,
becoming almost white in the shade, and slightly tinged with
red next the sun. Flesh tender and juicy, with a fine vinous
flavour, and separates from the stone, which is rather small.
Ripe the end of August to the middle of September.
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5. OLD WHITE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 548.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate. Skin pale yellowish
white, sprinkled with small pearl-coloured specks. Flesh
melting, and separates from the stone. Juice sugary and
highly flavoured.
Ripe the end of August to the middle of September.
6. PETERBOROUGH. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 552. Miller, No. 10.
Late Green. 76.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
very dark crimson. Fruit below the middle size, some-
what globular. Skin pale green next the wall, tinged with
muddy red on the sunny side. Flesh greenish white to the
stone, from which it separates.
Ripe the beginning of October.
In a dry warm season this is a good little fruit.
It should be planted on a south or south-east wall to ripen
it perfectly.
SECT. II. — Melting Red-Fruited.
7. AROMATIC. Gr. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
551.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular. Skin pale straw
colour in the shade, but of a deep red or blackish brown on
the side next the sun. Flesh pale straw colour, but red at
the stone, from which it separates. Juice of a rich vinous
flavour.
Ripe the end of August or beginning of September.
8. BRINION. Switzer, p. 94.
Marbled. Ib.
Brinion red at stone, > */. „ . ,
Violet red at stone, } Nursery Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit the largest of the melting sorts, frequently measuring
eight inches and a quarter in circumference, a little more
long than broad, with now and then a small nipple at the
apex. Skin very pale yellow next the wall ; but of a deep
red on the sunny side, very much marbled with a deeper
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194 NECTARINES.
colour, occasionally mixed with a little pale thin russet'
Flesh melting, greenish yellow, but very red at the stone,
from which it separates. Juice excellent.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
The name of Brinion has been continued to this Necta-
rine, fro/n the time of Switzer, in 1724.
It is not a corruption from the word Brugnon, a name by
which the French designate their Pavie Nectarines ; but
from Brin, a brindled or marbled colour. It is the largest
and best of our melting Nectarines, and ought to be in every
good collection of fruit.
9. CLAREMONT. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 551.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle-sized, slightly ovate. Skin pale green next
the wall, but of a deep muddy red next the sun, intermixed
with a little dark brown russet : as it ripens the skin shrivels
like that of the Newington. Flesh pale greenish white to
the stone, where it is slightly tinged with red, and from which
it separates. Juice plentiful, and excellently well flavour-
ed. Stone rather large, oblong, thick, deeply rugged.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This Nectarine was raised at Esher, in Surry, about the
year 1750, by John Greening, gardener to the Duke of
Newcastle, who then lived at Claremont.
10. COMMON ELRUGE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 551. Pom. Mag. t. 49.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
pale, dull red. Fruit middle-sized, inclining to oval ; chan-
nel shallow at the base, gradually deeper towards the apex.
Skin deep violet or blood colour, when exposed, with mi-
nute brownish specks ; paler in the shade. Flesh whitish,
melting, very juicy, rich, and high-flavoured ; a little stain-
ed with red next the stone, from which it parts freely. Stone
middle-sized, oval, slightly pointed, pale, in which it differs
from the Violet Hative, the stone of which is deep red.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
It is difficult to explain why the name of Elruge should
have been given to this nectarine. The true Elruge has
been so well described by Miller, that it appears marvellous
the misapplication of its name should not have been disco-
vered many years ago ; and, what is still more surprising,
the original fruit is, perhaps, no where now to be found. It
will be described under the name of Miller's Elruge.
NECTARINES.
195
11. Due DUTELLIER'S. Gr. Lindl. iuHort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 551.
Du Tellier's. Mian's Epitome.
ell°' } Nurserymen's Catalogues.
Leaves crenate, with reriiform glands. Flowers small,
bright pale crimson. Fruit above the middle size, somewhat
oblong, compressed near the suture, and having a few ob-
scure angles near the base, and a little narrowed at the apex.
Skin pale green next the wall, marbled with deep red or pur-
ple next the sun, on a somewhat tawny ground. Flesh
greenish white, melting, of a faint red next the stone, from
which it separates. Juice sweet and very well flavoured.
Stone obtuse, thick.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
12. MILLER'S ELRUGE. G. Lindl. Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 541.
Elruge. Langley, p. 102. t. 29. f. 3. Miller, Ed. 8.
No. 2.
Elrouge. Switzer, p. 92.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle-sized, rather more long than broad. Skin
greenish yellow on the shaded side ; but when exposed to
the sun, of a dark red or purple colour. Flesh greenish
yellow, melting and juicy, of a very excellent flavour, and
separates from the stone.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
The Elruge nectarine, like the red Roman, has been
widely mistaken by gardeners, although, till the introduc-
tion of Hunt's small Tawny, there was not any nectarine in
this country, if elsewhere, which could be arranged in the
same class, division, subdivision, and section, with the El-
ruge of Miller. When the classification of peaches and nec-
tarines was published in the Hort. Trans, in 1824, I ex-
pressed my doubts of the sort being then in existence : this
impression is not removed ; for notwithstanding the circu-
lation of that paper by the Society throughout every part of
Great Britain/it has not to this day been received into the
Chiswick Garden. If any spirited nurseryman would offer
a hundred guineas for its recovery, he would amply repay
himself by its sale.
Elruge, or Elrouge, is a sort of lame anagram of Gurle
or Gourle, the name of a nurseryman at Hoddesdon, in
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Hertfordshire, in the reign of Charles the Second, who is
said to have raised this nectarine.
13. MURRY. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552.
Miller, No. 7.
Murrey. Ray, 7.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle- sized, rather more long than broad, narrow at
the apex, with a little more fulness on one side of the suture
than on the other. Skin dark red or purple, pale green next
the wall. Flesh pale greenish white, melting, and separates
from the stone. Juice sweet, and well flavoured. Stone ob-
long, obtuse, and almost smooth.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
14. ORD'S NECTARINE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 554.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Floivers smallr
dark brown. Fruit somewhat below the middle size, ra-
ther ovate, and swelled a little more on one side of the su-
ture than the other. Skin greenish yellow, on the side next
the wall, but of a deep purple where exposed to the sun.
Flesh melting, greenish yellow, with a little red at the stone*
from which it separates. Juice plentiful, of a very excellent
flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
15. PITMASTON ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p.
232. t. 6. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544.
Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Floivers large, of a
beautiful bright rose colour. Fruit of a good size, wide at
the base, almost heart-shaped^ the summit being elongated,
and terminating in an acute nipple. Skin smooth, of a dark
brownish red on the side exposed to the sun, and of a rich
yellow on the other side : at the junction of the columns, the
red is blended with the yellow, in streaks and dots, and on
the darkest part are a few streaks of an almost black purple
hue. Flesh melting, deep yellow or orange colour, with a
narrow radiated circle of bright crinason round the stone,
from which it separates. Juice plentiful, high flavoured,
and saccharine. Stone rather small, narrow, sharp pointed,
and rugged.
Ripe the middle of August to the beginning of Septem-
ber.
Thie very valuable nectarine was raised by John Wil-
liams, Esq. of Pitmaston, near Worcester, from a seed §f
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the common Elruge, which ripened in 1815. It is, at pre-
sent, the only nectarine in the fourth section of the second
class, in the synoptical arrangement, which see, at the end
of this article.
16. SCARLET. G. LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p.
552. Miller, No. 4.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, generally terminating
in a small acute nipple. Skin bright deep scarlet, tinged
with violet on the sunny side : pale green next the wall.
Flesh greenish white, but red at the stone, from which it sepa-
rates. Juice sugary and well flavoured. Stone oval, acute
pointed, almost smooth.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
17. TEMPLE. Langley, Pom. t. 30. f. 1.
Temple's. Miller, No. 9.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small,
pale. Fruit below the middle size, somewhat ovate, with a
slight suture. Skin greenish yellow on the shaded side, but
of a carnation red next the sun. Flesh pale yellow to the
stone, from which it separates. Juice very well flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This nectarine ripened at Twickenham in 1727, on a
west wall, September 4, 0. S., or September 15, N. S.
Langley.
18. VERMASH. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 29. G. LindL
in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 548.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large,
deep rose colour/ Fruit small, roundish, tapering a little
towards the apex. Skin very smooth, of an intense red co-
lour on the side next the sun ; greenish on the other side,
Flesh white, with a radiated circle of very fine red next the
stone, from which it separates, of high flavour, melting, juicy,
and sweet, relieved by an agreeable acid. Stone small.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
There is no doubt that this is the real Vermash Necta-
rine, which is very well figured by Mr. HOOKER in his Po-
mona Londinensis.
19. VIOLET HATIVE. G. LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol.
v. p. 552.
Petite Violette Hative. Duhamel, 22. t. 16. f. 2.
Violet. Pom. Mag. t. 68.
Lord Selsey's Elruge. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 523.
17*
198 NECTARINES.
Large scarlet. Of some Collections, according to the
Pom. J\la g.
Leaves crenate, with reniforfn glands. Flowers small,
bright red. Fruit middle sized, somewhat broader at the
base than at the apex ; cavity of the stalk middle sized ;
the point which marks the base of the style seldom projects,
but is generally in a shallow cleft, which runs across the
apex. Skin, where exposed, dark purplish red, intermixed
or mottled with pale brown dots ; next the wall pale yel-
lowish green. Flesh whitish, a very pale yellowish green,
tinged with red next the stone, from which it separates free-
ly ; melting, juicy, and rich. Stone middle sized, roundish,
obovate, its fissures not so deep nor so sharp as those of the
Common Elruge ; their ridges flattish, but rough, and of a
red colour, by which it maybe always distinguished from
the fruit just mentioned, the stone of which is pale, with no
rays of red passing from it into the flesh.
Ripe from the end of August to the middle of September.
This is a most excellent Nectarine, and ought to be found
in every good collection of fruit.
The Violet Hdtive, although of French origin, has long
been known in this country under the name of J iolet simply.
As the French find the necessity of this designation, it is
adopted here, because there are other Violette Nectarines
which require appellations to distinguish them one from
another ; besides, there appears no good reason for reducing
a definitive name in this case, any more than there would
be in those of the Jlvants, the JVlignonnes, and the Made-
leines among the peaches. All our practical gardeners write
for the Violet Hative if they want this fruit.
SECT. III. Panes, or Clingstones.
20. BLACK NEWINGTON. G. Lindl. plan oj an Orchard,
1796. Ib. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 541.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit large, almost globular, rather more broad than long.
Skin pale green on the shaded side, but of a dark muddy
red, or nearly black, where exposed to the sun. Flesh very
firm, pale green, but deep red at the stone, to which it firmly
adheres. Juice sugary, vinous, and perfumed. Stone large,
rugged, almost round.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
The Newington Nectarine, as well as all others belong-
NECTARINES. 199
ing to this section, is in its highest perfection when the skin
begins to shrivel.
21. BRUGNON VIOLET MUSQ.UE. Duhamel, 26. t. 18.
Brugnon Musque\ Lelieur.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, generally terminated
by an acute nipple. Skin very^smooth, of a pale and almost
transparent amber colour on the shaded side, but where ex-
posed to the sun, of a bright deep scarlet. Flesh firm, yel-
lowish white, but very red at the stone, to which it firmly
adheres. Juice sugary, vinous, and well flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This Nectarine is quoted by Mr. Aiton, in his Epitome,
as a synonyme of the Red Roman ; had both sorts come
under his own observation, he would, however, have been
satisfied of their wide difference. The Red Roman is
nearly twice the size of this, very different in both shape and
colour, and of superior merit. The Brugnon Violet Musqud
appears not to have been known to Miller ; and the Red
Roman was not known to the French, at least it is not to be
found in any of their books.
22. EARLY NEWINGTON. Alton's Epitome.
Early Black Newington. Nurs. Catalogues.
Lucombe's Black. Forsyth.
Lucombe's Seedling. JVwrs. Catalogues.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit somewhat below the middle size, inclining to ovate, a
little compressed on one side of the suture ; fuller on the
other, narrowed at the apex, and terminating with an acute
nipple. Skin pale green on the shaded side, but of a bright
red next the sun, marbled and mottled with a much deeper
colour, and covered with a thin violet bloom. Flesh green-
ish white, but very red at the stone, to which it closely ad-
heres. Juice sugary and well flavoured.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
Several varieties of the Newington Nectarine, within the
last forty years, have been raised from seed in this country,
and have had different names assigned them, which has
caused no small difficulty in the arrangement of their sy-
nonymes.
The Early Newington and Early Black Newington have
been ascertained, in Kensington Gardens, to be the same ;
and Lucombe's Black and Lucombe's Seedling want cha-
racters to distinguish them from the Early Newington.
200 NECTARINES.
23. GOLDEN. Langley, t. 29. f. 5. G. Lindl. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. v. p. 551. Miller, No. 8.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, narrowed at the apex,
and terminated by an acute nipple. Skin bright yellow next
the wall, but on the sunny side of a bright scarlet, shaded
with a few streaks of a darker colour. Flesh yellow, firm,
but red at the stone, to whicn it closely adheres. Juice not
abundant, but of pretty good flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This Nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a
west wall, August 20. O. S., or August 31. N. S. Lang-
ley.
24. ITALIAN. Langley, t. 29. f. 4. G. Lind. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. v. p. 554.
Brugnon, or Italian. Miller, No. 5.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small.
Fruit large, somewhat globular. Skin greenish yellow next
the Wall, dark red next the sun, and marbled with a darker
colour, interspersed with a little thin gray russet. Flesh
firm, of a pale yellowish colour, but very red at the stone, to
which it closely adheres. Juice abundant, rich, and excel-
lent.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
25. RED ROMAN. Forsyth.
Roman. Langley, p. 102. t. 29. f. 2. G. Lind. in Hort.
Trans. Vol. v. p. 548.
Roman Red. Miller, No. 6.
Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large.
Fruit of the largest size, frequently measuring eight inches
and a quarter in circumference, somewhat globular, and a
little flattened at its apex. Skin greenish yellow next the
wall, but where exposed to the sun of a deep muddy red or
purple colour, somewhat scabrous, with brown russetty
specks. Flesh firm, greenish yellow, but very red at the
stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice plentiful, sugary,
of a very high and vinous flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This Nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a
south wall, July 30. O. S., or August 10. N. S. Langley.
The Red Roman Nectarine has been cultivated in our
gardens about two centuries, as appears by Parkinson's List
in 1629, and is one of the largest and best in our present
collections. How it should have been mistaken by practi-
NECTARINES. 201
cal men I am at a loss to conceive, as a melting fruit has
been for years sold in many of our nurseries under this
name, although all writers have described it as a Pavie, or
Clingstone.
26. SAINT OMER'S. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 541.
Saint Omer's. Hanbury, No. 10.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, and generally termi-
nated by an acute nipple. Skin bright red next the sun,
and of a pale amber yellow On the shaded side. Flesh firm,
yellowish white, but very red at the stone, to which it firmly
adheres. Juice rich and highly flavoured.
Ripe the beginning of September.
This Nectarine appears to have been known in this coun-
try above sixty years, but by whom introduced is not certain.
27. SCARLET NEWINGTON. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 541.
Newington. Langley, p. 102. t. 19. f. 1. Miller, 3.
Hitt, p. 313. Switzer, p. 95.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large
Fruit rather above the middle size, of a roundish figure.
Skin pale amber next the wall, but of a bright red on the
sunny side, and marbled with a deeper colour, occasionally
intermixed with a little thin russet. Flesh firm, pale yellow-
ish white, but very red at the stone, to which it closely ad-
heres. Juice sweet, brisk, and of a most dejicious vinous
flavour. Stone small, not deeply rugged.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This ripened at Twickenham in 1727, on a south wall,
July 10. O. S., or July 21. N. S.
The Scarlet Newington Nectarine is undoubtedly the
Newington, of Miller, Hitt, and Switzer ; but so many
others, of a similar character, have sprung up since their time,
that it becomes necessary some appellation should be pre-
fixed to them, in order that we may know of which sort we
are speaking,
This, the Tawny Newington, and the Red Roman, are
the very highest flavoured nectarines in our collections, es-
pecially if the fruit is suffered to remain upon the tree till it
becomes shrivelled.
28. TAWNY NEWINGTON.
Tawny. G. Lindl. Plan of an Orchard, 1796,
' ••/'.':- * «
*
202 NECTARINES.
Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large.
Fruit pretty large, somewhat ovate. Skin yellowish or taw-
ny-coloured, a little mottled or marbled with dull red or
orange on the sunny side. Flesh firm, very pale yellow,
or yellowish white, but very red at the stone, to which
it closely adheres. Juice plentiful, sugary, and of the most
delicious flavour. Stone broad, thick, not deeply rugged.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
A Selection of Nectarines Jor a Small Garden.
Brinion 8 Pitmaston Orange 15
Elruge 10 Red Roman 25
Fairchild's 1 Scarlet Newington 27
Hunt's Small Tawny 3 Tawny Newington 28
Neate's White 4 Violet Hative 19
CHAPTER XII.
A CLASSIFICATION OP PEACHES AND NECTARINES.
Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
THE confusion of the sorts of Peaches and Nectarines,
the misapplication of their names, and the perplexity thus
occasioned both to the nurseryman and the gardener, are
sufficient inducements to attempt such an arrangement as
may remove these inconveniences.
To accomplish this, three classes are created, each of which
has three divisions ; these are each separated into two subdi-
visions, and every subdivision into two sections ; making in
the whole thirty-six sections. Part only of these sections are
applicable to those varieties we are now acquainted with ;
the others will remain to be filled up as new kinds arise,
there being at present no plants with such characters.
In the following Tables, the classes are founded on the
leaves, and the divisions on the flowers.*
CLASS I.
Contains those whose leaves are deeply and doubly ser-
rated, having no glands. Fig. 1. [See following page.]
* The cuts have been taken from the Horticultural Transactions. Am. Ed.
203
Fig. I.
CLASS II.
Those whose leaves are crenate or serrulate, having glo-
bose glands. Fig 2.
Fig. 2.
CLASS III.
Those whose leaves are crenate or serrulate, having re-
niform glands. Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
204 CLASSIFICATION.
An accurate observer will distinguish other characters in
the glands ; they are either sessile or pedicellate ; but these
distinctions are too minute for application on the present oc-
casion.
The form of the glands, as well as their position, is per-
fectly distinct ; they are fully developed in the month of
May, and they continue to the last, permanent in their cha-
racter, and are not affected by cultivation. The globose
glands are situated, one, two, or more, on the footstalks, and
one, two, or more on the tips or points of the serratures of
the leaves. The reniform glands grow also on the foot-
stalks of the leaves, but those on the leaves are placed with-
in the serratures, connecting, as it were, the upper and lower
teeth of the serratures together ; their leaves, when taken
from a branch of a vigorous growth, have more glands than
the leaves of the globose varieties. It will, however, some-
times happen, that glands are not discernible on some of the
leaves, especially on those produced from weak branches ;
in this case, other branches must be sought for which do
produce them.
With regard to the flowers, on which the divisions are
founded, all authors previous to DUHAMEL have described
large and small flowers only. Both in the Bon Jardinier
and in the Pomoue Francaise, " fleurs moyennes," or mid-
dle flowers, are mentioned; the notice of them, however,
originated with DUHAMEL, who, in the descriptions of several
of his Peaches, speaks in a manner which indicates even
four sizes, viz. fleurs grandest fleurs assez grandes,^ fleurs
petites^ fleurs ires petites ;§ and on examining the trees
thus described, the differences are evident. In noticing
these, however, it is not intended to convey an idea that a
fourth division is necessary ; on the contrary, it would per-
plex rather than elucidate. In fact, it requires some prac-
tice to distinguish the middle from the small-sized flowers ;
the former are larger in all their parts, but in other respects
there is no difference between them ; and in maintaining the
division, I have conformed more to the authority of Lelieur
than to my own opinion.
We now come to the fruit ; with regard to which nature
has furnished two distinct characters in the external appear-
ance, as well as two in the internal structure. The first of
* Madeleine Blanche. t Avant P»che Blanche.
i Bourdine. $ Bellegarde.
CLASSIFICATION
205
these depends on the downiness or smoothness of the skin ;
the former being true Peaches, the latter our Nectarines,
known in France only as Peches lisses, or smooth-skinned
Peaches. Each of these are divisible, from their internal
structure, into the Pavies or Clingstones, and the melting
kinds ; the former having firm flesh adhering so closely to
the stone as to be perfectly inseparable from it ; the latter
having soft dissolving flesh separating readily from the stone,
and leaving a few detached pieces of the flesh only behind.
As the mature fruit in vegetable economy appears to be the
last stage of nature in her progress towards reproduction, I
have adopted it as the most natural on which to found my
subdivisions and sections.
Accordingly, the classes of Peaches and Nectarines may,
by the examination of the leaves, be ascertained in the first
year the plant has been raised ; the divisions, from the
flowers, in the spring following ; and the subdivisions and
sections, founding the former on the character of the skins,
the latter on the qualities of the flesh, in the succeeding sum-
mer or autumn ; and whether the number to be submitted
to examination be great or small, the arrangement may be
effected with equal facility and precision.
A SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES.
r
{Sec/ion 1.
f
Subdivision 1 .
Peaches.
Pavies.
Section 2.
Division 1. j
Melters.
Large flowers. |
/ Section 1.
[
Subdivision 2,
Nectarines.
! Pavies.
1 Section 2.
' Melters.
/• Section 1.
CLASS 1.
f
Subdivision 1.
Peaches.
J Pavies.
i Section 2.
Leaves deeply
Division 2.
^ Melters
and doubly ser- ^ Middle flowers. *}
{Section 1.
rated, having no
glands.
[
Subdivision 2.
Nectarines.'
Pavies.
Sec/ ion 2.
Melters.
{Section 1.
f
Subdivision 1.
Peaches.
Pavies.
Section 2.
Division 3. I
Melters.
Small flowers. ]
^ Section 1.
I
Subdivision 2.
Nectarines.
J Pavies.
1 Section 2.
^ Melters.
I 18
206
CLASSIFICATION.
,
{Section L
! Subdivision T.
Pavies.
Peaches.
Section 2.
Division 1.
Melters.
Large flowers.
{Section 1.
J Subdivision 2.
^ Nectarines.
Pavies.
Section 2.
Melters.
{Section 1 ,
CLASS 2.
( Subdivision 1.
Pavies.
Leaves crenat-
j Peaches.
Section 2.
ed or serrulated, ^ Division 2.
|
Melters.
with globose
glands.
Middle flowers.
| Subdivision 2.
/• Section 1.
J Pavies.
^ Nectariues.
) Section 2.
> Melters.
{Section 1.
C Subdivision 1.
Peaches.
Pavies.
Sec/ton 2.
Division 3.
1
1
Melters.
Small flowers.
S
{Section 1.
j Subdivision 2.
^ Nectarines.
Pavies.
Section 2.
I
Melters.
,
/ Section 1.
( Subdivision 1.
| Peaches.
! Pavies.
1 Section 2.
Division 1.
i
" Melters.
Large flowers.
| Subdivision 2.
{Section 1.
Pavies.
^ Nectarines.
Section 2.
•
Melters.
{Section 1.
CLASS 3.
f Subdivision 1.
Peaches.
Pavies.
Secfiow 2.
Leaves crenat-
Dirision2.
J
Mdters.
ed or serrulated, { Middle flowers.
i
{Section 1.
with reniform
j Subdivision 2.
Pavies.
glands.
^ Nectarines.
Section 2.
Melters.
{Section 1.
(Subdiinsion 1.
Peaches.
Pavies.
Section 2.
Division 3.
1
Melters.
Small flowers.
i
{Section 1.
j Subdivision 2.
Pavies.
(^ Nectarines.
Section 2.
Melters.
CLASSIFICATION. 207
The names given to some of the English Peaches and
Nectarines are so directly at variance with the classification
of DUHAMEL,* which, as far as it goes, is unobjectionable,
that I cannot avoid observing on them, lest it should be
supposed that I acquiesce in so incorrect a nomenclature.
The classes of DUHAMEL are four. The first are called
Peches, being those with downy skins, the flesh separating
from the stone. The second are called Pavies, being those
with downy skins, ths flash adhering to the stone. The
third are called Peches violettes, being those with smooth
skins, the flesh separating from the stone. The fourth are
called Brugnons, being those with smooth skins, the flesh
adhering to ths stona. The two last classes include those
fruits which we call Nectarines. The names, therefore,
which the English gardeners have applied, such as Violet
Hative| to a Peach, and Brugnon to a melting Nectarine,
are absolutely improper.
A LIST OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES.
ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN ABOVE PROPOSED.
(The numbers refer to the numbers in the list.)
CLASS I. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 1.
Serrated glandless leaves. Large flowers.
PEACHES. PAVIES.
1. Almond Peach. Hort. Trans.
57. Old Newington. Miller.
58. Pavie Madeleine. Duhamel.
60. Smith's Newington. Miller.
* Trait6 des Arbres Fruitlers, par Duhamel, vol. ii. p. 4.
t Miller, in his Dictionary, has fallen into an error in describing his Lisle Peack
be says the French call it La Petite Violette Hative, which cannot be correct.
208 CLASSIFICATION.
CLASS I. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Serrated glandless leaves. Large flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
Cambray. Forsyth.
Cardinal. Lelieur.
D'Ispahan. Lelieur.
5. Double Montagne. Forsyth.
6. Early Anne. Nursery Catalogues.
9. Ford's Seedling. Forsyth.
28. Hemskirke. Nursery Catalogues.
33. Madeleine de Courson. Duhamel.
10. Malta. Miller.
34. Montaubon. Ib.
11. New Noblesse. Nursery Catalogues.
12. Noblesse. Aiton's Epitome.
Old Royal Charlotte. Nursery Catalogues.
Pecher Nain. Duhamel.
Sanguinole. Ib.
Sawed-leaved. Nursery Catalogues.
Scarlet Admirable. Ib.
15. Sulhamstead. Hort. Trans.
16. Vanguard. Forsyth.
17. White Magdalen. Miller.
18. White Nutmeg. Ib.
CLASS I. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 1.
Serrated glandless leaves. Large flowers.
NECTARINES. PAVIES.
20. Black Newington. Forsyth.
22. Early Newington. Alton's Epitome.
Late Newington. Ib.
Princess Royal. Forsyth.
Rogers's Seedling. Ib.
26. St. Omer's. Hanbury.
27. Scarlet Newington. Nursery Catalogues.
28. Tawny Newington. Ib.
CLASSIFICATION. 209
CLASS I. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 2.
Serrated glandless leaves. Large flowers.
NECTARINES. MELTERS.
2. Hunt's Large Tawny. Nursery Catalogues.
CLASS I. DIVISION 2. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Serrated glandless leaves. Middle flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
37. New Royal Charlotte. Nursery Catalogues.
Magdeleine a moyennes fleurs. Lelieur.
CLASS I. DIVISION 3. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Serrated glandless leaves. Small floiuers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
Bear's Early. Alton's Epitome.
3. Belle de Vitry. Duhamel.
30. Lockyer's Mignonne. Nursery Catalogues.
31. Lord Fauconberg's Mignonne. Nursery Cat.
Madeleine Tardive. Duhamel.
33. Millet's Migncnne. Forsyth.
44. Red Magdalen. Aiton's Epitome.
46. Royal George. Ib.
47. Royal George Mignonne. Nursery Catalogues.
CLASS I. DIVISION 3. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 2.
Serrated glandless leaves. Small Floiuers.
NECTARINES. MELTERS.
3. Hunt's Small Tawny. Nursery Catalogues.
12. 'Miller's Elruge. Nursery Catalogues.
CLASS. II. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, ivith globose glands. Large flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
19. Acton Scot. Hort. Trans.
21. Barrington. Nursery Catalogues.
18*
210 CLASSIFICATION.
Belle Bausse. Bon Jard.
Belle Beaute. Bon Jard.
21. * Buckingham JVfignonne. Forsyth.
7. Early Do wnton. "Hort. Trans.
25. Early Vineyard. Alton's Epitome.
27. Grosse Mignonne. Duhamel.
Marlborough. Nursery Catalogues.
Mignonne Frisde. Bon Jard.
Mignonne Hative. Ib.
35. Neil's Early Purple. Hooker.
Old Royal George. Switzer.
48. Royal Kensington. Forsyth.
49. Smooth-leaved Royal George. Ib.
50. Spring Grove. Hort. Trans.
51. Superb Royal. Forsyth.
Vineuse de Fromeritin. Bon Jard.
CLASS II. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, with globose glands. Large Flowers.
NECTARINES. MELTERS.
15. Pitmaston Orange. Hort. Trans.
CLASS II. DIVISION 2. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Crenaled leaves, with globose glands. Middle flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
Avant Peche Jaune. Lelieur.
24. Early Admirable. Miller.
CLASS II. DIVISION 3. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 1.
Crenated leaves, with globose glands. Small flowers.
PEACHES. PAVIES.
53. Braddick's American. Forsyth.
* This proves to be the Harrington Peach, No. 21.
CLASSIFICATION. 211
CLASS II. DIVISIONS. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, with globose glands. Small flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
20. Bellegarde. Miller. Duhamel.
4. Bourdine. Miller. Duhamel.
26. George the Fourth. Hort. Trans. Pom. Mag.
29. Late Admirable. Langley.
36. New Bellegarde. Nursery Catalogues.
38. Nivette. Miller. Duhamel.
Pecher a Feuilles de Saule* Bon. Jard.
41. President. Pom. Mag.
42. Purple Alberge. Miller,
52. Teton de Venus. Miller. Duhamel.
Yellow Chevreuse. Nursery Catalogues.
CLASS III. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 1.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Large flowers.
PEACHES. PAVIES.
56. Monstrous Pavie of Pomponne. Nursery Cat.
CLASS III. DIVISION!. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, ivith reniform glands. Large flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
Abricotc'e. Duhamel.
Double-blossomed. Forsyth.
8. Flat Peach of China. Hort. Trans.
40. Pourprce Hative. Duhamel.
14. Red Nutmeg. Miller.
CLASS III. DIVISION 1. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 1.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Large flowers.
NECTARINES. PAVIES.
21. Brugnon Violet Musque". Duhamel.
25. Red Roman. Forsyth.
212 CLASSIFICATION.
CLASS III. DIVISION 1; SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Large flowers.
NECTARINES. MELTERS.
Desprez. Jardin Fruitier.
1. Fairchild's. Alton's Epitome.
Jaune Lisse. Duhamel.
4. Neate's White.
5. Old White. Nursery Catalogues.
Prince's Golden. Ib.
18. Vermash. Hooker.
CLASS III. DIVISION 2. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Middle flowers .
PEACHES. MELTERS.
2. Belle Chevreux. Duhamel. Miller.
22. Chancelliere. Duhamel.
Chevreux Hative. Duhamel.
CLASS III. DIVISIONS. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION!.
Crenated Leaves, with reniform glands. Small flowers.
PEACHES. TAVIES.
54. Catherine. Miller.
55. Incomparable. Aiton's Epitome.
Pavie Alberge. Duhamel.
Pavie Jaune. Ib.
Pavie Tardif. B on Jard .
Persique. Duhamel. Miller.
CLASS III. DIVISION 3. SUBDIVISION 1. SECTION 2
Crenated leaves, wifh reniform glands. Small flowers.
PEACHES. MELTERS.
22. Chancellor. Miller.
23. Double Swalsh. Nursery Catalogues.
Late Chevreux. Forsyth.
Late Purple. Ib.
39. Petite Mignonne. Duhamel.
CLASSIFICATION.
45. Rosanna. Miller.
Steward's Late Galande. Forsyth.
Yellow Mignonne. Hort. Trans.
CLASS III. DIVISIONS. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 1.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Small flowers.
NECTARINES. PAVIES.
23. Golden. Miller.
24. Italian. Miller.
Tawny. Forsyth.
CLASS III. DIVISION 3. SUBDIVISION 2. SECTION 2.
Crenated leaves, with reniform glands. Small flowers.
NECTARINES. MELTERS.
7. Aromatic. Forsyth.
8. Brinion. Switzer.
9. Claremont. Nursery Catalogues.
10. Common Elruge. Pom. Mag.
11. Due du Tellier's. Nursery Catalogues.
Early Brinion. Nursery Catalogues.
Grosse Violette. Bon Jard.
Late Genoa. Aiton's Epitome.
13. Murry. Miller.
Newfoundland. Forsyth.
14. Ord's. Nursery Catalogues.
Peche Cerise. Duhamel.
6. Peterborough. Miller.
Royal Chair d'Or. Forsyth.
16. Scarlet. MiHer.
17. Temple. Langley.
19. Violet Hative. Nursery Catalogues.
Violette Tardive. Duhamel.
Violette tres Tardive. Duhamel.
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CHAPTER XIII.
NUTS.
THE principal Nuts cultivated in England for the dessert
are the following :
1. BOND NUT. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 6.
2. Cob Nut. Langley, t. 57. fig. 3.
3. Cosford Nut. Pom. Mag. t. 55.
4. Frizzled Filbert. 76. t. 70.
5. Lambert's Nut. Hort. Soc. Ca*. No. 18.
6. Pearson's Prolific Nut. Ib. No. 26.
7. Red Filbert. 76. No. 27.
«. White Filbert. Langky, t. 57. fig. 1.
According to Langley, the White Filbert ripened in 1727,
July 15, and the Common Hazel and Cob Nut, July 20.
These, as well as all the other dates, mentioned by Langley,
are those of the Old Style. The Style and Calendar having
been altered September 2, 1752, will remove those two
dates of the Nuts to the 26th and 31st of July.
Propagation.
NUTS never ought to be propagated by sowing the seeds of
any of the sorts enumerated in the above list ; but by layers,
at any time during the winter or early part of the spring, be-
fore their plants begin to open their buds. If the laying
of them down has been properly performed, the layers will
be well rooted by the end of the year, when they should
be taken up, and planted out in the nursery rows three feet
apart, and a foot from each other in the rows. Previously
to their being planted, they should be pruned, leaving only
one, and that the best shoot, shortening it to a foot or eighteen
inches, according to its strength. As the plants grow up,
they should be trained with single stems of eighteen inches
or two feet high, which will allow room to clear away any
suckers the plants may afterwards produce. When the
plants are finally planted out where they are intended to re-
main, care must be taken, by annual pruning, to form their
heads handsomely ; keeping them thin and open ; cutting
away all irregular, superfluous, vigorous shoots ; and re-
moving any suckers which may spring up, observing, at the
same time, not to injure the roots.
NUTS. 215
By the Editor.
The Nuts Nos. 1, 2, and 5, are large fine nuts, generally
of a round shape, with short calyxes.
No. 3. The Cosford Nut is thus described in the Porno-
logical Magazine : " This variety is highly deserving of
cultivation, bearing abundantly, and having a remarkably
thin shell ; and the nut is large and oblong, and the tree
grows vigorously, and the branches upright." Pom. Mag.
t. 55.
No. 4. Frizzled Nut. " Of all the nut tribe this is the
most deserving of cultivation, beautiful when in the husk,
and its flavour not materially different from that of the White
Filbert ; it originated at Hoveton near Norwich." Pom.
Mag. t. 70.
No. 7. The Red Filbert nut is much esteemed, and ja
an old resident of the gardens ; it differs from the White
Filbert in the skin of the nut being of a deep red colour. The
habit of the tree is sjso different, not being so bushy, nor so
apt to*send up suckers. The nuts are excellent.
No. 8. The White Filbert nut differs from the last in
having a light yellow skin, and the tree more bushy. The
shell is thin, and the kernel sweet and fine. Any of the
kinds may be budded or grafted on stocks of the two first
sorts ; the Cob Nut raised from seed for that purpose would
be the best, but they would, no doubt, work very well on any
of the sorts.
WALNUTS.
JUGLANS Regia, European Walnut, Madeira Nut. The
European Walnut, erroneously called here by the name of
Madeira Nut, is a valuable tree, as well for the young fruit
for making catsup and pickles, which are highly esteemed,
as for the ripe fruit when dry ; and the timber is very valu-
able. As this tree thrives well in this country, it seems sur-
prising that quantities of the fruit should be imported every
year from Europe, when they can be produced here with
the same facility as hiccory nuts, and might be equally plenty
if people would take the trouble to plant them. Young trees
from one to four, or at most five feet high, should be select-
ed from the nurseries, as larger plants succeed with difficul-
ty, if at all, when transplanted : some have pretended that
216 NUTS.
they can be grafted with great success on the black walnut,
or on the butternut : as tar as the theory of grafting goes
they ought to succeed ; but how is it in practice ? I answer
for one, it is not so easily performed as some have thought.
I have tried them many times, but have never succeeded.
About seven years ago I planted the nuts of both kinds (seve-
ral hundreds,) and when about five feet, I proposed to a very
experienced grafter to give a shilling a piece for every one
that he should succeed with ; but contrary to his expecta-
tions, not one of the grafts grew, although done well with
cement. Still I do not say it is impossible either to bud or
graft them ; but there is something peculiar about it, for both
the bud and the graft turn black when cut, almost instanta-
neously. Others may succeed better; but let them try it
before they affirm it upon hearsay : they may succeed very
well by inarching.
The PECAN NUT, Juglans Olivccformis, isa native of our
southwestern states, and the nuts generally brought up from
New-Orleans. The shell is thin, smooth, and of an oval
shape. They will succeed Jiere very ^vell ; but thf^ seed-
lings should be protected the first and second winters.
Ed.
CHAPTER XIV.
PEARS.
As many of the French and Flemish Pears succeed well
when grafted upon the quince stock,* all such as have been
ascertained to possess this property will be noticed at the
end of the descriptions.
SECT. I Summer. Round-fruited.
1. AMBROSIA. Switzer, p. 113.
Early Bern-re". Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 13.
Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish and somewhat flattened
figure. Eye rather sunk. Stalk an inch long, slender, and
* Pears are grafted on Quince itocks in order to make dwarfs or Espaliers.
.dm Ed.
PEARS,
217
a little bent. Skin smooth, greenish yellow, and full of
small gray specks. Flesh tender, with a rich, sugary, and
perfumed juice.
Ripe the middle of September.
This Pear was brought from France soon after the Re-
storation, and planted in the Royal Gardens in St. James's
Park. It is a very good pear, but will not keep long.
2. BERGAMOTTE ROUGE. Duhamel, No. 46. t. 19. f. 6.
Fruit below the middle size, shortly turbinate, about two
inches deep, and two and a quarter inches in diameter.
Eye rather flat. Stalk half an inch long, thick, and inserted
in a small cavity. Skin pale yellow, but of a red colour on
the sunny side. Flesh soft, melting, and full of a sugary
and highly-flavoured juice.
Ripe the middle of September.
This succeeds on both the quince and the pear stock.
3. EARLY BERGAMOT. Pom. J\Iag. t. 101.
Fruit middle-sized, roundish, flattened, depressed at the
eye, towards which it is slightly angular, about two and a half
inches long, and two and three-quarters inches in diameter.
Stalk one and a quarter inch long, moderately thick, insert-
ed in a shallow cavity. Skin green, with a tinge of yellow
when ripe, with a few faint streaks of brownish red on the
sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, very juicy, a little crisp
and gritty, but very rich and sugary.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This Pear was sent into this country by the late M.
Thouin, to the Horticultural Society, in 1820, where its pre-
sent name has originated. It is a most excellent variety of
its season, bears abundantly as an open standard, and de-
serves cultivation.
4. EARLY ROUSSELET. Nursery Catalogues.
Rousselet Hatif. Duhamel, No. 33.
Perdreau. Ib.
Poire de Chypre. Ib.
Fruit rather small, of a somewhat turbinate figure, about
two inches long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye
small, and sunk in a shallow basin. Stalk one inch long.
Skin smooth, yellow, of a lively red, with several gray
specks interspersed on the sunny side. Flesh tender, with
an agreeable sugary perfumed Juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This succeeds on the quince as well as the pear stock.
.5. FONDANTE DE BREST. Duhamel, No. 43. t. 17.
19
218 PEARS.
Inconnu Cheneau. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, slightly turbinate, but tapering both
to the stalk and the crown, about two and a half inches long,
and two and a quarter inches in diameter. Eye small, with a
connivent calyx, seated on the narrowed apex, without any
basin. Stalk one and a half inch long, slender, a little bent,
inserted without any cavity. Skin thin, smooth, and shining,
of a bright green, with a few gray specks, marbled with pale
brown, and shaded with red on the sunny side. Flesh white,
firm, and crisp, but not melting, except when past its best,
although it has obtained a name to this effect. Juice sweet,
with an agreeable flavour.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This never succeeds well on the quince.
6. GREEN CHISEL. Langley, t. 62. f. 2.
Green Chisel. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 3.
Fruit small, nearly globular, about one inch and a quar-
ter across each way. Eye large in proportion to the size of
the fruit, prominently placed, with an open crumpled calyx.
Stalk three quarters^of an inch long, straight, inserted with-
out any cavity. Skin quite green all round ; but some-
times, when fully exposed, it has a faint brownish tinge on
the sunny side. Flesh gritty. Juice a little sugary, with a
slight perfume.
Ripe the beginning to the middle of August.
This little Pear is common throughout England. It does
not appear to have been noticed among the French writers,
and is probably of English origin. It is readily known by
its growing in clusters, and by the branches being short, and
growing erect. It is a small growing tree, and bears abun-
dantly.
7. MUSK DRONE. Miller, No. 15.
Bourdon Musque. Duhamel, No. 27.
Fruit rather small, of a roundish figure, a little flattened
at the crown, somewhat like an orange, about one inch and
a half each way. Eye rather large, placed in a wide hollow
basin. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, straight, slender.
Skin yellow. Flesh white, melting, with a rich juice.
8. MUSK ROBINE. Miller, No. 14.
Muscat Robert. Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2.
Poire a la Reine. Ib.
Poire d'Ambre. Ib.
Pucelle de Saint onge. Knoop, Pom. p. 137.
La Princesse. Ib.
PEARS. 219
Queen's Pear. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 14.
Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, but rounded at the
stalk, about two inches deep, and one inch and three quar-
ters in diameter. Eye open, with a flat spreading calyx.
Stalk an inch long, bent, inserted without any cavity. Skin
smooth, yellowish green, with a few gray specks inter-
spersed. Flesh tender, between melting and breaking, with
a rich musky juice.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
This grows strong on the pear, middling on the quince.
9. ORANGE MusojafiE. Miller, No. 9. Duhamel, No.
25. t. 10.
Fruit middle sized, round, shaped somewhat like an
orange, about two inches deep, and two inches and a quar-
ter in diameter. Eye very small, flat on the summit. Stalk
an inch long, obliquely inserted. Skin deeply reticulated
like the orange, of a green colour, changing to yellow as it
becomes ripe, and marbled with bright red on the sunny
side. Flesh rich, with an agreeable musky juice.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This succeeds on both the quince and pear stock.
* 10. ROBINE, Duhamel, No. 56. t. 27.
Royale d'E'te. 76.
Fruit rather small, roundish turbinate, in the manner of
the Musk Robine, about one inch and three quarters deep,
and the same in diameter. Eye small, with a closed calyx,
placed in a somewhat shallow plaited basin. Stalk half an
inch long, thick, inserted without any cavity. Skin pale
greenish yellow, marbled with a deeper green, becoming
yellow as it ripens. Flesh white, half breaking, with a sac-
charine musky juice.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This may be grafted on both the pear stock and quince ;
on the latter it grows stronger, and bears more abundantly.
11. SALVIATI. Miller, No. 25. Duhamel, No. 21. t. 9.
Fruit middle sized, nearly globular, about two inches in
diameter. Eye small, open, in a regular round shallow ba-
sin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, inserted in a
rather narrow shallow cavity. Skin of a yellow wax-like
colour, marbled with red on the sunny side. Flesh tender,
containing a rich sugary juice.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This does not succeed well on the quince stock.
12. SUMMER ARCHDUKE. Miller, No. 19.
220
PEARS.
Brown Admiral. Ib.
Great Onion. Ib.
Archiduc d'Ete. Duhamel, No. 19. t. 8.
Amire roux. Ib.
Ognonet. Ib.
Fruit middle sized, of a roundish turbinate figure, about
two inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small,
open, with a very short calyx. Stalk three quarters of an
inch long. Skin smooth, yellow on the shaded side, but of
a brownish red when fully exposed to the sun. Flesh melt-
ing, with an agreeable well-flavoured juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This does not succeed well on the quince stock.
13. SUMMER BERGAMOT. Witter, No. 31.
Hamden's Bergamot. Ib.
Bergamotte d'E'te. Duhamel, No. 45.
Milan de la Beuvricre. Ib.
Milan blanc. Jard. Fruit, t. 30.
Fruit below the middle size, round, and flattened at both
the extremities, about two inches deep, and two inches and
a quarter in diameter. Eye small, with an obtuse closed
calyx, placed in a very shallow basin. Stalk half an inch
long, thick, inserted in a small round cavity. Skin greenish
yellow, with a good deal of pale brown russet, and specks
on the sunny side. Flesh melting, with a sugary high-fla-
voured juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This succeeds equally well on the pear and the quince.
14. SUMMER ROSE. Pom. Mag. t. 102.
Thorny Rose, Miller, No. 21 . *J
Epine Rose, Duhamd, No. 57. \accordi tothe pom
Poire de Rose, Ib. f jfr
Rosenbirne, Kraft, Pom. dust.
Vol. i. p. 38. t. S4. J
Fruit below the middle size, round, depressed, about two
inches deep, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye
open, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk an inch long,
slender, inserted in a small roundish cavity. Skin inclining
to yellow, speckled with russet ; but of a bright rich red,
intermingled with brown spots on the sunny side. Flesh
white, juicy, rich, and sugary.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince.
The figure of the Summer Rose is that of an Apple rather
PEARS. 221
than that of a Pear ; and M. Noisette remarks, that it is so
iu a greater degree than any Pear he knows. It is a most
excellent and beautiful variety, and bears well on an open
standard.
SECT. II. — Summer. Conical-fruited.
15. AUGUST MUSCAT. Miller, No. 20.
Aurate. Duhamel, No. 5. t. 2.
Muscat d'Aout. Ib.
Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, compressed be-
tween the middle and the stalk. Eye small, open, a little
depressed in a flattish crown. Stalk an inch long, straight,
inserted in a somewhat oblique small cavity. Skin yellow,
with a light red on the sunny side. Flesh breaking, sugary,
and perfumed.
Ripe the middle of August.
This grows strong on the Pear ; middling on the Quince.
16. CASSOLETTE. Miller, No. 17. Duhamel, No. 44.
t. 18.
Friolet. Ib.
Lechefrion. Ib.
Muscat verd. Miller, No. 17. Duhamel, No. 44. t. 18.
Poire de Sillerie. Knoop. Pom. p. 135.
Verdasse. Ib.
Fruit small, of a roundish turbinate figure, two inches and
a half long, and one inch and three-quarters in diameter.
Eye open in a slightly plaited basin. Stalk half an inch
long, thick, inserted in a hollow cavity. Skin yellowish
green, and marked with red on the sunny side. Flesh crisp
and tender, with a sugary, perfumed, musky juice.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This succeeds equally well on both the Pear and the
Quince.
17. CUISSE MADAME. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5.
Fruit middle-sized, of a longish pyramidal turbinate
figure, widest at the crown, and compressed between the
middle and the stalk, about two inches and three quarters
long, and two inches in diameter. Eye small, open with a
rounded calyx, seated in a slight depression, nearly flat.
Stalk one inch and a half long, straight, somewhat obliquely
inserted without any cavity. Skin smooth and shining all
round, of a yellowish green colour on the shaded side, but
19*
222 PEARS.
of a reddish brown when exposed to the sun. Flesh half
buttery, with abundance of sugary, perfumed, slightly musky
juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This grows strong. on the Pear, but ill on the Quince.
The wood of the Cuisse Madame is long, straight, rather
slender, and of a reddish or brownish red colour, totally dif-
ferent from that of the Windsor Pear, and differing also from
that of our Jargonelle.
18. EFINE D'£TE, Duhamel, No. 62. t. 30.
Fondante Musque'e. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal figure, somewhat like
a small Jargonelle, about two inches and three quarters
long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Eye
small with a short calyx, placed in a very shallow, plaited
basin. Stalk an inch, strong, inserted without any cavity.
Skin smooth, thin, of a greenish yellow, with but little more
colour when exposed to the sun. Flesh melting, with a rich
musky juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince.
This is a very good Pear, and, it is said, had its name
given it by Louis XIV.
19. GREAT BLANQUETTE. Miller, No. 10.
Grosse Blanquette. Duhamel, No. 13.
Roi Louis. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 305.
Fruit below the middle size, of a roundish turbinate
figure, about two inches and a quarter long, and one inch
and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather large and open.
Stalk an inch long, stout. Skin smooth, yellow, and tinged
with red on the sunny side. Flesh melting and full of a rich
sugary juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince.
20. JARGONELLE. Langley, t. 61. fig. 3. ; and of most
English writers, but not of Miller. Pom. Mag. t. 108.
Epargne. Duhamel, No. 17. t. 7.
Beau Prtsent. 76.
Saint Sampson. Ib.
Grosse Cuisse Madame. Jard. Fruit, t. 27.
Saint Lambert, 1 r^i r< 7^7 * T
PJ m ui j \ 01 trie French Gardens, according
oire des I able des > J . ., „ -,.-
Princes, j to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit large, oblong, somewhat pyramidal, from three
PEARS. 223
inches and a half to four inches long, and from two inches
arid a half to three inches in diameter. Eye open, with long
segments of the calyx. Stalk two inches long, somewhat
obliquely inserted. Shin greenish yellow on the shaded
side, with a tinge of brownish red when exposed to the sun.
Flesh yellowish white, very juicy and melting, with a pecu-
liarly rich agreeable flavour ; round the core it is gritty, and
more so, if grafted upon the Quince.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This is much better grafted upon the Pear than the
Quince. It is, like all other summer Pears if left upon the
tree till fully ripe, of short duration in a sound state, not
keeping above a few days ; but if gathered while the fruit is
firm, and kept in a cool room, it may be continued in eating
for several days longer. It is readily distinguished from all
other Pears of its season, by the large size of its fruit, by its
long dangling branches, and by its very thickly pubescent
leaves, particularly in the early part of the summer.
The Jargonelle was certainly brought from France, of
which there is abundant evidence. The Jargonelle of the
French is, however, not ours, but an inferior kind, green on
one side, and red on the other. They call ours the Grosse
Cuisse Madame, distinguishing it from the common Cuisse
Madame.
21. LAMMAS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 373.
Fruit rather small, of a pyramidal shape. Stalk half an
inch long, straight. Skin pale yellow, tinged and slightly
streaked with red on the sunny side. Flesh melting. Juice
plentiful, of a very good flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This is a very excellent Pear for the market gardener, as
it is not only a very good bearer, but the first strong Pear
that comes to market, and the tree is hardy, and an erect
handsome grower. It is in great plenty in the Lynn and
Wisbeach markets.
22. LITTLE MUSCAT. Miller, No. 5.
Petit Muscat. Dutiamel, No. 1. t. 1.
Sept-en-gueule. Ib.
Fruit very small, somewhat turbinate, little more than an
inch long, and scarcely an inch in diameter. Eye small, with
a reflexed calyx prominently placed on the summit. Stalk
half an inch long, straight, inserted without any cavity. Skin
yellow, coloured with dull red on the side next the sun.
Flesh white, with a sugary musky perfume.
224 PEARS.
Ripe the middle and end of July ; the first Pear which
ripens.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
23. LONDON SUGAR. Nursery Catalogues.
Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, and rather nar-
rowed at the crown, about two inches long, and one inch
and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, with a conni-
vent calyx, rather prominently placed, and surrounded byr
irregular, puckered, apparently blistered plaits. Stalk an
inch long, slender, inserted in a small oblique cavity. Skin
pale green, approaching to a pale lemon colour when fully
ripe, with a slight brownish tinge when fully exposed to the
sun. Flesh tender and melting. Juice saccharine, of a
rich musky flavour.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
The branches of this tree are long, sleuder, a°d for the
most part drooping, in the manner of the Jargonelle. It is
an excellent early fruit, and a hardy bearer, and may be
found in great plenty, in the Norwich markets, under this
name. It is very much like the Madeleine, figured in the
Pomological Magazine ; but its branches are pendulous, in
the Madeleine they are ascending.
24. LONG STALKED BLANQUET. Pom Mag. t. ^1.
Blanquet a longue queue. Duhamel, No. 15. t. 6. f. B.
Fruit small, growing in clusters, inversely egg-shaped,
about two inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter.
Eye crumpled, prominently seated on the summit. Stalk
one inch and a half long, slender, inserted without cavity.
Skin deep clear green. Flesh tender, crisp, juicy, sweet,
and excellent.
Ripe near the end of July.
This grows strong on the Pear, middling on the Quince.
A good early Pear, and a great bearer ; very sweet, crisp,
and juicy, and not rotting so soon as most of the Pears of
the same season.
25. MADELEINE. Pom. Mag. t. 51.
Magdalene. Jard. Fruit. Vol. iii. t. 26. •
Citron des Cannes. Of the French, according to the
Pom. Mag.
Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, with a thickening
on one side of the stalk, about two inches and three quarters
long, and two inches and one quarter in diameter. Eye
slightly hollowed. Stalk an inch long, slender, rather ob-
liquely inserted. Skin yellowish green, with a little light
PEARS. 225
bloom upon it, and a slight tinge of red when fully exposed
to the sun. Flesh white, melting, buttery, sweet, and high
flavoured.
Ripe the latter part of July.
This is said to have received its name from its ripening
about the time of the Fete de Sainte Magdalene (22d July.)
I have not quoted the figure of the Madeline, or Citron des
Carmes, of Duhamel, because it does not appear to be what
the French now consider the Madeline.
26. MANSUETTE. Duhamel, No. 92. t. 58. f. 1,
Solitaire. Ib.
Mansuette Solitaire. Jard. Fruit, t. 43.
Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat turbinate figure, com-
pressed below the middle, and a little incurved towards the
stalk ; about three inches and three quarters long, and two
inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather small,
with an erect calyx, placed in a deep, plaited, angular basin.
Stalk an inch long, bent, very obliquely inserted in an irre-
gular cavity. Skin green, spotted with brown; but as it
ripens it becomes yellow and tinged with red. Flesh white,
half melting, and full of a well flavoured juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This is better grafted on the Quince than on the Pear.
27. MUSK SUMMER BONCHRETIEN. Nursery Cat.
Bonchretien d'E'te Musque"e. Duhamel. No. 91. t. 48.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat pyramidal, com-
pressed between the middle and the stalk, about three inches
long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye rather
large and open, with a crisp calyx, placed in a wide, irregu-
lar, angular basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, enlarged
next the branch, and somewhat obliquely inserted with but
little cavity. Skin greenish yellow, with a little gray rus-
set ; but on the sunny side of a brownish red, full of rough
russetty specks. Flesh white and crisp, with an abundant,
sugary, high-flavoured musky juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This does not succeed at all upon the Quince.
It is sold by many nurserymen for the Summer Bonchre-
tien, a different Pear. The wood and manner of growth of
the Musk Bonchretien is a good deal like the Jargonelle ;
but the leaves of this are smooth at all times, in the Jargo-
nelle they are covered with a thick pubescent down, espe-
cially in the spring and early part of the summer months,
.28. ORANGE TULIPEE, Duhamel^ No. 79. t. 41.
226 PEARS.
Poire aux Mouches. Duhamel, No. 79. t. 41.
Fruit pretty large, of an oval, turbinate figure, about three
inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye
small, with a recurved calyx, seated in a pretty deep, plaited
basin. Stalk short, inserted in a narrow angular cavity.
Skin green on the shaded side, but of a brownish red, with
gray specks, where exposed to the sun. Flesh melting,
with an agreable juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This succeeds equally on both the Pear and the Quince.
29. PRINCE'S PEAR. Miller, No. 29.
Chair a Dame. Duhamel, No. 41. t. 16.
Cher Adame. Ib.
Poire de Prince. Ib.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat round, but turbi-
nate, and bent at the neck, about two inches and a quarter
long, and two inches in diameter. Eye small, open, with an
acute calyx, in a shallow slightly angular basin. Stalk half
an inch long, strong, very obliquely inserted. Skin grayish
russet, turning yellow with gray specks as it becomes ripe,
and of a marbled red on the sunny side. Flesh rather crisp,
with an abundant sweet highly-flavoured juice.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
30. RED MUSCADEL. Miller, No. 4.
Bellissime d'E'te. Duhamel, No. 80. t. 42.
Supreme. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, about three inches long,
and two inches and a half broad. Eye rather deeply sunk
in an obtuse-angled basin. Stalk an inch long, rather slen-
der, and somewhat obliquely inserted. Skin pale yellow,
slightly covered with thin russet, on the sunny side of an
orange or bright red. Flesh tender. Juice plentiful and
saccharine.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
The Red Muscadel generally produces a second crop of
fruit, which ripens about the middle or end of September,
but they are not so good as the former. It is a handsome
upright growing tree, and a very excellent bearer.
31. Roi D'E'TE. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 12.
Gros Rousselet. 76.
Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, about
three inches long, and two inches and a quarter broad. Eye
small, open, placed on a nearly flat crown. Stalk one inch
PEARS. 227
and three quarters long, slender, but considerably thickened
next the fruit, where it is inserted in a small regular cavity.
Skin rough, of a pale green, but on the sunny side of a dull
red, covered all over with numerous gray russetty specks.
Flesh half buttery, and melting, with a very agreeable sugary
sub-acid juice.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the* Quince.
32. ROUSSELET DE RHBiMs. Duhamel, No. 32. t. 11.
Petit Rousselet. Jard. Fruit, t. 31.
Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure", about the size and
shape of the Rousselet d'Hiver, but more tapering to the
stalk ; two inches and a quarter long, and one inch and
three quarters in diameter. Eye small, open, placed on a
flat, somewhat depressed apex. Stalk an inch long, thick,
inserted without any cavity. Skin greenish gray, becoming
yellow as it ripens, with numerous dark russetty specks, and
some dark colouring on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh
half buttery, and melting, with a very high flavoured musky
juice.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
This succeeds very well on both the Pear and the Quince.
33. SABINE D'E'TE. Hort. Trans. Vol. 4. p. 275.
Fruit of a pyramidal form, broadest at the crown, and
tapering to a round blunt point at the stalk. Eye small, not
deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a shallow ca-
vity. Skin perfectly smooth and even, of a yellow colour
on the shaded side, and of a fine scarlet, minutely dotted
when exposed to the sun. Flesh white, or nearly so, 'melt-
ing, juicy, and highly perfumed.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
Raised, in 1819, by M. Stoffels of Mechlin, and named
by him after Mr. Sabine, at that time Secretary to the Hor-
ticultural Society of London.
34. SEIGNEUR D'E'TE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 276.
Fruit above the middle size, of a blunt oval figure. Skin
of a fine orange, with bright scarlet on the sunny side, sprin-
kled with small brown spots, and partially marked with
larger ones of the same colour. Flesh melting, with an ex-
tremely small cone, and a rich high-flavoured juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This very beautiful Pear has been known in Flanders
many years, fruit of which were sent to this country by M.
Stoffels of Mechlin, and exhibited at the Horticultural So-
ciety, in 1819.
228 PEARS.
35. SKINLESS PEAR. Miller, No. 13.
Poire sans Peau. Duhamel, No. 35. t. 13.
Fleur de Guignes. 76.
Fruit below the middle size, of a somewhat pyramidal
figure, about two inches and a half long, and one inch and
three quarters in diameter. Eye small, nearly closed, slight-
ly depressed. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, ra-
ther crooked, inserted in a small cavity. Skin extremely
thin, smooth, pale green, with- a few gray specks ; on the
sunny side yellow, marbled with light red. Hesh melting,
with a most excellent sweet and perfumed juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This grows strong on the Pear, but middling on the
Quince.
36. SUMMER BONCHRETIEN. Miller, 'No. 34. Pom.
Mag. t. 14.
Bonchretien d'E'te. Duhamel, 90. t. 47. f. 4.
Gracioli. Ib. according to the Pom. Mag.
Die Sommer Christbirne. Pom. Aust. Vol. 1. p. 38.
Fruit large, irregularly pyramidal, about four inches long,
and three inches in diameter, exceedingly knobby and irre-
gular in its outline, particularly about the eye. Eye small,
prominent, in a narrow, shallow, obtuse-angled basin. Stalk
two inches and a half long irregular and crooked, very ob-
liquely inserted, in a knobby, irregular cavity. Skin, when
fully ripe, of a pale lemon colour, very slightly tinged with
red on the sunny side, and covered all over with small green
dots. Flesh yellowish, breaking, firm, juicy, very sweet
and excellent. Cone very small, placed near the eye.
Ripe the middle of September.
This will take on both Pear and Quince, but should never
be grafted on the latter stock.
A very excellent old Pear, mentioned by Parkinson, and
by many modern Pomologists in France, Italy, Holland,
and Germany, under various other names, not necessary to
quote here as synonymes.
It succeeds best in this country on an east or west wall,
being rather too tender for an open standard.
37. SUMMER FRANCR^AL. Pom. Ma<r. t. 106.
Francreal d'E'te. Diels, Pom. 1
Vol. iii. p. 245.
Fondante, Knoop. Pom. 93. t. 3.
France Cancel, Ib.
Gros Micet d'E'te. Of some
French Gardens,
according to the
Pom. Mag.
PEARS. 229
Fruit rather large, turbinate, thickest about two-thirds
from the stalk, diminishing a little to the oye, about three
inches and a quarter long, and three inches in diameter.
Eye connivent, moderately depressed. Stalk short and thick.
Skin green, nearly smooth, becoming pale yellowish green,
after the fruit has been gathered some, time, and is fit for ta-
ble. Flesh white, firm, juicy, becoming buttery and melt-
ing, rich and excellent.
Ripe the middle of September.
A very hardy tree, and a great bearer as an open standard.
38. WILLIAMS'S BONCHRETIEN. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii.
p. 250. t. 16.
Fruit pretty large, of an irregular pyramidal, and some-
what truncated form, from three to four inches long, and
from two to three inches in diameter. Eye seated on the
summit, and never in a hollow or cavity, as in other varieties
called Bonchretien. Stalk an inch long, very gross and
fleshy. Skin pale green, mottled all over with a mixture of
darker green and russet brown, becoming yellowish and
tinged with red on -the sunny side when fully ripe. Flesh
whitish, very tender and delicate, abounding with a sweet
and agreeably perfumed juice.
Ripe the end of August to the middle of September.
This Pear appears to have sprung up from seed in the
garden of Mr. Wheeler, a schoolmaster at Aldermaston, in
Berkshire, previously to 1770, as it was then a very young
plant. An account of it was published by the Horticultural
Society, as above, in 1816, at which time the garden in
which the tree grew was in the possession of William Con-
greve, Esq.
39. WINDSOR. Of all English Gardens.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, obovate, not either pyrami-
dal or turbinate, being widest above its middle, tapering
to the crown, and suddenly contracted towards the stalk,
where it is slender ; about three inches and half long, and
two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye small, with a
connivent calyx, prominently placed on the summit. Stalk
an inch long, slender, convexly inserted without any cavity.
Skin yellowish green, full of small green specks, becoming
yellow when fully ripe, and tinged with orange on the sun-
ny side. Flesh white, soft, with a little grit at the core, and
a sugary astringent juice.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
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330 PEARS.
1 have not quoted any synonymes of this Pear from fo-
reign authors, not being able to satisfy myself of their iden-
tity with it. DITHAMEL'S figure of Cuisse Madame is pyra-
midally turbinate, evidently a different fruit.
The wood of the Windsor Pear is very stout, never pro-
ducing laterals, perfectly erect, so much so as to be rea-
dily distinguished in the nursery from every other sort. The
tree is by no means a hardy one, being very liable to canker,
especially when planted either on gravelly or cold wet soils.
40 YAT *
Yut I °f ihe •Dllich Gardens-
Fruit rather small, turbinate, about two inches long, and
one inch and three quarters in diameter, generally a little flat-
tened on the opposite sides. Eye small, opens with a very
small calyx, seated in a rather shallow uneven basin. Stalk
an inch long, rather slender, obliquely inserted, without any
cavity. Skin of a very thick russetty brown, thickly co-
vered with round gray specks, and generally a little colour-
ed when exposed to the sun. Flesli breaking and tender,
with a very sugary, rich, and highly perfumed juice.
Ripe the middle and end of September.
The trees of this very valuable variety grow large, and
the branches are drooping like those of the Jargonelle, but
much more slender and numerous. A very hardy bearer,
brought from Holland by the late Thomas Harvey, Esq.,
and planted in his garden at Catton, near Norwich, about
sixty years ago, along with some plants of the Dutch Mig-
nonne Apple, both sorts of which are now growing.
SECT. III. — Jlutumnal-Round-fruited.
41. ASTON TOWN. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 18.
Aston Town. Pom. Mag. t. 139.
Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish turbinate figure, some-
what like a narrow-crowned Crasanne, but more tapered
next the stalk, about two inches and a half deep, and nearly
the same in diameter. Eye small, shallow. Stalk one inch
and a half long, slender, protruding in a direct line from the
base, and inserted with but little cavity. Skin pale greenish
white, rugose, covered with numerous gray russetty specks,
like the Crasanne. Flesh tender, buttery, and full of a most
excellent saccharine perfumed juice.
PEARS.
Ripe the beginning and to the end of October.
Branches long and rather slender, flagelliform, with a
manner of growing peculiar to this tree, that is, a tendency
to twist round in growing upwards ; so that at a distance,
when planted as a standard, it may be distinguished from
every other sort.
This most excellent Pear is at present but little known
in many parts of England. It is, however, well known, and.
extensively cultivated in the north-west counties of Lancas-
ter, Chester, and Hereford. In the latter county, particu-
larly at Shobden Court, and at Garnstone, it is grown in
abundance, both on walls, espaliers, and on open stand-
ards, where it furnishes constant crops of most perfect
fruit, fully equal in goodness to those of the Crasanne, which
it somewhat resembles. It was raised many years ago at
Aston, in Cheshire.
42. AUTUMN BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 32. Pom. Mag.
t. 120.
^ } Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 52. 76.
Common Bergamot, [ ^ 62 accordi to the
York Bergamot, j pom ^
Fruit small, approaching the middle size, depressed, glo-
bular, about two inches and a half deep, and the same in di-
ameter. Eye small, open, in a regular-formed shallow
depression. Stalk short and thick, inserted in a rather
wide funnel-shaped cavity. Skin rather rough, yellowish
green; but of a dull brown on the sunny side, and full of
gray scabrous specks. Flesh whitish, melting, a little gritty
next the core, with a sugary and richly perfumed juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and good till the end.
This succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince.
I have not quoted Duhamel, as he has given two figures
of his Bergamotte d' Autornne, neither of which appears to-
correspond with our Autumn Bergamot.
It is one of the best Pears of the season, and it is also one
of the most ancient, supposed, to have been in England
ever since the time of Julius Csssar.
43. BELLE ET BONNE. Pom. Mag, t. 118.
Belle et Bonne. JBaumann's Catalogue.
Scheme und Gute. Taschenbuch, p. 431., according to
the Pom. .Mag.
Fruit large, globular, depressed, about three inches deep,
and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye large, open,
with short crumpled segments of the calyx, in a shallow and
232 . PEARS.
rather uneven depression. Stalk one inch and a half long,
curved, slightly inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin pale yel-
low, mixed with green, a little russetty on the sunny side,
and slightly tinged with a few faint streaks of pale brown.
Flesh white, a little gritty, but soft and mellow, with a sac-
charine, rich, and perfumed juice.
Ripe the end of September, and is good for two or three
weeks.
It succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince.
This very valuable variety was introduced by the Horti-
cultural Society in 1826, to whom it was sent by Messrs.
Baumann of Boll wilier. It has been cultivated here under
the erroneous names of Charles d'Autriche and Belle de
Bruxelles, both of which are different fruits from this.
44. UERGAMOTTE CADETTE. Duhamel, No. 54. t. 44.
f.2.
Poire de Cadette. 76.
Fruit middle-sized, roundish, or sub-turbinate, about two
inches and three quarters deep, and the same in diameter.
Eye small, almost closed, very little sunk in a somewhat
flatted apex. Stalk. an inch long, thick, inserted in a rather
shallow angular cavity. Skin smooth, yellowish, and sha-
ded with red on the sunny side. Flesh and Juice excellent,
little inferior to any of the other Bergamots.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October.
This succeeds both on the Pear and the Quince.
45. BKZY D'HERI. Duhamel, No. 23.
Besideri. Miller, No. 45.
Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat roundish ovate figure,
about two inches and a halflong, and two inches and a quar-
ter in diameter. Eye open, flat. Stalk one inch and a
quarter long, slender, curved. Skin smooth, pale green,
inclining to yellow, slightly tinged with red on the sunny
side. Flesh rather dry, and but indifferent for eating, but it
bakes well.
In use October and November.
This Pear takes its name from Heri, a forest in Bretagne,
between Rennes and Nantes, where it was found in a wild
state.
46. BEZY-DE La.MoTTE. Duhamel, 82. t. 44. f. 5. Pom.
Mag. t. 143. Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p. 132. t. 2. f. 2.
Hort. Soc. JCat. No. 123.
Bin Armudi, \ Of some Collections, accord-
Beurre blanc de Jersey, / ing to the Pom. Mag.
PEARS. 233
Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure, about
three inches deep,, and the same in diameter. Eye, small,
open, sunk in a round shallow basin. Stalk an inch long,
bent, strong, and inserted in a small but widish cavity. Skin
yellowish green, covered with gray russetty specks, becom-
ing yellow when fully ripe. Flesh white and melting, with a
rich, sugary, high-flavoured juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October, and will keep
till the end of November.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. It bears
very well on a standard, but better as an espalier. The
fruit is generally larger than the specimen figured in the
Horticultural Transactions. It is a most excellent Pear,
and well deserves cultivation.
47. CHARLES D'AUTRICHE. Hort. Trans. Vol. hi. p.
120. Ib. Vol. iv. p. 521.
Fruit large, very handsome, about three inches and a half
long, and three inches broad, in colour something like a
white Beurre, but in shape more convex and irregular. Eye
in a confined hollow, not deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long.
Skin greenish yellow, profusely sprinkled with brown specks,
and partially russetted. Flesh white, melting, very juicy,
with a rich high flavour, but with little perfume.
Ripe the beginning to the end of November.
A very fine and beautiful fruit, raised by Dr. Van Mons,
and sent to the Horticultural Society, where it was exhibited
in November, 1816.
48. CRASANNE. Langley, t. 65. f. 5. Miller, No. 46.
Duhamel, No. 49. t. 22.
Beurre Plat. Knoop. Pom. p. 154.
Fruit above the middle size, of a roundish turbinate
figure, about two inches and a half deep, and a little more in
diameter. Eye small, and placed in a deep narrow basin,
something like the eye of an apple. Stalk one inch and a
quarter long, crooked, slender, and inserted in an open shal-
low cavity. Skin greenish yellow, thinly covered with a
reticulated gray russet. Flesh extremely tender, buttery,
and full of a rich, saccharine juice.
Ripe the beginning of November, and will keep till
Christmas.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince ; but it
is much better grafted upon the Pear stock.
M. de la Quintinic says, the Crasanne takes its name
from ecrase (flattened or crushed,) its form generally giving
20*
234 PEARS.
to the fruit the appearance of having been pressed down.
It is a most excellent bearer upon an east or south-east wall,
and one of the very best Pears of its season.
Its time of keeping in perfection may be considerably
lengthened, by gathering the crop at three different times ;
the first, a fortnight or more before it is ripe ; the second a
week or ten days afterwards ; and the third, when fully ripe :
this last gathering will be the first to be brought to table,
the middle gathering the next, and the first will be the last
in succession.
By this mode of proceeding, this, as well as all the Au-
tumnal Pears, may be kept several weeks longer in per-
fection, especially after hot summers, than by the usual me-
thod of waiting till the crop is ripe, and then gathering the
whole at once.
49. DOUBLE D'AUTOMNE. Hart. Soc. Cat. No. 227.
Fruit middle-sized, in the form of -a Bergamot, hand-
somely round, without angles, and tapering towards the
stalk. Eye small, open, with very short segments of the ca-
lyx, sunk in a handsome, round, shallow basin. Stalk three
quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small oblique, slightly-
lipped cavity. Skin an entire cinnamon russet, through
which a little green appears, the whole covered with nume-
rous light gray specks. Flesh white, breaking, a little gritty,
btit mellow. Juice saccharine, very excellent, with a little
perfume.
Ripe the end of October, and good all November.
A very handsome new Pear, and very excellent when in
perfection.
50. ECHASSERY. Miller, No. 55. Duhameli No. 66.
t. 32.
Bezy de Chassery. Ib.
Bezy de Landry. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.
Poire d'GEuf. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish, turbinate figure, some-
thing like a Citron, or the Ambrette, but smaller next the
stalk, about two inches and a half long, and two inches in
diameter. Eye small, with an open flat calyx, placed in a
shallow plaited basin. Stalk one inch and a quarter losg,
straight, a little knobby, inserted in an irregularly-formed ca-
vity. Skin smooth, green, with a few gray specks, becoming
yellow as it ripens. Flesh melting and buttery, with a rich,
sugary, perfumed juice.
PEARS. 235
Ripe in November, and will generally keep good till Christ-
mas.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
51. ELTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 1. t. 1.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oval figure, a little broader to-
wards the crown. Eye very small, nearly free from the seg-
ments of the calyx, and very slightly imbedded. Stalk ra-
ther stout, straight, and deeply inserted. Skin of a greenish
russetty gray, with numerous specks of a darker russet, and
tinged with orange on the sunny side, which is generally to-
wards the stalk, as the fruit is mostly pendent from the ex-
tremities of the branches. Flesh crisp when in perfection,
and of an excellent flavour ; but will be mealy if kept too
long from the tree.
Ripe the middle of September, and by gathering at differ-
ent times, may be kept five weeks. Its season generally
terminates with the commencement of the Autumn Berga-
mot.
In 1812, the original tree, about 170 years of age, was
standing in an orchard in the Parish of Elton, in Hereford-
shire, from whence it received its name from Mr. Knight,
who thinks it may remain in health three centuries, as it is
now in a very vigorous state of growth. It is much better
as an open standard than if cultivated against a wall.
52. GANSEL'S BERGAMOT. Hooker, Pom. Lond. 17.
Pom. Ma^. t. 35.
Brocas Bergamot. Of some English Nurseries.
Ives's Bergamot. Of the Norwich Gardens.
Bonne Rouge. Of the French Gardens.
Fruit ovate, very much flattened at the crown, of a very
regular figure, quite destitute of angles, about three inches
deep, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye small,
with a very short calyx. Stalk short and fleshy, thickening
on the back of its bent part. Skin dull brown, like that of
the Brown Beurre,' a little marked with dashes of a deeper
colour. Flesh white, melting, very sweet, rich, and high
flavoured.
Ripe the middle of November, and will keep good a month.
This most excellent Pear was obtained from a seed of the
Autumn Bergamot, by Lieutenant-General Gansel, at his
seat at Donneland Hall, near Colchester, about half a cen-
tury ago, namely, in 1768. The Bonne Rouge of the
French is evidently the same sort. How it came to be
named Brocas Bergamot does not appear ; the fruit bearing
this name on the Continent is the Easter Bergamot.
236 PEARS.
53. GREEN SYLVANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 430.
Sylvange Vert. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 585.
Bergamotte Sylvange. Jard. Fruit, t. 33.
Fruit middle sized, in shape somewhat like a Berga-
mot. It is swoln in the middle, and irregular in its outline,
usually flattened towards the head ; rounded towards the
stalk, or terminated by a very blunt point. Eye small, and
lies in a slightly depressed hollow, the edge of which is stud-
ded with small knobs, Stalk short, slender, obliquely in-
serted under a slight lip. Skin rough, of a bright green on
the shaded side ; but where exposed to the sun of a deeper
green, sprinkled with gray spots, and marked with almost
black blotches. Flesh green near the skin, white in the
centre, fine, soft, and melting, with a saccharine juice of a
peculiarly agreeable flavour.
Ripe in October, and will keep two months.
This succeeds best on the Pear, not on the Quince.
There are three sorts of Pears called Sylvanges ; the yel-
loiv, the long, and the green, which derive their name from a
hamlet, situated about two miles west of the road leading
from Metz to Thionville ; of these the green is the most
esteemed. All the Sylvanges are rather tender where they
are natives ; they will, of course, require a favourable as-
pect.
54. GRAY DOYENN£. Pom. Mag. t. 74. Hort. Trans.
Vol. i. p. 230. Duhamel, 84. t. 47. Jard. Fruit. Vol.
iii. p. 114. t. 41.
Red Doyenne, "1
Doyenne Gris, I of some Collections, according to
Doyenne Roux, [ the Pom. J\Iag.
Doyenne d'Automne, J
Fruit not quite so large as that of the White Doyenne,
and more turbinate, about two inches and three quarters, or
three inches long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye
very small, mostly closed, and placed in a shallow impres-
sion. Stalk half an inch long, stout, rather deeply inserted
in a narrow short-lipped cavity. Skin covered with a bright
cinnamon russet ; occasionally, in high ripened specimens,
red next the sun. Flesh yellowish white, rich, melting, and
sugary, of excellent flavour.
Ripe the end of October, and will keep a few weeks.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
A very handsome and hardy fruit, highly deserving of cul-
tivation.
PEARS. 237
55. JALOUSIE. Duhamel, No. 86. t. 47. f. 3.
Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure, pinched
in a little towards the stalk, about three inches long, and
nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, rather deeply sunk,
in a wide well formed hollow. Stalk an inch long, curved,
and inserted in a small round cavity. Skin of a thin rus-
setty or chestnut colour on the shaded side; but of a dull
red where exposed to the sun. Flesh soft and buttery, with
a saccharine juice, and of an excellent flavour.
Ripe the end of October and beginning of November.
This languishes and perishes in a few years on the Quince.
56. LANSAC. Miller, No. 47. Duhamel, No. 109.
t. 57.
Dauphine. Ib.
Satin. Ib.
Fruit below the middle size, nearly globular, about two
inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, with a
recurved calyx, placed on the convex part of the apex. Stalk
three quarters of an inch long, straight, with a strong curb or
embossment next its insertion in the fruit. Skin smooth, of
a yellowish green colour. Flesh yellowish, melting, with a
sugary, slightly perfumed juice.
Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
57. MOOR-FOWL EGG. Horl. Soc. Cat. No. 416.
Fruit rather small, of a globular-ovate figure, abruptly
tapering from the middle, both to the crown and the stalk,
about two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in
diameter. Eye small, open, with a short, slender, strigose
calyx, placed in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Stalk
one inch and a half long, slightly inserted by the side of a
small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, mixed with green,
and tinged on the sunny side with a lively orange brown, in-
terspersed with numerous minute russetty spots. Flesh yel-
lowish white, a little gritty, but tender and mellow. Juice
sugary, with a slight perfume.
Ripe the end of September, and will keep two or three
weeks.
This is a Scotch variety, and partakes something of the
Swan's Egg. It is a desirable and hardy fruit.
58. PRINCESS OF ORANGE. Pom. Mag. t. 71.
Princesse d'Orange. Hort. Trans. Vol.'iv. p. 277.
Fruit roundish, turbinate, about the size of a White Beurre,
two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in di-
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ameter. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavi-
ty. Skin a bright reddish-orange russet. Flesh yellowish
white, sugary, and rich ; it is . in some seasons perfectly
melting, but occasionally is a little gritty.
It is in perfection in October.
This succeeds equally well upon the Pear and the Quince.
The Princess of Orange is a very handsome and desira-
ble autumn Pear. It was raised in ] 802 by the Comte de
Coloma, as we learn from the Hort. Trans.
59. Swiss BERGAMOT. JVKHer, No. 33.
Bergarn,otte Suisse. Duhamel, 47. t. 20.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat turbinate, and pinched in
towards the stalk ; about two inches and a half long, and
two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye small, in a shal-
low depressed basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long,
slender, a little warted, inserted in a small oblique cavity.
Skin green, striped with red, turning yellow as it ripens.
Flesh melting, and full of juice, but not so high flavoured as
in other Bergamots.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince.
60. VARIEGATED CRASANKE.
Crasanne Penachee. Duhamel, No. 50. t. 23.
Fruit scarcely differing from the Crasanne described be-
fore, of which it is a variety. The branches are not so
strong, and the leaves have a very lively appearance, the en-
tire margin, of each being of a pale yellow when they first
expand, and become white when fully grown.
It makes a very handsome appearance in the shrubbery
among other ornamental trees : but its fruit can only be ob-
tained by planting it against a warm wall.
SECT. IV. — Autumnal Conical-fruited.
61. AH, MON DIEU. Duhamel, No. 38.
Mondieu. ) nr.i r- 1^1
T» • T, . > Uf tie rrencfi Lrardens.
Poire d' Amour. j *
Fruit rather small, of an oblong turbinate figure, about
two inches and a half long, and two inches in diameter. Eye
small, rather prominent, surrounded by a few slight plaits.
Stalk an inch long, rather stout, curved, with a small em-
bossment at its insertion. Skin yellow on the shaded side,
but of a beautiful red, with numerous darker dots, where ex-
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posed to the sun. Flesh white, tender, and full of a very
rich perfumed juice.
It ripens upon the tree the end of September, and will not
keep above two or three weeks.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
62. ALEXANDRE DE RUSSIE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 5.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat obliquely pyra-
midal, with a very uneven knobby surface, about three inches
and a half long, and two inches and three quarters in diame-
ter. Eye open, with short narrow segments of the calyx,
placed in a shallow, narrow plaited hollow. Stalk half an
inch long, thick, almost horizontally inserted under an elon-
gated knobby lip. Skin greenish yellow, but almost wholly
covered with a cinnamon-gray russet. Flesh almost white,
gritty, but tender and mellow. Juice saccharine, with a
slight musky perfume.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October, but will not
keep more than two or three weeks.
This is a very fine Bonchretien-shaped variety, which has
been lately raised in Flanders, and sent to the Horticultural
Society, in whose garden it, in 1830, produced some un-
commonly fine fruit upon an open standard, from which this
description is taken.
63. AUTUMN COLMAR. Hort. Gard. Coll.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, in shape that of a Colmar,
but irregular in its outline, about three inches long, and two
inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, with a short con-
verging calyx, slightly sunk in an uneven depression. Stalk
an inch long, straight, inserted in a small uneven cavity.
Skin pale yellow, sprinkled with russetty specks, which be-
come broader on the sunny side, and spread into a thin rus-
set. Flesh rather gritty, but mellow, with a sugary and slight-
ly perfumed juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, but will not keep more
than two or three weeks in perfection.
This is another of the new Flemish Pears, grown in the
Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick, and bears ex-
tremely well upon an open standard.
64. BELLE LUCRATIVE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 41.
Fondante d'Automne. 76. No. 269.
Fruit middle-sized, round in its outline, tapering to the
stalk, and a little uneven in its surface, about three inches
deep, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye
open, with a very short calyx, in- a shallow, rather obliquely
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impression. Stalk an inch long, strong, curved, inserted in
a very narrow, oblique shallow cavity. Skin pale yellow,
mixed with green, slightly russetted. Flesh a little gritty,
but very soft, mellow, and tender. Juice abundant, sugary,
with a slight musky perfume.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October, but will not
keep above two or three weeks.
Another of the new Flemish Pears, grown in the Horti-
cultural Society's garden at Chiswick, on an open standard.
It is good and handsome.
65. BELLISSIME D'AUTOMNE. Duliamel, No. 12. t. 19.
f. 1.
Vermilion. Ib.
Petite Certeau. Jard. Fruit, t. 27.
Fruit middle-sized, of a long pyramidal shape, somewhat
like the Jargonelle, about three inches long, and two inches
in diameter. Eye pretty deep. Stalk an inch long, thicken-
ed next the fruit, and obliquely inserted. Skin smooth, yel-
low on the shaded side ; but of a bright red, and full of gray
specks, where fully exposed to the sun. Flesh white, crisp ;
on some soils it is half buttery. Juice sweet, and highly fla-
voured.
Ripe the middle and end of October.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
66. BEURRE KNOX. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 104.
Fruit above the middle size, oblong, in form somewhat
like the Brown Beurre, about three inches and a quarter
long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye
small, open, in a very narrow shallow depression. Stalk an
inch long, crooked, diagonally inserted under a short, knob-
by, elongated lip. SJtin pale green, with a little thin brown-
ish-gray russet on the sunny side. Flesh a little gritty, but
mellow. Juice saccharine, but without any peculiar flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of October, and will keep a few
weeks in perfection.
Another of the newly raised Flemish Pears, grown in the
Horticultural garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard.
67. BEZY UE MONTIGNT. Duliamel, No. 83. t. 44. f. 6.
Trouve de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 122.
Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, somewhat like the Bezy
de la Motte in figure, about two inches and three quarters
long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter, compressed
towards the stalk. Eye small, with a reflexed calyx, in a
round shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, stout, inserted
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in a small oblique-lipped cavity. Skin very smooth, green,
turning yellow as it becomes matured. Flesh white, a little
gritty, but melting, with a sugary somewhat musky juice.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
68. BEZY VAET. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 407.
Fruit somewhat of the shape of a Swan's Egg, but larger.
Eye a little sunk. Stalk an inch long. Skin dull green,
covered with russetty spots. Flesh yellowish, perfectly-
melting, remarkably sweet, and very agreeably perfumed.
Ripe in November, and will keep a month or more.
Raised by M. Parmentier, at Enghien, and exhibited at
the Horticultural Society in 1820.
69. BISHOP'S THUMB. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 126.
Fruit long, rather slender, slightly tapering from the
crown to the stalk, having an irregular and slightly knobby
outline, in the manner of the Calebasse, about three inches
and three quarters long, and two inches in diameter. Eye
small, open, with slender segments of the calyx, slightly
sunk in an uneven hollow. Stalk one inch and a half long,
slender, recurved, and obliquely inserted in a two-lipped ca-
vity. Skin dark green, almost wholly covered with an iron-
coloured russet, on the sunny side of a dark rufous brown,
thickly sprinkled with gray russetty dots. ; Flesh greenish
yellow, melting, with an abundance of rich, saccharine,
high-flavoured juice.
Ripe the middle to the end of October.
A very excellent Pear, although its figure is far from being
handsome. Decidedly distinct from Calebasse.
70. BoNCHRfiTiEN FONDANTS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 138.
Fruit above the middle size, oblong, with a pretty regular
outline, about three inches and a half long, and two inches
and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, with a closed
calyx, slightly sunk in a narrow and pretty regular hollow.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather stout, curved,
and slightly inserted in a narrow round cavity. Skin pale
green, a good part of which is covered with a deep cinna-
mon russet, thickly sprinkled with light-coloured russetty
specks. Flesh yellowish white, a little gritty, but rich and
buttery, and full of a highly saccharine rich-flavoured juice.
Ripe the end of October, and will keep good a month.
This most excellent Pear is also a newly -raised Flemish
variety, grown in the Horticultural Society's garden at Chis-
wick, on an open standard.
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71. BROWN BEURRE, Miller, No. 34. Pom. Mag.
t. 114.
Beurre. OfDuhamel, 75. t. 38.
Beurre Gris. Knoop. Pom. p. 135.
Beurre Rouge. Ib.
Beurre- Dore. Ib.
Beurre d'Anjou. Ib.
Beurre d'Or. Ib.
Beurre d'Ambleuse. Ib.
Beurre' d'Amboise. Ib.
Poire d'Amboise. Ib.
Isambert. Ib.
Got™ Beurre, \ Of English Catalogues, according to
Beurre duRoi, / the Pom. JWog;.
Fruit large, of an oblong figure, about four inches long,
and three inches in diameter, tapering to the stalk. Eye
small, with, a converging calyx, placed in a shallow depres-
sion. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather stout, and
thickening obliquely into the fruit. Skin greenish yellow,
appearing through a covering of thin russet, coloured more
or less with brown or red on the sunny side. Flesh white,
with some greenish veins through it, melting, buttery, juicy,
rich and excellent.
Ripe in'October, and will keep good only a few weeks.
This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince.
This highly esteemed and well-known Pear has had many
different names assigned to it, as will be seen by the syno-
nyms above quoted, and it has probably many more. Those
that relate to colour, such as Gray, Golden, and Red, have
originated from trees on different stocks, on different soils.
and in different situations of climate and of aspect, which, the
practical gardener is well aware, contribute materially, not
only to the colour of the Pear, but of the apple and the
Peach. Other names, and of these not a few, arise from
the locality of places where the fruit happens to be cultiva-
ted. The Beurre Pear in France, as well as in this country,
is esteemed as the best of its season.
72. CALEB ASSE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 164.
Calebasse Musquee. Knoop. Pom. p. 94. t. 3.
Fruit long, very irregular in figure, broadly angular, and
knobby, about four inches long, and two inches and a half in
diameter, compressed below the middle, and bent Eye
open, with a very short acute calyx. Stalk one inch and a
half long, bent, obliquely inserted under one or two knobby
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lips. Skin grayish yellow, tinged with a deeper yellow on
the sunny side, and partially covered with a thin orange-
gray russet. Flesh breaking, a little gritty, with a very sac-
charine and plentiful juice.
Ripe the end of September, and will keep two or three
weeks.
73. CAPIAUMONT. Hort. Trans. Yol. v. p. 406.
Capiaumont. Pom. Mag. t. 59.
Beurre de Capiaumont. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 91.
Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, regularly tapering to the
stalk, about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches
and a half in diameter. Eye not at all sunk, but level with
the extremity. Stalk scarcely half an inch long, inserted
without any cavity. Skin a fine clear cinnamon, fading into
yellow in the shade, and acquiring a rich bright red in the
sun. Flesh yellowish, melting, buttery, very rich, and high-
ly flavoured.
Ripe the middle of October, and will keep for two or three
weeks.
This succeeds equally well upon the Pear and the Quince.
It is one of the best of those varieties raised in Flanders
during the period when so large an accession was made to
the cultivated fruits of that country. It is recorded to have
owed its origin to a M. Capiaumont of Mons. The first
specimens which were seen in this country came to the
Horticultural Society in 1820, from M. Parmentier of En-
ghien.
It bears well as a standard, but is best cultivated as an
open dwarf, grafted upon a Quince stock.
74. CHAT-BRULE. Duhamel, No. 116.
Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, about
two inches and three quarters long, and two inches in di-
ameter. Eye small, placed in a shallow plaited hollow.
Stalk an inch long, obliquely inserted. Skin smooth, shin-
ing, of a pale yellow, but of a dark brown on the sunny side.
Flesh melting, but not very juicy, and if kept too long is apt
to grow me ally.
75. DARIMONT. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 215.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, in some specimens slightly
pyramidal, tapering a little towards the stalk, about three
inches long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye
small, open, the segments of the calyx generally falling off
before the fruit is fully grown, placed in a very narrow shal-
low depression, and surrounded by a few slightly radiated
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plaits. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a
small uneven cavity, sometimes obliquely inserted under a
small elongated lip. Skin a complete yellowish gray russet,
sprinkled with numerous scabrous specks. Flesh white,
gritty, but melting, with a saccharine, slightly musky, and
somewhat astringent juice.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
This is another of the new Flemish Pears, grown in the
Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard.
76. DELICES D'ARDENPONT. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 217.
Fruit above the middle size, oblong pyramidal, enlarged
beyond the middle, and compressed towards the stalk, with
an uneven and somewhat knobby surface, about three inches
and a quarter long, and two inches and a half in diameter.
Eye small, with a short converging calyx, in a narrow shal-
low depression, surrounded by a few slight obtusely knobby
plaits. Stalk an inch long, rather thick, curved, inserted in
a rather oblique narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow, full of
small gray russetty dots, and partially covered with a thin
cinnamon-coloured russet. Flesh yellowish white, rather
gritty, but very mellow when matured, and full of a sugary,
slightly astringent, pleasant, somewhat musky, perfumed
juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October.
This is another of those' very fine Pears lately introduced
from Flanders, and grown in the Horticultural Society's
garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard. It was raised
by the late Counsellor Hardenpont, of Mons, by whom a
number of other good Flemish Pears were obtained from
seed some year's ago.
77. DILLEN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 119.
Gros Dillen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 223.
Fruit ovate, irregularly turbinate, about three inches and
a half long, and nearly three inches in diameter. Eye flat.
Stalk short and thick. Skin yellowish green, slightly speck-
led with brown. Flesh white, with a slight musky flavour,
and very little core.
Ripe early in October, and will keep a few weeks.
A fine buttery Pear of the first order, and very handsome.
It was received by the Horticultural Society from Dr. Van
Mons of Brussels, in 1817.
78. DOYENNE PANACHE. Hort. Trans: Vol. vii. p. 177.
Fruit in form the same as the Gray Doyenne, but tapers
a little more towards the stalk. Skin a bright clear yellow,
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faintly striped with green and red, and sprinkled all over with
small russetty brown dots. Flesh white, melting, sweet,
and very agreeable ; but it is not so high-flavoured as the
Gray Doyenne".
In eating from October till Christmas.
79. DOYENNE SANTELETE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 241.
Fruit above the middle size, pyramidally oblong, not much
unlike a Chaumontelle in shape, but narrow at the crown,
and more compressed towards the stalk, about three inches
and a half long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye
small, open, with a very shut strigose calyx, slightly sunk in
a narrow obtusely angular hollow. Stalk an inch long or
more, curved, very slightly inserted, sometimes a little ob-
liquely, in a narrow base. Skin pale green, thinly covered
with detached specks of gray russet, which are more nume-
rous round the stalk. Flesh white, a little gritty, but tender.
Juice saccharine, with a slight musky perfume.
Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep till the end.
This is a very fine handsome Pear from Flanders, grown
in the Horticultural Society's garden at Chiswick, upon an
open standard.
80. DUCHESS OF ANCOUL£ME. Pom. «Mag. t. 76.
Duchesse d'Angouleme. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 176.
t. 3. Bon. Jard. 1829, p. 328.
Fruit large, roundish-oblong, tapering towards the stalk,
with an extremely uneven knobby surface, usually measur-
ing about three inches and a half each way, or four inches
deep, and three inches and a half in diameter, but sometimes
much larger. Eye deeply sunk in an irregular hollow.
Stalk an inch long, stout, deeply inserted in an irregular ca-
vity. Skin dull yellow, copiously and irregularly spotted
with broad russet patches. Flesh rich, melting, very juicy,
and high flavoured, with a most agreeable perfume.
Ripe in October and November.
This succeeds extremely well on the Quince, as well as
the Pear.
The Duchess of Angouleme, the very finest of the late
autumn Pears, is said to have been found wild in a hedge of
the Forest of Armaille, near Angers. It arrives at a weight
unusual in Pears that are fit for the dessert. Jersey speci-
mens have been seen, which measured four inches and three
quarters long, and four inches and a half in diameter, weigh-
ing twenty-two ounces.
The trees bear very early and certainly, especially if
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grafted upon the Quince stock, for which the sort is particu-
larly well adapted.
It is said to have derived its name from having been found
in July, 1815, when the reigning family in France returned,
for the second time, to the head of the government.
81. ENGLISH BEURRE, of some Collections. Hort.
Trans. Vol. iii. p. 207.
Beurre d' Angleterre. Duhamel, No.. 76. t 39.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oval pyramidal figure, very re-
gularly formed at the crown, and tapering to the stalk ; about
two inches and three quarters long, and two inches in diame-
ter. Eye small, with a short connivent calyx, very little de-
pressed. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, slender, in-
setted without any cavity. Skin smooth, of a greenish gray,
a little tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh white,
very buttery, and replete with a sugary and very agreeable
juice.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
This succeeds only on the Pear, not on the Quince.
It is clearly distinct from the Brown Beurre, as it does
not succeed when grafted upon the Quince ; the other suc-
ceeds well on both.
82. FLEMISH BEAUTY. Pom. Mag. t. 128.
Bouche Nouvelle. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 151.
Brilliant. 76. 157.
Fondante de Bois. Ib. 270.
Imperatrice de la France. Ib. ?38.
La Belle de Flandres. Ib. 40. according to the Pom.
Mag. >
Fruit rather large, oblong, a little uneven in its outline,
and somewhat elongated on the side opposite to the branch
on which it grows ; about three inches and a quarter long,
and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye open,
with a short calyx, prominently placed on a flat crown, or in
a very slight depression. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a
narrow oblique cavity. Skin pale yellow, the greater part of
which is covered with a thin cinnamon russet, having a faint
streak or two of pale brown appearing through on the sunny
side. Flesh yellowish white, a little gritty, but becoming
tender and mellow, and full of a rich, saccharine, slightly
musky juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep a month or
longer.
A very fine Flemish variety, grown in the Horticultural
PEARS. 247
Garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard. It ought to
be gathered before it is fully ripe, otherwise it loses much of
its goodness.
83. FRANCHIPANNE. Duhamel, No. 85. t. 47. f. 2.
Frangipane. Jard. Fruit, t. 41.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, com-
pressed between the middle and the stalk ; about two inches
and three quarters long, and two inches and a quarter in di-
ameter. Eye rather large, seated in a shallow plaited basin.
Stalk an inch long, strong, bent, and obliquely inserted in a
small cavity. Skin smooth, of a clear yellow or citron co-
lour, but of a bright red on the sunny side. Flesh melting,
with a sugary perfumed juice.
Ripe the end of October and beginning of November.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
84. GENDESEISM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 287.
Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, a little uneven in its out-
line, about three inches and a quarter deep, and two inches
and a half in diameter. Eye small, rather open, in a nar-
row, shallow depression. Stalk an inch long, crooked, di-
agonally inserted, under a large, curved, elongated lip. Skin
yellowish green, full of gray specks, and slightly covered
with thin patches of gray russet, flesh a little gritty, but
mellow, and full of a saccharine, rich, and slightly musky
juice.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
This is another of the new Flemish Pears, which is grown
in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open
standard.
85. GREEN SUGAR. Miller, No. 42.
Sucre-vert. Duhamel, No. 68. t. 34.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat oblong, but very regularly
formed, a little in the manner of a Bergamot, but narrower
towards the stalk, about two inches and three quarters long,
arid two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, open,
with a diverging calyx, in a very slight, narrow depression.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, strong, slightly inserted
in a small uneven cavity. Skin smooth, very green, which
continues till it is ripe. Flesh a little gritty, but very buttery.
Juice abundant, highly sugary, and of a very agreeable
musky flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of October.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
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*85. HACON'S INCOMPARABLE.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat turbinate, and a little irre-
gular in its outline, occasioned by one or two slightly protu-
berant angles near its crown ; about two inches and a half
deep, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, open; seg-
ments of the calyx short and narrow, slightly sunk in a rather
wide uneven depression. Stalk an inch long, rather stout,
inserted in a somewhat lipped and rather deep cavity. Skin
rugose, pale yellow, or yellowish white, a good deal mixed
with green, and partially covered with a grayish orange rus-
set, particularly round the stalk. Flesh yellowish white,
slightly gritty, but very buttery and melting. Juice abundant,
very saccharine, extremely rich, and possessing a high,
musky, and perfumed flavour.
In perfection in November and December.
This very valuable and excellent Pear was raised by Mr.
James Gent Hacon, of Downham Market, in Norfolk, from
a seed of what is called in that neighbourhood Rayner's
Norfolk Seedling. The tree is an open standard, about
sixteen years old, and sixteen feet high, with pendulous
branches, which reach nearly to the ground. It bears most
abundantly, and may be justly considered one of the best
Pears ever raised in England. It was exhibited at the
meeting of the Horticultural Society in Norwich on the
17th November, 1830, when it obtained the silver medal as
a prize.
86. HAZEL PEAR. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 310.
Fruit rather small, oval, somewhat turbinate, about two
inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter. Eye
small, with a very short acute calyx, placed in a rather shal-
low basin. Slalk an inch long, obliquely inserted. Skin
yellowish, very much freckled. Flesh nearly M-hite, with a
very pleasant and agreeable juice.
Ripe the end of October, and will keep a few weeks only.
It is uncertain where this Pear originated. It is now ex-
tensively cultivated by the Scotch nurserymen ; and for its
early bearing, and abundant produce, is by them highly
esteemed.
87. HENRY THE FOURTH.
Henri Quatre. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 324.
Fruit below the middle size, pyramidal, and somewhat
*No. 85. is inserted twice, in consequence of Hacon's Incomparable having
been sent me after the numerical arrangement had been completed.
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oblique at the crown, about three inches long, and two inches
and a quarter broad. Eye small, open, with a short slencter
calyx, slightly sunk in a narrow, shallow, oblique depression.
Stalk an inch long, crooked, curved, obliquely inserted un-
der a small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, mixed with
green ; on the sunny side of an orange-brown, and full of
small, gray, russetty specks, which are the more numerous
as they approach the crown. Flesh pale yellow, a little
gritty, but very tender and melting. Juice abundant, highly
saccharine, with'a slight musky perfume.
Ripe the end of September, and will keep a few weeks
only.
This is a very excellent dessert Pear, and is grown in the
Horticultural Garden at Chiswick upon an open standard.
88. INCOMMUNICABLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 340.
L'Incommunicable. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. App. ii. p. 6.
Fruit above the middle size, pyramidal, and compressed
towards the stalk, about three inches and a half long, and
two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, closed by a
very short slender calyx, and placed in a very slight narrow
depression. Stalk half an inch long, stout, bent, diagonally
inserted beneath a small elongated lip. Skin pale grass-
green, thickly sprinkled with small gray russetty specks. Flesh
yellowish white, tinged near the core with a light shade of
orange colour, a little gritty, but melting. Juice saccha-
rine, with a slight musky perfume.
Ripe the middle to the end of October.
It is difficult to conceive the origin of this singular name.
It has been attached to one of those newly raised Flemish
varieties which bear so well and so regularly in the Horti-
cultural Garden at Chiswick upon an open standard.
89. REISER. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 360.
Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, gradually tapering from the
middle to the stalk, about three inches deep, and two inches
and a half in diameter. Eye small, with short erect seg-
ments of the calyx, placed in a very narrow depression.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, thick and woody. Skin
pale green, becoming yellowish green, thickly sprinkled
with small gray russetty specks, and russetty round the
stalk. Flesh greenish white, a little gritty, but melting.
Juice saccharine, without any peculiar flavour.
Ripe the middle of October, and will keep some weeks.
This is also another of those hardy Pears which bear so
plentifully upon an open standard, in the Horticultural Gar-
den at Chiswick,
250
PEARS.
90. LOUIS-BONNE. Miller, No. 53. Duhamel, No. 97.
4.53.
Fruit pretty large, somewhat pyramidal, much in the man-
ner of the Saint Germain, but more rounded at the crown,
and not so slender towards the stalk, about three inches and
a half long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter.
Eye small, very little sunk. Stalk three quarters of an inch
long, straight, rather obliquely inserted, with a curb or em-
bossment next the fruit. Skin very smooth, of a pale green,
becoming a little yellow as it approaches maturity. Flesh
extremely tender, and full of an excellent, saccharine, well-
flavoured juice.
Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas.
This succeeds on both the Pear arid the Quince.
91. MARIE LOUISE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 519. t. 20.
Pom. Mag. t. 122.
Fruit long ovate, something like a Saint Germain, but
more angular in its outline, about three inches and a quarter
long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye open,
placed in an oblique, somewhat knobby hollow. Stalk one
inch and a half long, obliquely inserted in a small uneven
cavity. Skin greenish, but when fully matured of a rich
yellow, clouded with light brown russet on the sunny side.
Flesh inclining to yellow, perfectly melting, with abundance
of saccharine, highly vinous juice.
Ripe the beginning and middle of October.
This most excellent Pear, in favourable seasons, attains
a much larger size, being sometimes five inches long and
three inches broad. It was raised by the Abb£ Duquesne,
and sent by Dr. Van Mons of Brussels, to the Horticultu-
ral Society in 1816, It bears well as a standard.
92. MARQUISE. Duhamel, No. 93. t. 49.
Marchioness. Miller, No. 43.
Fruit pretty large, somewhat oval, swelled very much to-
wards the crown, and suddenly narrowed towards the stalk;
about three inches long, and two inches and a half in diame-
ter. Eye small, placed in a moderately deep narrow basin.
Stalk one inch and a quarter long, stout, bent, obliquely in-
serted in a small cavity. Skin pale green, shaded with
darker, with numerous gray dots, but which becomes yellow
as it approaches maturity, with a slight blush on the sunny
side. Flesh white, breaking, replete with juice of an agree-
able musky flavour.
Ripe the end of October, and will keep two or three
weeks,
PEARS. 251
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
93. MESSIRE JEAN. Miller, No. 37.
Messire Jean. Duhamel, 55. t. 26.
Messire Jean dore. Ib.
Chaulis. Jard. Fruit, t. 34.
Fruit middle-sized, flatly turbinate, but somewhat nar-
rowed at each extremity, about two inches and a half deep,
and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small,
open, with an erect calyx, placed in a shallow plaited basin.
Stalk an inch long, bent, inserted in a somewhat funnel-
shaped cavity. Skin rather rough, yellow, covered almost
wholly with a fine, thin, brown russet. Flesh white, crisp,
breaking, and full of a rich saccharine juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep a month.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
The Messire Jean is a very excellent autumn Pear, and
deserves to be generally cultivated. There have been other
names given to it, such as Gray, Yellow, and White ; they
are all the same sort, and these colours arise, as was said of
the Brown Beurre', from the different soils, situations, and
stocks on which they are grafted, and also from the different
ages of the trees themselves.
94. NAPOLEON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 104. and Vol.
iv. p. 215. Pom. Mag. t. 75.
Medaille. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 401. according to the
Pom. Mag.
Fruit large, in form of a Colmar, angular about the eye,
a good deal contracted in the middle, about three inches and
three quarters long, and three inches in diameter. Eye
small, with a connivent calyx, a little depressed. Stalk half
an inch long, thick, straight ; in some specimens diagonally
inserted under a large, elongated, curved lip. Skin smooth,
bright green ; in which state it remains for some time after
the fruit is gathered ; it finally changes to a pale green,
when the flesh becomes very melting, with a most unusual
abundance of rich agreeable juice.
Ripe the middle of November, and remains in perfection
several days.
This succeds equally well upon the Pear and the Quince-
The Napoleon Pear is an excellent variety, raised by Dr^
Van Mons, atLouvain, and thence sent to England in 1816.*
It is a profuse bearer upon an east or west wall ; it also suc-
ceeds as an open dwarf grafted upon the Quince, and as a
common standard.
252 PEARS.
95. NEW BRIDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 430.
Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about
two inches and three quarters long, and two inches and a
half in diameter. Eye small, with a short slender calyx.
Crown flat, not depressed. Stalk an inch long, a little ob-
liquely inserted. Skin dull gray, covered with thin gray rus-
set, and of a light, lively, shining brown on the sunny side.
Flesh melting, a little gritty, with a sugary juice, but with-
out any peculiar flavour.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, and
will not keep longer than a few weeks.
This is another of the new hardy Pears which are produ-
ced upon open standards in the Horticultural Garden at
Chiswick.
96. POIRE DE LOUVAINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 381.
Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, uneven on its surface,
three inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter.
Eye small, closed with small short segments of the calyx,
sunk in a narrow hollow. Stalk half an inch long, curved,
obliquely inserted. Skin dull green, mixed with yellow, full
of russetty spots, and a little russetted round the eye. Flesh
very tender, slightly gritty, and full of a rich, very saccha-
rine, musky juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and fine till the end.
This is a very excellent Pear, and one of those cultivated
in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick as an open stand-
ard. It highly deserves cultivation.
97. POIRE FIGUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 266.
Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong figure, irregularly form-
ed by the outward side being considerably more elongated
than the inner one next the tree, giving it a curved direction,
about three inches and a half long, and two inches and a
half in diameter. Eye small, open, with very short seg-
ments of the calyx. Stalk an inch long, curved, diagonally
inserted under a broad, elongated lip. Skin dull green, al-
most wholly covered with a thin gray russet, with scarcely
any additional colouring where exposed to the sun. Flesh
a little gritty, but mellow, with abundance of rich, saccha-
rine, and slightly musky juice.
Ripe the end of October, and will keep good a month.
This is not the Poire de Figue of KNOOP. It is one of
those hardy varieties bearing as an open standard in the
Horticultural Garden at Chiswick ; and, although not hand-
some, is a very excellent Pear.
98. POIRE NEILL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 431.
PEARS. 253
fruit large, pyramidally turbinate, generally a little flat-
tened on its opposite sides, and tapering to the stalk. In
some specimens the outer side is considerably more elon-
gated than the inner one next the branch on which it grows,
nearly four inches long, and three inches and a half in di-
ameter. Eye open, rather deeply sunk in an irregular hol-
low. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, obliquely insert-
ed in a narrow uneven cavity. Skin pale yellow, intermixed
with green, a good deal mottled and marked with thin gray
russet. Flesh white, a little gritty, but very soft and mellow,
abounding with a saccharine and slightly musky juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and good to the end.
This very fine and handsome Pear is one of those lately
introduced from Flanders into the Horticultural Garden at
Chiswick, where it is grown as an open standard.
99. RICHE DEPOUILLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. y. p. 409.
Riche d'Apoil. Ib.
Fruit somewhat resembling the Saint Germain in shape
and size, and tapering considerably towards the stalk. Eye
prominent. Stalk one inch and a half long, rather thick.
Skin of a clear citron yellow, with a slight tinge of bright
red on the sunny side, a little mottled with russet, and
rough like the skin of an orange. Flesh white, melting, not
perfumed, but sweet and very pleasant.
Ripe in the autumn and winter months.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
Raised some years ago on the Continent, and was brought
into this country under the name of Riche d'Jlpoil.
100. ROUSSELINE. Miller, No. 40. Duhnmel. No. 37.
t. 15.
Muscat a longue queue de la fin d'Automne. Ib.
Fruit small, of a somewhat oblong figure, swelled out in
the middle, tapering to the crown, and compressed towards
the stalk, about two inches and a quarter long, and one inch
and a half in diameter. Eye very small, with a converging
calyx, placed in a rather hollow, plaited basin. Stalk one
inch and three quarters long, slender, inserted in a small ca-
vity. Skin smooth, of a greenish yellow on the shaded side,
but where fully exposed to the sun, of a lively deep red,
sprinkled with numerous gray specks. Flesh very tender
and delicate, with a sweet and agreeably perfumed juice.
Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep a month.
This succeeds on the Pear, but not at all on the Quince.
22
254
PEARS,
101. SECKLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 256. t. 9. Pom,
Mag. t. 72.
New- York Red Cheek. Hort. Soc. Cat. 432.
Sycle, ) of some Collections, according
Red-cheeked Seckle, > to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit rather small, somewhat turbinate, a little compress-
ed towards the stalk, about two inches and three quarters
long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye small,
open, with a very short calyx, prominently placed on the
convex apex. Stalk half an inch long, obliquely inserted in
a small cavity. Skin dull brown, or brownish green, with
a very bright red cheek. Flesh tender, juicy, melting, pe-
culiarly rich and high flavoured, with a powerful but most
agreeable aroma, totally different from that usually perceived
in perfumed Pears.
Ripe the rriiddle and end of October.
This beautiful and excellent little Pear ranks among the
richest of the American varieties. An account of it was
transmitted by Dr. Hosack, of New-York, to the Horticul-
tural Society in 181 9^ extracted from COXE'S work on A-
merican Fruit Trees, p. 189. It bears its fruit in clusters
at the ends of the branches, is very hardy as an open stand-
ard, ripening its fruit with certainty.*
102. SWAN'S EGG. Langley, t. 64. f. 4. Of all Eng-
lish Gardens.
Fruit small, of an oval, turbinate figure, about two inches
long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Eye
small, with a very short calyx, prominently placed on the
apex, surrounded by a few wrinkled plaits. Stalk three
quarters of an inch long, slender, somewhat obliquely in-
serted, with but little cavity. Skin greenish yellow, cover-
ed on the sunny side with dull brown, intermixed with small
russetty specks. Flesh soft and melting, with a very rich
musky saccharine juice.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, and
will keep only a few weeks in perfection.
The Swan's Egg Pear is known to every gardener and
dealer in fruit in every county in England ; its great certain-
* " The Seckle Pear is found to exceed in excellence of flavour the very richest
of our autumn Pears, possessing a high vinous aroma, which can scarcely be
compared with any thing in fruits, unless with a concentration of the taste pecu-
liar to the Swan's Egg. Ripe from the end of August to the middle of October."
Pom. Mag. t. 72.
The above extract, taken from the Pomolosrical Magazine, state» its true time
of ripening. It would make a beautiful espalier tree grafted on the Quince stock
PEARS.
255
ty in bearing, and the excellence of its fruit, render it a uni-
versal favourite. The tree is readily distinguished in the
orchard from almost every sort, by its upright and spire-like
growth,
t 103. URBANISTE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 411.
Fruit pyramidally ovate, very even in form, but compress-
ed towards the stalk; about three inches and a half long,
and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye a little
sunk in a very narrow crown. Stalk an inch long, obliquely
inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Skin pale green, in-
clining to yellow, profusely sprinkled with greenish specks,
with small patches of gray russet dispersed over its whole
surface, but more particularly round the eye and the stalk.
Flesh white towards the outside, but deepens to a reddish
yellow next the core, which is large, and possesses a small
quantity of grit ; it is, nevertheless, quite melting, juicy, and
very sweet, with a little perfume.
Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.
Raised by the Count de Coloma, of Malines ; and speci-
mens of the fruit were exhibited at the Horticultural Society
from that gentleman in 1823.
104. VERTE LONGUE. Miller, No. 36. Duhamel,
No. 73.
Mouille-bouche. /&.
Muscat-fleure. Bon, Jard. 1827, p. 311.
Fruit pretty large, of a long pyramidal figure, about three
inches and a half long, and two inches and a half in diame-
ter. Eye small, with an open calyx, prominently seated 011
the convex summit. Stalk an inch long, straight, inserted
without any cavity. Skin green, which continues till its
maturity. Flesh white, melting, and very full of a saccha-
rine, well-flavoured juice.
Ripe the middle of October, and will keep a few weeks
only-
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince ; but it is
best on the Pear on dry, hot soils.
105. VERTE LONGUE PANACH£E. Duhamel, 74. t. 37.
Verte longue Suisse. /&.
Culotte de Suisse. Jard. Fruit, t. 38.
This in no way differs from the preceding one, except in
being rather less, and in its striped fruit, which is beautifully
coloured with green, yellow, and red. It ripens also at the
same time, and succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince ;
but, like the former, it is best on the Pear for dry soils.
256 FEARS.
106. VIGNE. Miller, No. 39. Duhamel, No. 110.
t. 58. f. 2.
Demoiselle. Ib.
Fruit small, of a turbinate figure, about one inch and
three quarters long, and one inch and a half in diameter.
Eye large and open. Stalk two inches long, slender, in-
serted in a small cavity. Skin rough, of a dull red colour,
quite round, and full of gray specks. Flesh melting, and
full of a pretty good juice.
Ripe the middle and end of October.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
107. WHITE DOYENN£. Pom. Mag. t. 60.
Doyenn^ Blanc. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 233.
Doyenne. Duhamel, 81. t. 43.
Beurre Blanc. Ib.
Bonne-ante. Ib.
Saint Michel. 76.
Carlisle.
Citron de Septembre.
Kaiserbirne.
Poire a courte queue.
Poire de Limon.
Of various Collections, according
Poire de Neige. f to the Pom. Mag.
Poire de Seigneur.
Poire Monsieur.
Valencia.
White Beurre.
Fruit pretty large, roundish oblong, narrowest at the stalkt
about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three
quarters in diameter. Eye very small, with small, acute,
closed segments of the calyx, placed in a shallow depres-
sion. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather thick, in-
serted in a small cavity ; in some specimens it is diagonally
inserted under a small elongated lip. Skin pale citron yel-
low, speckled throughout, more or less, with cinnamon rus-
set, and tinged with orange brown on the sunny side. Flesh
white, juicy, very buttery, and delicious.
Ripe the end of September, and good for three or four
weeks.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
An old and excellent Pear, bearing well in this country
upon an open standard. It is one of the best to graft upon
the Quince, and to cultivate en quenouille. It is best known
PEARS. 267
in our gardens, and to English nurserymen, by the name of
White Beurrt.
SECT. V. — Winter Round-fruited.
108. AMBRETTE. Miller, No. 57. Duhamel, No. 65.
t. 31.
Ambre Gris. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.
Ambrette Grise.* 16.
Ambrette d'Hiver. 76.
Belle Gabrielle. Ib.
Trompe Valet. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish figure, but rather larger
at the crown than at the stalk ; about two inches and a half
or two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in di-
ameter. Eye small, with an open, reflexed, flat calyx,
placed in a very shallow impression. Stalk three quarters
of an inch long, stout, inserted in a very small cavity. Skin
of a russet colour. Flesh melting, with a sugary musky
juice.
In eating from November till January.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince ; but it
is more productive upon the latter stock.
109. BERGAMOTTE DE SOULERS. Duhamel, No. 51.
t. 44. f. 1.
Bonne de Soulers. 76.
Fruit rather large, of a roundish turbinate figure ; about
two inches and three quarters long, and the same in diame-
ter, broadest in the middle, and narrowed to each extremity.
Eye small, within a shallow basin. StM an inch long,
strong, curved, and inserted in an oblique cavity. Skin
smooth, of a greenish white, full of green specks, but of a
brownish red on the sunny side. Flesh buttery and melting,
with a sweet agreeable juice.
In eating in January and through March.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
110. EASTER BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 69.
Bergamotte Bugi. Ib.
Bergamotte de Paques. Duhamel, 52. t. 24.
Bergamotte d'Hiver. Ib.
La Grilliere. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.
22*
258 PEARS,
Paddington. ")
Terlinf. f °fsome Nurseries.
Winter Bergamot. J
Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure ; three
inches or more deep, and the same in diameter, but broadest
at the crown. Eye small, closed, and sunk in a shallow ba-
sin. Stalk short, thick, inserted a little obliquely in a small
shallow cavity. Skin green, quite round, and covered with
numerous gray specks ; but when matured it turns of a yel-
lowish gray. Flesh white, half buttery, with a sugary, wcll-
flavoured juice.
In eating from January till April or May.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
The Easter Bergamot has been a long time in this coun-
try, having been planted at Hampton Court in the time of
Queen Elizabeth. It requires a south or south-east aspect,
and a dry bottom.
111. FRANCREAL. Miller, No. 68.
Franc-Real. Duhamel, No. 60.
Fin or d'Hiver. Knoop. Pom. p. 136.
Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat globular figure, a little
compressed at both extremities ; about three inches and a
half long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye small,
placed in a shallow narrow basin. Stalk three quarters of
an inch long. Skin yellow, very much mottled with a pale
russetty brown, particularly on the sunny side. Flesh rather
dry, and apt to be gritty. Juice rather insipid, but is excel-
lent when stewed.
In use from January till March.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
112. GERMAN MUSCAT. Miller, No. 70.
Muscat d'Allemagne. Duhamel, No. 72. t. 36.
Fruit pretty large, broadly turbinate, and somewhat com-
pressed towards the stalk, about three inches deep, and the
same in diameter. Eye small, seated in a small shallow-
basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, inserted in
a very small cavity. Skin covered with russet quite round,
and coloured with brown on the sunny side. Flesh pale
yellow, buttery, and melting. Juice sugary, musky, and
perfumed.
In eating from March till May.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
PEARS. 259
113. GILOGIL. Pom. Mag. t. 65.
Gile-6-gile. Noisette Manuel Complet. p. 531.
Gros Gobet. ) Of some French Gardens, according to
Dagobert. j the Pom. Mag.
Fruit large, somewhat obovate, flattened at the top, and
tapering but little to the stalk, about three inches and a quar-
ter deep, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye
large, and deeply sunk in a plaited radiated hollow. Stalk
an inch long, rather deeply inserted in an uneven and mostly
two-lipped cavity. Skin a deep close russet, rather deeply
tinged with a brownish red on the sunny side. Flesh white,
juicy, breaking, a little gritty, sweet, and pleasant.
In use from December till March or April.
A valuable winter Pear, although not of first-rate excel-
lence. It is very handsome, and an excellent bearer. It
will succeed as an open standard in a sheltered warm situ-
ation.
114. HOLLAND BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 71.
Bergamotte d'Hollande. Duhamel, No. 53. t. 25.
Bergamotte d'Alencon. 76.
Amoselle. Ib.
Lord Cheney's. Of some Gardens.
Fruit large, of a regular roundish figure, but somewhat
broadest at the crown, about three inches deep, and nearly
the same in diameter. Eye small, divested of its calyx, sunk
pretty deep in a depressed and wide basin. Stalk one inch
and a half long, slender, crooked, inserted in a slightly an-
gular, but not deep cavity. Skin in the autumn green, mar-
bled all over, more or less, with a thin brown russet ; but as
it acquires maturity, the skin becomes yellow, and the rus-
setty colouring of a more lively character. Flesh half but-
tery, with a plentiful and highly flavoured juice.
In eating from March till May or June.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This very valuable Pear, if ever in the possession of Lord
Cheney, must have been in England previously to 1595. It
originated at Alencon in France, and is highly deserving of
cultivation.
115. POIRE DU JARDIN. Duhamel, 28. t. 19. f. 3.
Fruit pretty large, round, and flattened somewhat like a
Bergamot, about two inches and three quarters deep, and
two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, placed in a
very shallow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch
long, stout, inserted in a small cavity. Skin yellow on the
260 PEARS.
shaded side, but of a soft red where exposed to the sun, and
marked with a few yellow specks. Flesh half buttery, with
an excellent saccharine juice.
In eating in December and January.
116. WINTER ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 139.
t. 2. f. 3.
Orange d'Hiver. Duhamd, No. 29. t. 19. f. 4.
Fruit middle-sized, globular, a little flattened at the crown,
about two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a
half in diameter. Eye small, open, placed in a very shal-
low, perfectly round basin. Stalk an inch long, thick, and
inserted in a small oblique cavity. Skin smooth, rich, yel-
low, covered with numerous brown specks. Flesh white,
crisp, with a sugary, highly flavoured, musky juice.
In eating in February, and will keep till April.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
SECT. VI. — Winter Conical-fruited.
117. ANG£LIQUE DE BORDEAUX. Duhamel, No. 88.
t. 47. f. 5.
Poire Angelique. Miller, No. 77.
Saint Martial. Ib.
Saint Marcel. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 311.
Gros Franc-real. Ib.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, some-
what like a Bon-chretien, about three inches and a quarter
long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye
small, placed in a narrow and rather deep hollow. Stalk
one inch and a half long, strong, crooked, inserted in an ob-
lique but not deep cavity. Skin smooth and yellowish, but
on the sunny side it is of a faint purple colour. Flesh ten-
der and buttery, with a sugary juice.
In eating from February till April.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince, but not so
well on the latter stock.
This Pear was introduced into this country about the year
1700, and first planted by the Duke of Montague at Dit-
ton ; it requires to be grown against a south or south-east
wall.
118. ANC£LICIUE DE ROME. Duhamel, No. 108. Jard.
Fruit, t. 42.
Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, being
PEARS. 261
about two inches and a half long, and two inches and a
quarter in diameter. Eye very small, placed in a narrow
shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted
in a very small cavity. Skin rough, pale yellow or citron
colour, and tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh yel-
lowish, tender, and melting. Juice sugary, with a rich
poignant flavour.
In eating in December, and till February or March.
It succeeds on both the Pear and. the Quince.
This is a very excellent Pear on a good soil and favour-
able situation. It is, of course, inferior when it has not these
advantages.
119. BEURR£ D'AREMBERG. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii.
p. 178. t. 4. f. 1. Pom* Mag. t. 83.
Beurre d'Arembert. Bon. Jard. 1827, p. 308.
Due d'Aremberg. j Q, mg ^^ Ca(al
cording to the
Fruit pretty large, turbinate, on an average about three
inches and a half longj and two inches and three quarters
wide at the broadest part, where it is obtusely angular, and
a little contracted towards the setting on of the stalk. Eye
small. Stalk an inch long, strong, straight, inserted in an
oblique, angular cavity ; in some specimens it is diagonally
inserted under a broad, elongated lip. Skin delicate pale
green, very slightly dotted with russet, which becomes a
deeper yellow when ripe. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy,
perfectly melting, without any grittiness, and of a very ex-
traordinary rich, sweet, high flavoured quality.
In eating from October till February.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This most excellent Pear is supposed to have been raised
by M. Deschamps, and was first sent to the Horticultural
Society by M. Parmentier of Enghien, along with the Glout
Morceau, in November, 1820. It is usually cultivated as
a dwarf, being grafted upon the Quince stock, but it suc-
ceeds perfectly well as an open standard.
120. BEURRfi DIEL. Pom. Mag. t. 19. and Ib. t. 131.
Diel's Butterbirne. Did's Versuch, <fyc. Vol. xix. p. 70.
Dorothee Royale. Van Mons, Cat. p. 25.
Beurre de Yelle. 1 /-»/> . ~ „ ,.
Beurre Royale. t °/ ,OT"OUS Collections, according to
Poire de Melon. | ** Pa* Mag.
Fruit large, about the size and figure of the summer Bon-.
262 PEARS.
Chretien, without the protuberances of that variety : it is
much swollen a little above the middle, going off to the eye
either abruptly or gradually, and tapering straight to the stalk,
without any contraction of figure ; when fully grown, it is
four inches and a half long, and three inches and a half in
diameter. Eye close, in a deep hollow, surrounded by
knobs, ribs, or broad protuberances. Stalk one inch and a
half long, strong, bent, woody, inserted in a deep, irregularly
and obtusely angled cavity. Skin bright green when first
gathered, changing in a short time to a bright orange, with a
little trace of russet. Flesh clear white, a little gritty to-
wards the core, but otherwise perfectly tender and melting,
juicy, with a delicious, rich, aromatic, saccharine flavour.
In eating from November till January.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
The above description is taken from a very fine fruit pro-
duced against a wall, and figured in the 5th No. of the Pom.
Mag. No. 19. As, however, it varies considerably from
this, when grown upon an open standard, another figure of
it has been published in the same work, No. 131., which
exhibits it in its more general character, and fully corresponds
with the description I had written of the Doroth.ee Royale,
in December, 1829, from a fruit grown in the Horticultural
Garden at Chiswick ; viz.
Frwt pretty large, oblong, somewhat narrowed towards
the stalk, and a little angular on the sides, in the manner of
a Chaumontelle ; about three inches and a half long, and
three inches in diameter. Eye narrow, open, with a cori-
aceous calyx, placed in a shallow uneven basin. Stalk an
inch long, stout, inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin dull le-
mon colour, covered with numerous gray specks, and mar-
bled with various ramifications of gray russet. Flesh yel-
lowish white, melting, very buttery. Juice plentiful, very
saccharine, and of a very high flavour.
This noble Pear was raised by Dr. Van Mons at Lou-
vaine, and by him named in honour of Dr. Augustus Frede-
rick Adrian Diel, one of the most distinguished of the Ger-
man pomologists. Its great merit, independent of its excel-
lence, is its fertility, both whentiained against a wall and as
a standard. In the former case it succeeds perfectly on an
eastern aspect ; in the latter, its fruit retains its good quali-
ties in as high a degree as when grown upon a wall.
121. BEURRE RANCE. Hort. Trans, Vol. v. p. 130,
t, 2, f, 4. Pom, Mag. t. 88,
PEARS. 263
Beurre Ranee* Van Mons> Jirb. Fruit, p. 373. accord-
ing to the Pom. Mag.
Beurre Epine. ) of Collections.
Hardenpont de Pnntemps. )
Fruit about the same size as that of the Saint Germain,
and not much unlike it in shape ; oblong, and tapering to
the stalk ; about three inches and a half long, and three
inches in diameter.. Eye small, open, with a very short calyx,
scarcely or but very slightly sunk. Stalk one inch and a
half long, rather slender, inserted without any cavity ; in
some specimens it is diagonally inserted under a broad elon-
gated lip. Skin dark green at all times, even when most
ripe, sprinkled with many russetty specks. Flesh greenish
white, melting, rather gritty at the core, but of a delicious
rich flavour. The fruit generally shrivels in ripening.
In eating from December till March or April.
This very excellent Pear was raised by the late Counsel-
lor Hardenpont, at Mons, and fruit of it was sent, by M.
Parmentier of Enghien, to the Horticultural Society, in
November, 1820.
122. BEZY DE CAISSOY. Duhamel, No. 59. t. 29.
Bezy de Quessoy. Ib.
Roussette d'Anjou. Ib.
Petite Beurre d'Hiver. Ib.
Wilding of Caissoy. Miller, No. 63.
Terreneuvaise. Of Jersey.
Nutmeg Pear. Of the London Markets.
Fruit small, of an oblong figure, a little enlarged at the
crown ; about one inch and a half long, and the same in di-
ameter. Eye very small, with a short flat calyx, placed in
a very small, shallow, circular basin. Stalk half an inch
long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Skin green, turning
yellow as it becomes ripe ; marked and spotted with red on
the sunny side. Flesh buttery, with a very rich juice.
In eating from November till March.
This succeeds on the Pear, but not on the Quince.
The Bezy de Caissoy was discovered in the Forest of
Caissoy, in Bretagne, where it is called Roussette d?Jlnjou.
It is a most productive bearer in an open standard, and well
deserving of cultivation.
123.. CHAUMONTEL. Miller, No. 78.
Bezy de Chaumontelle. Duhamel, No. 78. t. 40.
Beurre* d'Hiver. 76.
Fruit large, of an oblong, and somewhat irregular figure,
264 PEARS.
having some slightly obtuse angles, which, more or less,
extend from the stalk to the crown ; generally about three
inches and a half long, and three inches broad. Eye small,
deeply sunk in a verry angular basin. Stalk short, inserted
in a rather deep angular cavity. Skin a little scabrous, yel-
lowish green on the shaded side, but of a brown or purplish
colour when fully exposed to the sun and highly ripened.
Flesh melting, and full of a sugary and highly perfumed
juice.
In eating from November till January or February.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This very valuable Pear was found wild at Chaumontel,
a lordship in the department of the Oise ; and DUHAMEL,
in 1765, says the original tree was then alive and in health.
It is a very hardy tree, and bears well in this country as an
open standard, and particularly so on an espalier, where, if
well managed, the fruit grows large, and in fine seasons
ripens extremely well.
The French say it succeeds best when grafted on the
Quince, and planted on rich light soil. The Jersey garden-
ers grow the Chaumontelle to a much larger size than what
is described above, and fruit from thence I have seen ex-
hibited at the Horticultural Society far exceeding belief.
124. COLMAR. Miller, No. 54. Duhamel, No. 94.
t. 50.
Poire Manne. Ib.
Bergamotte Tardive. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.
Incomparable. Ib.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure ; about
three inches and a quarter long, and two inches and three
quarters in diameter. Eye large, and deeply hollowed.
Stalk an inch long, rather thick, bent, inserted in a tolerably
deep oblique cavity. Skin smooth, green, with a few yel-
lowish gray specks ; as it becomes mature, it turns more
yellow, and has sometimes a little colour on the sunny side.
Flesh greenish white, very tender, and full of a saccharine,
rich, highly-flavoured juice.
In eating from November till January.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
125. D'Aucn. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 68.
Poire d'Auch. Of some Collections.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, greatly
resembling the Colmar in almost every respect, except in
being a little more full next the stalk, and in being, perhaps,
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a fortnight later in arriving at maturity ; its flesh is, more-
over, never yellow, and it has the advantage of a higher
flavour.
A similarity of appearance has led some to suppose they
were both the same. Experience, however, does not war-
rant this supposition ; for, in every situation where it has
been tried, it has proved far more productive, and also a
much hardier tree. It was introduced into England before
1817, by the late Duke of Northumberland.
126. EASTER BEURR£. Pom. Mag. t. 78.
Bergamotte de la Pentecote. Nois. Manuel, Vol. ii.
p. 537.
Beurre d'Hiver de Bruxelles. Taschenbuch, p. 420.
Doyenne d'Hiver. Of some Collections, according to the
Pom. Mag.
fruit large, roundish oblong, broadest towards the eye,
nearly four inches long, and three inches and a half in di-
ameter. Eye small, with a cpnnivent calyx, sunk in a mo-
derately deep depression. Stalk short, thick, sunk in a deep
obtuse-angled cavity. Skin green, thickly mottled with
small russetty dots ; when ripe becoming yellowish, and co-
loured with brown, somewhat streaky on the sunny side.
Flesh whitish, inclining to yellow, perfectly buttery and melt-
ing, and extremely high flavoured.
In eating from November till May.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
Of all the very late keeping Pears this is decidedly the
best.- It has been recently introduced into this country from
the Continent, but its origin there is not known. It is a most
profuse bearer, grafted upon the Quince, and requires a
south or south-east exposure.
This must not be confounded with the Easter Bergamot,
a good but inferior variety ; from which it is distinguishable,
not only by its fruit, but also by its wood, which is reddish
brown, not green, as that of the former sort.
The Easter Beurre bears well as an open standard in
the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick. The specimens
produced there in 1830, were very beautiful ; three inches
and a quarter long, and three inches in diameter.
127. FLEMISH BON-CHRETIEN.
Bon-Chretien Nouvelle Espece. Hort. Gard. Coll.
Fruit large, oblong, turbiriate, tapering towards the stalk,
where it is slightly compressed ; about four inches and a half
long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye open,
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PEARS.
with a very short calyx, sunk in a rather shallow, round, or
even depression. Stalk one inch and a half long, emboss-
ed next the fruit, a little curved, and obliquely inserted un-
der an elongated single or double lip ; in some specimens
which are more conical, the stalk is direct and straight, and
not obliquely inserted. Skin green, becoming yellow, thick-
ly sprinkled with gray russetty specksr and "which form a
mottled russet on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white,,
breaking, a little gritty, but becoming mellow when matured.
Juice saccharine, with a slight musky perfume.
In eating from the beginning of November till the/middle
or end of January.
It succeeds very well upon the Quince stock.
This very fine Pear has been lately raised in Flanders, and
sent to the Horticultural Society of London, in whose Gar-
den at Chiswick it (in 1830) produced some uncommonly
fine fruit upon an. open standard, from which this descrip-
tion was taken.
128. FORELLK. HorL Trans. Vol. v. p. 408. t. 17.
Pom. Mag. t. 112.
Forellen-bjrne. Diet, Pom. Yol. v. p*. 51. '
Poire Truite, Of the French, according to the Pom.
Mag.
Fruit rather below the middle size, not very constant in
form, but generally obovate, and more or less elongated ;
aoout three inches long, and two inches and a half in diame-
ter. Kye rather shallow. Stalk half an inch long or more,
slender, straight, inserted in a rather shallow but oblique
cavity. Skin, when fresh gathered, green on one side, and
red on the other, changing to a deep rich sanguine, speckled
with grayish, ocellate, broad spots next the sun, and a clear
lemon on the other side. Flesh white, juicy, buttery, with
a rich aromatic, sub-acid vinous flavour.
In eating from November till January.
It never shrivels, but remains quite melting to the last.
This is a very beautiful Pear, and bears well as a stand-
ard. It is called the Forelle, Trouite, or Trout Pear, from
a fancied resemblance between the spots and colour of its
skin and those of the fish so called. Dr. Diel supposes it
originated in Northern Saxony.
It was brought to this country a few years ago, and fruit-
ed by Mr. Knight of Downton Castle, who sent it for exhi-
bition to the Horticultural Society about 1823,
PEARS.
267
129. GLOUT MORCEAU, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 291.
Gloux Morceaux.* Hort. Trans* Vol. vii. p. 179. t. 4.
Fruit very like the Beurre d'Aremberg, but larger, more
oval, not so turbinate in its shape, about four inches long,
and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, deeply
sunk, in an uneven oblique hollow. Stalk an inch long, ra-
ther deeply inserted in an oblique cavity. Skin pale dull
olive green, a little inclining to yellow, and covered with nu-
merous gray russetty specks, with russetty blotches round
the stalk. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, but a little gritty
at the core.
Ripe in November, and will keep till February or March.
This very beautiful and very fine variety was sent to the
Horticultural Society by M. Parmentier of Enghien, along
with the Beurre d'Aremberg, in November, 1820. It requires
an east or south-east wall to grow it in perfection ; but very
fine specimens were (in 1830) grown upon open standards
in the Horticultural Garden at C his wick, three inches and
<a half long, and three inches in diameter.
130. GRUMKQWER.
Grumkower Winterbirne. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 316.
Fruit middle-sized, in shape somewhat like a Bon-Chre-
tien, having a few obtuse angles or ribs extending from the
middle of the fruit to the crown, and narrowed towards the
stalk ; usually about three inches long, and two inches and
a quarter in diameter. Eye narrow. Stalk half an inch long,
inserted without any cavity. Skin smooth, pale green,
sprinkled with a few gray specks. Flesh melting. Juice
plentiful, saccharine, with a good deal of musky flavour.
Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas.
131. LENT SAINT GERMAIN. HorL Soc. Cat. No.
514.
Easter Saint Germain. Of some Gardens.
Fruit pretty large, of an oblong figure, broadest in the
middle, and tapering to each extremity. Eye small and
prominently seated. Stalk an inch long, slender, obliquely
inserted under an elongated lip. Skin pale green, full of
small white specks. Flesh firm and breaking, with a very
good flavoured juice.
In eating in March and ApriL
* M. Dumortior Rutteau, of Teurnay, in a letter recently received from him, -as -
*orts, that the proper orthography of this name is Olout Morcea.it,
26S PEARS.
This, although not a high-flavoured Pear, deserves cul-
tivation, as it comes into eating when most Winter Pears
are gone.
132. MARTIN SEC. Miller, No. 48. DuhameL No.
36. t. 14.
Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal figure, somewhat tur-
binate, about three inches long, and two inches and a quar-
ter in diameter. Eye small, open, seated in a somewhat
deep obtuse-angled basin. Stalk one inch and a half long,
inserted in a small angular cavity. Skin of a deep russet
colour on the shaded side, but where exposed to the sun, of
a lively red, covered with numerous gray specks. Flesh
crisp. Juice sugary, with an agreeable perfume. .
In eating from November till January.
It succeeds on the Pear, and equally well on the Quince.
This is the Martin Sec of Champagne. In Burgundy
they have a Martin Sec, which is a different fruit.
133. MARTIN SIRE. Miller, No. 64. Duhamel, No.
30. t. 19. f. 5.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal figure, somewhat like
that of a Jargonelle, a little more swelled on one side than
the opposite one ; about three inches and a quarter long,
and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, promi-
nent. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, bent, inserted in
an oblique cavity. Skin green, very smooth, changing to
yellow as it becomes ripe, with a lively red on the sunny
side. Flesh crisp, sometimes a little gritty near the core.
Juice plentiful, sugary, and highly perfumed.
In eating from December till February.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
134. MERVEILLE D'HIVER. Duhamel, No. 67, t. 33.
Petit Oin. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, somewhat turbinate, tapering regu-
larly to the stalk ; about two inches and a half long, and two
inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye large, and deeply
hollowed. Stalk half an inch long, inserted a little obliquely
in a small irregular cavity. Skin green, occasionally a little
warted, and becoming yellow when fully ripe. Flesh very
tine and melting. Juice sugary, and of a high muskv
flavour.
In eating in November and December.
This succeeds on the Pear, but not well on the Quince.
It is one of our best Pears, and deserves cultivation.
135. NAPLES. Duhamel, 107. t. 56.
PEARS.
269
Poire de Naples. Jard. Fruit, t. 36.
Fruit middle-sizted, of a roundish turbinate figure, com-
pressed between the middle and the stalk ; about two inches
and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small,
with a converging calyx, seated in a rather deep basin.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, bent, and inserted in a
small oblique cavity. Skin green, becoming yellow as it
approaches maturity, with a pale brown on the sunny side.
Flesh melting and buttery, with a saccharine and agreeable
j-uice.
In eating from January till nearly April.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince'.
136. OAK-LEAVED IMPERIAL.
Imperiale a feuiUes de Chene. Duhamel, No. 98. t. 54.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, turbinate, in the manner of a
small Bonchretien; about two inches and three quarters
long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye small,
with an acute spreading calyx, placed in a shallow basin.
Stalk half an inch long, straight, inserted with but little
cavity. Skin smooth, green, approaching to yellow, as it
becomes matured. Flesh half buttery, with a sugary well-
flavoured juice.
In eating from January till May.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This tree is at once distinguished by its singular leaves,
which are situated like those of the Oak. The fruit, al-
though not so good as many others, has considerable merit
at this late season of the year.
137. PASSE-COLMAR. Pom. Mag. t. 64. Hort. Trans.
Vol. v. p. 410.
Passe-Colmar Gris, dit Precel. Ib.
Passe-Colmar Epineux. Van JVfons, Jlrb. Fruit, p. 373.
Fondante de Panisel. Van JVfows, Jlrb. Fruit, p. 373.
Poire Precel. Ib. p. 374.
Oolmar E'pineux. Hort. Soc.- Cat. No. 452.
Beurre-Colmar Gris, dit Precel. Ib. No. 454.
Chapman's. Ib. No. 177. according to the Pom. Mag.
Fruit middle-sized, obconical, flattened at the crown,
about three inches and a half long, and three inches in dia-
meter. Eye open, slightly sunk. Stalk one inch and a
half long, strong, inserted in an oblique obtusely- angled
cavity. Skin green, when ripe becoming yellowish, and
sprinkled with russet, and if well exposed having a con-
siderable tinge of red; the surface is somewhat uneven,
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with some slight longitudinal furrows tunning from the stalk
end. Flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, v%ry rich, and most
excellent.
In perfection in December and January.
A most abundant bearer.
It was raised in Flanders by Counsellor Hardenpont, to
whom, in conjunction with Dr. Van Mons, and some others
of his countrymen, we are indebted for several very excel-
lent varieties of the Pear.
138. PASTORALE. Miller, No. 75. Duhamel, No. 100.
t. 55.
Musette d'Automne. Ib.
Petit Rateau. Jard. Fruit, t. 40.
Fruit large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, a little com-
pressed near the stalk, about four inches long, and two
inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, with a
connivent calyx, prominently seated. Stalk an inch long,
straight, stout, with a curb or embossment at its insertion in
the fruit. Skin somewhat rough, of a yellowish gray
colour, speckled with red on the sunny side. Flesh tender
and buttery, with an excellent saccharine and musky juice.
In eating from November till February or March.
This succeeds better on the Pear than on the Quince.
It is said to have been raised by the Capuchins of Lou-
vain.
139. POIRE DU VITRIER. Diihamel, No. 24. t. 44. f. 4.
Fruit middle-sized, oblong, somewhat of the shape of a
Chaumontel, about two inches and a half long, and two
inches and a quarter in diameter, swelling a little in the
middle, and a little narrowed at each extremity. Eye large,
open, seated in an irregularly-formed depression. Stalk an
inch long, inserted rather deeply in an irregularly-angled
cavity. Skin smooth, green on the shaded side, but deeply
tinged with red on the side next the sun, and covered with
numerous gray specks. Flesh white, with a very agreeable
juice.
, In eating in November and December.
This succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince.
140. ROYALE D'HivER. Duhamel, No. 71, t. 35.
Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, de-
creasing a little irregularly from the crown to the stalk,
about three inches long, and two inches and three quarters
in diameter. Eye small, in a deeply depressed basin.
Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, bent, and inserted
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in a small, oblique, irregular cavity. Skin smooth, yellow,
but of a fine red on the sunny side, marbled with numerous
brown specks and dots. Flesh yellowish, half buttery,
melting, and containing a rich, saccharine, well-flavoured
juice.
In eating in December, January, and February.
This succeeds well on the Pear, not on the Quince.
. 141. SAINT AUGUSTIN. Miller, No. 60. DuhameJ,
JS*o. 99. t. 58. f. 3.
Fruit below the middle size, of a long pyramidal shape,
oval at its apex, and compressed on one side near the stalk,
about two inches and three quarters long, and two inches in
diameter. Eye small, with a recurved calyx, prominently
placed. Stalk an inch long, strong, bent, a little everted,
and obliquely inserted without any cavity. Skin of a fine
citron colour, spotted with red on the sunny side. Flesh
firm, and full of a saccharine, musky juice.
In eating in December, January, and February.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
142. SAINT GERMAIN. Langley, t. 66. f. 2. Miller,
No. 59. Duhamel, No. 96. t. 52.
Inconnu de la Faire. IB.
Fruit large, of a pyramidal figure, tapering from the crown
to the stalk, about three inches and three quarters long, and
two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, in a
shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, curved, inserted very
obliquely in the fruit without any cavity. Skin yellowish
green, when fully matured with a few brownish specks on
the sunny side. Flesh white, melting, and full of very rich,
saccharine, high-flavoured juice.
Ripe in November, and will keep good till Christmas.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This most excellent Pear, known to almost every gar-
dener in England, was discovered on the banks of the river
Fairet in the parish of Saint Germain, in the ci-devant pro-
vince of the isle of France.
It requires a good soil, and a south or south-east aspect,
[f planted in a cold soil it is apt to be ill-shaped and gritty,
143. SAINT-P£RE. Duhamel, No. 117.
Saint-Pair. Ib.
Poire de Saint-Pere. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 315.
Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about
two inches and a half long, and two inches and a quarter in
diameter. Eye small, sunk in a shallow plaited basin.
272 PEARS.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small
cavity. Skin rough, yellow. Flesh white, tender, full of
an astringent juice, which renders it too austere to be eaten
raw by some palates, but is excellent when stewed.
In use from February till May.
144. SPANISH BONCHRETIEN. JVf«7/er, No. 61.
Bonchretien d'Espagne. Duhamel No. 89. t. 46.
Fruit large, somewhat angularly pyramidal, about four
inches long, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, wifti
a short erect calyx, deeply sunk. Stalk one inch and a
half long, inserted in an oblique, obtuse-angled cavity.
Skin pale yellowish green, tinged on the sunny side with
streaks of dull red, thickly covered with brown specks.
Flesh white, breaking. Juice not plentiful, subacid, with a
pleasant astringency.
In eating in November and December.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
145. TILLINGTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 521.
Fruit of the shape and size of the Gray Doyenne, but
more perfectly rounded at the crown, about two inches and
three quarters long, and two inches and a half in diameter.
Stalk short, fleshy at its insertion. Skin dull green on the
shaded side, but of a dull brick dust red where exposed to
the sun, the whole a good deal russetted. Flesh white,
nearly buttery, with a little grit at the core, particularly rich
and sweet, though not very juicy.
Ripe the middle of November, and will keep a consider-
able time without spoiling.
This hardy Pear, for orchard purposes, was raised from
the seed of an autumn Bergamot, the blossom of which had
been impregnated with the Jargonelle, in the village of Til-
lington, near Hereford. Its fruit was sent to the Horticul-
tural Society by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, in the
autumn of 1820, the first year of the tree producing fruit.
146. YIRGOULEUSE. Langley, t. 67. fig. 2. Duha-
mel, No. 95. t. 51. Miller, No. 56.
Bujaleuf. Ib.
Chambrette. Ib.
Poire-glace. Jard. Fruit, t. 32.
Fruit pretty large, of a very irregular obovate, pyramidal
figure, about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches
and a half in diameter. Eye small, rather deeply sunk.
Stalk an inch long, inserted in a rather small oblique cavity.
Skin very smooth, grass-green, turning to a pale yellow or
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citron colour as it ripens, sprinkled with numerous red dots,
and occasionally a little tinged with red on the sunny side.
Flesh melting, buttery, and full of an excellent, rich, and
highly flavoured juice.
Ripe in November, and will keep two months.
The Virgouleuse Pear ripened at Twickenham, in 1727,
on a south wall, September 20, O. S., or October 1, N. S..
Langley.
It will succeed on both the Pear and the Quince.
This is a most excellent Pear, requiring a good soil, and
an east or south-east wall.
It takes its name from Virgoule, a village of that name in
the neighbourhood of St. Leonard, in Limousin, where it
was raised, and sent to Paris, by the Marquis of Cham-
brette.
147. WINTER BONCHR£TIEN. Langley, t. 68. fig. 3.
Miller, No. 73.
Bonchretien d'Hiver. Duhamel^ No. 87. t. 45.
Poire d'Angoisse. Jard. Fruit, t. 42.
Fruit very large, of an irregular, pyramidal figure ; it is
very broad at the upper end, and compressed below the mid-
dle towards the stalk, where it is still broad, and somewhat
obliquely truncate ; a good-sized fruit ; is about four inches
long, and three fnches and a half in diameter. Eye of a
middling size, with a long calyx, placed in a wide and deep
hollow. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, a little bent, and
obliquely inserted in a somewhat deep obtuse-angled cavity.
Skin yellowish when fully matured, with a brown tinge on
the sunny side. Flesh very tender, and breaking. Juice
plentiful, very rich, saccharine, and highly perfumed.
In eating in January and February.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This is undoubtedly one of the very best winter Pears,
and is held, both in France and in England, in the highest
estimation. It requires to be planted in a good soil, and
against a south or south-east wall, in order to have it per-
fectly ripened.
148. WINTER NELIS. Pom. Mag. t. 126.
Nelis d'Hiver. Of many Flemish and English Gardens,
Bonne de Malines. Hort. Trans. Vol. in", p. 353.
La Bonne Malinoise. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 408,
t. 17., according to the Pom. Mag.
274 PEARS.
Fruit above the middle size, somewhat oval, broadest in
the middle, narrowed towards the crown, and a little more
so towards the stalk, about three inches and a quarter long,
and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye open,
slightly sunk in a rather narrow basin. Stalk one inch and
a half long, inserted in a narrow and rather deep cavity.
Skin dull grayish green, full of gray dots, covered partly,
especially on the sunny side, with a brownish-gray russet.
Flesh yellowish white, melting, buttery. Juice plentiful,
sugary, rich, high flavoured, with a musky perfume.
In perfection in December and January.
This most excellent and valuable Pear was raised by
M. Nelis of Mechlin, in honour of whom it has been named ;
but before its present title was settled, it had acquired, in a
few gardens, the narrie of Bonne de Malines, which it is but
justice to put aside in favour of that here adopted.
It bears well as a standard in the Horticultural Garden
at Chiswick, where the present description was taken in De-
cember, 1829 ; but it succeeds better on an east wall, where
the fruit grows also larger.
149. WINTER ROUSSELET. JVfi//er, No. 63.
Rousselet d'Hiver. Duhqmel, No. 31. t. 19. f. 2.
Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure, about two inches and
a quarter long, and one inch and three. quarters in diameter.
Eye small, open, prominently seated on a well-rounded sum-
mit. Statk half an inch long, thick, bent, obliquely inserted
in a small cavity. Skin green, becoming yellow a& it ripens,
with a little colouring of red on the sunny side. Flesh but-
tery and melting. Juice plentiful, and well flavoured.
Ripe in January, and will keep till March.
It succeeds equally well on the Pear and on the Quince.
150. WINTER THORN. Miller, No. 58.
E'pine d'Hiver. Duhamel, No. 64. t. 44. f. 3.
Fruit very large, rather long and turbinate, about three
inches long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye
small, placed in a round shallow depression. Stalk an inch
long or more, stout, curved, and inserted somewhat oblique-
ly without any cavity. Skin smooth, pale green, becoming
yellow as it ripens. Flesh melting and buttery, with a plen-
tiful saccharine juice.
Ripe in November, and will keep till January.
This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince ; but,
like other Pears, if it is intended to be planted upon a dry
soil, the Pear stock is by far the best,
PEARS. 275
SECT. VII. — Baking and Stewing Pears.
151. BELLISSIME D'HivER. Duhamel, No. 103.
Teton de Venus. Bon. Jard., 1827, p. 306.
Fruit very large, more so than the Catillac, and of a simi-
lar turbiriatc figure, generally about four inches long, and a
little more in diameter. Eye large, rather deeply sunken.
Stalk an inch long, inserted in a somewhat angular cavity.
SMn smooth, yellowish brown, with gray specks, but of a
fine red on the sunny side. Flesh tender, and free from the
gritty nature of most baking Pears, for which purpose this
is excellent.
In use from November till March or April.
The Bellissime is so named in consequence of its size
and beauty.
152. BLACK PEAR OF WORCESTER. Miller , No. 62.
Parkinson's Warden. Ib.
Pound Pear. Ib., but not the Pound Pear of Lo.ngley',
t. 71. fig. 3.
Livre. ' Dukamel, No. 104.
Gros Rateau Gris. Bon. Jard., 1827, p. 315.
Grande Monarque.- Knoop. Pom. p. 125. t. 8.
Groote Mogol. Ib.
Fruit very large, of a roundish turbinate figure, usually
about four inches long, and three inches and a half in di-
ameter. Eye small, placed in a wide and deep hollow. Stalk
half an inch long, stout, inserted in a slight cavity. Skin
rough, of an obscure red or brown colour on the sunny side,
but more pale on the -shaded part. Flesh very hard, coarse,
of an austere taste, but very good when baked or stewed.
In use from November till February.
This grows very vigorously on the Pear, but does not
succeed upon the Quince.
153. CATILLAC. Miller, No. 74. Duhamel, No. 102.
t. 58. f. 4.
Fruit very large, of a broad turbinate figure, somewhat in
the shape of a Quince ; usually about three inches and a
half or four inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye
small, with a short neat calyx, placed in a deep and wide
plaited hollow. Stalk an inch long, stout, curved, and a
little obliquely inserted in a very small cavity. Skin yellow,
and when well matured in a warm season, of a deep orange,
276 PEARS.
with a red tinge on the sunny side. Flesh hard, with an
austere juice.
In use from December till April.
This succeeds better on the Pear than on the Quince.
The Catillac is a most excellent Pear for baking and
stewing. The tree is very hardy, a handsome grower, and
a very good bearer upon a common standard, and deserves
a place in every choice collection of fruit.
154. DOUBLE-BLOSSOMED. JVI«7/er, No. 76.
Double-fleur. Duhamel, No. 58. t. 28.
Armenie. Jard. Fruit, t. 36.
Fruit shaped very much like the Swiss Bergamot, about
two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Eye
small, with an erect calyx, placed in a very regular shallow
basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a very small cavity.
Skin green, but yellow when ripe, and of a red or pale purple
colour on the sunny side. Flesh pretty crisp, with plenty of
juice ; but is more fit for baking or stewing than for eating
raw.
In use from February till April or May.
It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
This is a desirable tree to plant for ornament. Its large
double flowers, which contain twelve or fifteen petals, make
a very handsome appearance in the spring. It sometimes
produces variegated leaves ; then the fruit is striped with
green, yellow, and red.
155. TR£SOR. •l}ukamel>.'No. 105.
Amour. Duhamel, No. 105.
Tresor d' Amour. Bon. Jard. 1827, p. 315.
Fruit very large, more so than the Black Pear of Wor-
cester, in shape somewhat like it, but more compressed
both towards the crown and the stalk ; full four inches and
three quarters deep, and five inches in diameter, sometimes
even larger than this. Eye small, in a wide hollow basin.
Stalk an inch long, very stout, inserted in a deep cavity.
Skin rough, yellowish, but of a brownish colour on the sun-
ny side. Flesh white, and, when fully matured, rather melting,
with a plentiful and tolerable juice, but is fit only for stewing ;
for this purpose, DUHAMEL observes, it is far preferable to
either the Catillac or Poire de Livre.
In use from December till March.
This is best on the Pear stock, being too vigorous to sub-
sist upon the Quince.
fcEARS. 277
156. UVEDALE'S SAINT GERMAIN. Miller, No. 80.
Union. 76.
Udale's Warden. Langley, t. 71. fig. 1.
Pickering. Ib.
Tonneau. Duhamel, No. 106. t. 58. f. 5.
Poire de Tonneau. Jard. Fruit, t. 43.
Belle de Jersey. Of the French Gardens.
Fruit very large, of an oblong figure, tapering to the
crown, but compressed between the middle and the stalk ;
its usual size is about four inches long, and three inches
broad, but sometimes much larger. Eye wide, in a deep
hollow. Stalk an inch long, bent, and rather deeply insert-
ed in an oblique angular cavity. Skin smooth, dark green,
and of a dull brown on the sunny side ; but as it becomes
matured it is of a red colour on a yellowish ground. Flesh
white, hard, and a little gritty next the core, with an austere
astringent juice, which renders it unfit for eating raw, but it
is excellent for baking and stewing.
In use from Christmas till April.
This does not succeed on an open standard ; but it may
be trained as an espalier, where it has a warm aspect, when
it will bear and ripen very well.
It, however, deserves an east or south-east exposure,
and if well managed it will grow to a very large size. I have
gathered it of seventeen inches its greatest, and fifteen
inches its least, circumference, weighing thirty-one avoirdu-
pois ounces ; but a Pear of this sort, sent from Mr. Maisson
of Jersey, was exhibited at the Horticultural Society, De-
cember 19, 1826, which weighed forty-four ounces.
Dr. Uvedale, whose name appears to this Pear, was one
of the most eminent horticulturists of his time. He lived at
Eltham in 1690, and had a garden at Enfield in 1724, which
is noticed by Miller in the first edition of his Dictionary in
that year.
SECT. VIII. — Perry Pears.
157. BARLAND. Pom. Herefordiensis, t. 27.
Fruit rather small, of an oval figure, but broadest towards
the crown. Eye prominent, and the segments of the calyx
nearly erect. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin dull
green, russetted with a muddy gray.
Specific gravity of its juice 1070.
24
278 FEARS,
The Barland Pear appears to have been extensively cul-
tivated prior to the publication of Evelyn's Pomona in 1674,
and many thousand hogsheads of its perry are yet made an-
nually in Herefordshire and the adjoining counties, in a pro-
ductive season. It may be mixed in considerable quantity
with new port without its taste becoming perceptible. It
sells well whilst new to the merchants, and as it is com-
paratively cheap, it probably forms one of the ingredients
employed in the adulteration of this wine. The original tree
grew in a field called the Bare Lands, in the parish of Bos-
bury, in Herefordshire, whence the variety obtained its
name, and was blown down a few years previous to 1811.
158. HOLMORE. Pom. Heref. t. 20.
Fruit small, globular, frequently growing in clusters of
three and four together, with a very stiff half-closed calyx.
Stalk short and thick. Skin a muddy yellowish olive-green,
thickly reticulated, with a thin epidermis, and tinged with a
fine red on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of its juice 1066.
The original tree, in 1811, was growing in a hedge on
the estate of Charles Cooke, Esq., of the Moor, in the parish
of Holmore, between Hereford and Leominster, and ap-
peared then to be seventy or eighty years old. The young
trees are very productive, and the perry is of an excellent
quality.
159. HUFFCAP. Pom. Heref. t. 24.
Fruit middle-sized, oval, somewhat broader at the crown,
and drawn towards the stalk. Eye with the segments of the
calyx slender and pointed. Stalk long, irregular in its thick-
ness, and curved, having now and then a small leaf growing
upon its lower part next the branch. Skin pale green,
marked with gray russet.
Specific gravity of its juice about 1070.
There are several varieties of the Huffcap Pear in Here-
fordshire, such as the Broton, JRerf, and Yellow ; but this is
by far the most deserving of cultivation. Its perry is rich,
strong, and said to be very intoxicating. It is of great ex-
cellence.
160. LONGLAND. Pom. Heref. t. 18. «^v
Fruit very handsome, not much unlike the Swan's Egg
in shape, except being broader towards its crown. Eye
somewhat large, with a converging calyx. Stalk short, stiff,
and inserted into an unequal base. Skin bright gold colour,
tinged and mottled all over with a russetty lively orange.
PEARS.
279
Specific gravity of its juice 1063.
The tree of this sort grows handsome and upright. It is
hardy when in blossom, and consequently an abundant
bearer. The name of Longland is supposed to have been
derived from the field in which the original tree grew.
161. OLDFIELD. Pom. Heref. t. 11.
Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, somewhat nar-
rowed at the crown. Eye small, converging. Stalk half
an inch long, slender. Skin a very pale green, spotted and
marbled with a darker colour, and intermixed with a thm
gray russet.
Specific gravity of the juice 1067.
The perry produced from this Pear is excellent ; and from
its being a very hardy tree, and an abundant bearer, is more
extensively planted in Herefordshire and the adjoining coun-
ties, than any other Pear. Its name is believed to have ori-
ginated from an enclosure called the Oldfield, near Ledbury,
a noted place for the finest perry.
162. TEINTON SQUASH. Pom. Heref. t. 13.
Fruit middle-sized, of angular shape, somewhat like that
of a Bergamot, but more tapering at the stalk. Crown even,
divisions of the calyx spreading. Stalk half an inch long,
slender. Skin a muddy russetty green, marbled on the
sunny side with a pale brown or dull orange, interspersed
with a few ash-coloured specks.
Specific gravity of its juice not mentioned.
Its name of Teinton is supposed to have originated from
Teinton, in Gloucestershire, where it has been much planted.
There are some very old trees of it in the neighbourhood and
in Herefordshire, and the perry they produce is of the very
highest quality, something approaching in colour and brisk-
ness to Champagne, for which fine samples of it have some-
times been sold.
BY THE EDITOR.
163. GOVERNOR STUYVESANT.
Stuyvesant's Spice Pear.
Fruit of a medium size, pyramidal, large at the eye, and
tapering towards the stem. -Stalk long, crooked, and in-
serted in a very small cavity, a little sunken. Skin of a
greenish yellow with some cloudy patches ; becoming more
yellow as it ripens. Flesh yellow and melting, juice sweet,
aromatic, and excellent.
Ripe the middle of August
280 PLUMS.
The habit of the tree, manner of growth, and shape of the
leaf, is that of a Summer Bonchr6tien; the fruit not so
large, the shape more regular in form, and of a spicy agree-
able taste. It is a very fine Summer Pear.
This Pear was introduced by Governor Stuyvesant, and
planted on his farm on this island while Xxovernor of the
then Dutch Colony of New-Netherlands, (as New-York was
called) before that memorable period mentioned by Knicker-
bocker in his History of New York, when the stout-hearted
and strong-headed Pelrus was obliged to deliver up the
keys of office to the combined " guessing, pumpkin-eat-
ing gentry, and their English allies," and stump off to his
farm in the Bowery with the only satisfaction left him — to
cut down every English cherry-tree on his premises, so as to
obliterate, if possible, the very name of English from his
peaceful retreat. The old Tree, planted by the Governor
himself, is yet alive, and, to all appearance, quite sound in
body ; it produced fruit last August, (1832), of which I ga-
thered several. The tree is more than 200 years old :
where it came from is not known ; certainly not from Eng-
land ; if it had, it would no doubt have shared the same fate
as the English Cherries, when New Amsterdam was trans-
ferred to new masters, and changed to the name of New-
York.
CHAPTER X F.
PLUMS.
SECT. I. — Black or Blue<-fruited*
1. BLUE GAGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 22.
Azure Hative. Poit. et Turp. t. 78.
Branches long, slender, and downy. Fruit small, quite
round, about three inches and a half in circumference. Stalk
three quarters of an inch long. Skin dark blue,, covered
with a pale blue bloom. Flesh yellowish green, and sepa-
rates from the stone. Juice smart, with but little richness
of flavour.
Ripe the beginning of August.
2. BLUE PERDRIGON. Langley, p. 92. Miller, No.. 7>
Perdigon. Parkinson, No. 19^
PLUMS.
281
Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, oval, a little nar-
rowed towards the stalk, which is short. Skin deep purple,
covered with a blue bloom. Flesh yellow, and separates
from the stone. Juice excellent.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This Plum has been a long time in our gardens. HAK-
LUYT, in 1 582, says, " Of late time the Plum called the
Perdigevena, was procured out of Italy, with two kinds
more, by the Lord Cromwell, after his travell."
3. GREAT DAMASK VIOLET OF TOURS. Miller, No. 4.
Gros Damas de Tours. Duhamcl, No. 4.
Branches long, downy. Fruit middle-sized, of a some-
what oval figure, about one inch and a quarter long, and
something less in diameter. Skin dark blue, covered with
a violet bloom. Flesh yellow, and loosely adheres to the
stone. Juice sugary and pleasant.
Ripe the beginning of August.
4. GROSSE NOIRE HATJVE. Duhamel, No. 3.
Noire de Montreuil. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat oblong figure, about
one inch and a half long, and one inch and a quarter in di-
ameter. Skin of a violet colour, covered with a blue bloom.
Flesh firm, yellowish when fully ripe, and separates from the
stone, leaving a few detached pieces of the pulp behind.
Juice sugary and brisk-flavoured.
Ripe the beginning of August.
5. KIRKE'S PLUM. Pom. J\fag. t. 111.
Branches smooth. Fruit rather large, roundish oval, ra-
ther broadest at the base, about one inch and three quarters
deep, and two inches in diameter; suture slightly depressed.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very little sunk at its
point of insertion ; apex not depressed. Skin dark purple,
covered with a copious azure bloom, through which appear
a few golden specks : this bloom is extremely remarkable,
and does not readily rub off. Flersh greenish yellow, firm,
juicy, rich, and separates from the stone, which is middle-
sized, irregularly and broadly oval, flattened, with a groove
or channel along one face.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This is a very handsome variety, and a most excellent
bearer, both as a standard and upon a west wall, ripening
something later than the Orleans. It was brought into noy
tice a few years ago by Mr. Kirke of Brompton, and is be-
lieved to be. of foreign origin.
24*
2S2 PLUMS.
6. MOROCCO. Pom. Mag. t. 103.
Early Black Darnask. Langley, Pom. t. 20. f. 3.
Black Damask. "|
Black Damascus. ^/. . ^ „ ..
Black Morocco. I ^ ffp^ C°^ectwn^ accordl»g t(>
Early Damask. | the Pom. Jtfaff.
Early Morocco. J
Branches downy. Leaves with globose glands. .FVwtf
middle-sized, roundish, its suture moderately depressed
along one side ; the apex a little flattened ; about one inch
and three quarters deep, and the same in diameter. Stalk
thick, scarcely half an inch long. Skin deep blackish pur-
ple, covered with a light blue bloom. Flesh greenish yel-
low, slightly adhering to the stone, juicy, rich, and high
flavoured. Stone middle-sized, oval, compressed.
Ripe the beginning of August.
It is very hardy, and bears well as a standard, ripening
three weeks or a month before the Orleans.
7. PRECOCE DE TOURS. Duhamel, No. 2. Hooker,,
Pom. Lond. t. 34.
Early Tours. Hitl. p. 348.
Branches downy. Fruit below the middle size, oval,
about one inch and a quarter deep, and an inch in diameter.
Stalk half an inch long. Skin deep purple, covered with a
thick blue bloom. Flesh brownish yellow, with a few red
streaks near the stone, from which it separates. Juice
sweet, with an agreeable flavour.
Ripe on a south wall the end of July.
8. PRUNE DAMSON. Nursery Catalogues.
Branches downy. Fruit of the smallest size among
Plums, oval, two inches and three quarters longitudinal cir-
cumference. Stalk half an inch long. Skin dark blue,
covered with a thick palo blue bloom. Flesh green, ad-
hering to the stone. Juice smart, but not rich.
Ripe in the middle of September.
There are several sorts of Damson with black fruit culti-
vated in England ; such as the Common Black, with smooth
spiny branches ; Royal Damson, similar to the Prune Dam-
son, but said to be larger ; and the Shropshire Damson, with
smooth branches, but not spiny. These are much alike in
figure, but they differ a little in size, and possess different
degrees of merit. This latter quality, however, depends
upon the manner in which the tree has been propagated ; the
soil and situation in which it grows ; and the health and vi-
PLUMS. 283
gour of the tree itself. Damsons raised from suckers, and
planted in hedge-rows, or grown among nut-bushes, or
crowded among and under other trees, can never be ex-
pected to produce such fine, thick-fleshed, high-flavoured
fruit, as those which are grown upon sound healthy stand-
ards, in proper situations, unencumbered with coarse strong-
growing trees.
9. VIOLETTE HATIVE. Nursery Catalogues.
Violet. Langley, p. 92. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 262.
Early Violet. 76., No. 263.
Branches numerous, slender, downy. Fruit small, oval,
rather pointed at the apex, and compressed towards the stalk ;
about one inch and three-eighths long, and an inch in diame-
ter. Suture shallow, in some extending from the stalk to the
apex. Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted in a small
shallow cavity. Skin purple ; when fully ripe of a deep blue
or violet colour, and covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh
green, and adheres to the stone. Juice sugary, with an
agreeable acid.
Ripe the beginning of August.
An old Plum, cultivated by John Tradescant before 1629.
It is a most excellent bearer, and ought to be planted in the
garden of every poor cottager throughout the kingdom. It •
might then not unaptly be called the Cottager's Plum.
SECT. II. — Green-fruited.
10. GREEN GAGE. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. fig. 4. Hooker,
Pom. Lond. t. 38.
Dauphine. Duhamel, 25. t. 11.
Grosse Reine Claude. 76.
Abricot Vert. 76.
Verte Bonne. 76.
Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, round, having a
narrow suture extending from the stalk to the apex. Stalk
half an inch long, a little bent, and inserted in a small fun-
nel-shaped cavity. Skin yellowish green, but when fully
exposed to the sun of a purplish colour, marbled with rus-
setty muddy red. Flesh yellowish green, very melting, and
separates partly from the stone, leaving part of the pulp be-
hind. Juice abundant, saccharine, of the richest and most
exquisite flavour.
Ripe on the open standard the middle of August.
284 PLUMS.
This is, without exception, the best Plum in England ;*
and when grown upon a healthy standard, and fully exposed
to the sun, although not so large, is much richer than when
produced against a wall. It is also a hardy and most excel-
lent bearer.
A plant of this sort was sent from France by the Earl of
Stair to the second Duke of Rutland, by the name of Green
Spanish. The name of Green Gage is said to have origi-
nated from the following accident : — The Gage family, in
the last century, procured from the Monks of the Chartreuse
at Paris, a collection of fruit trees. When they arrived in
, England, the ticket of the Reine Claude had been rubbed off
in the passage. The gardener being from this circumstance
ignorant of the name, called it, when it bore fruit, Green
Gage. Vide Hort. Trans. Vol. i. Appendix, p. 8. by the
Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.
11. LITTLE QuEEisr CLAUDE. Miller, No. 16.
Petite Reine Claude. Duhamel, No. 26.
Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, of a roundish
figure, having a small suture, and being a little more swelled
on one side than on the other, about one inch and a quarter
deep, and a little more in diameter. Stalk half an inch long,
inserted in a small hollow. Skin yellowish green, covered
with a thick bloom. Flesh pale yellow, and separates from
the stone. Juice rich and well flavoured. Stone oval, with
an obtuse point
Ripe the end of August.
12. LUCOMBE'S NONESUCH. Pom. Mag. t. 99.
Branches smooth. Fruit extremely like a Green Gage
in colour, but more streaked with yellow, covered with a fine
glaucous bloom, generally compressed in the direction of its
suture, which is the reverse of the usual mode of compres-
sion in stone fruit ; about one inch and three quarters deep,
and rather more than two inches in diameter. Stalk half an
inch long, straight, inserted in a rather wide hollow. Flesh
firm, of the colour and consistence of a Green Gage, and
adheres to the stone. Juice plentiful, of a flavour better than
an Orleans, but inferior to that of a Green Gage. Stont
ovate, not very uneven.
Ripe about the end of August.
A valuable variety, lately raised from seed by Messrs.
Lucombe, Prince, and Co. of Exeter.
*Called Reine Claude by the French gardeners, and esteemed the finest Plum
in that country. — Jim. Ed.
PLUMS. 285
It bears well as a standard, is remarkably handsome, as it
were variegated with dull yellow and orange, and larger than
the usual size of the Green Gage.
SECT. III. — Red or Purple-fruited.
13. CHERRY. Miller, No. 27.
Virginian Cherry. Ib.
Mirabolan. Duhamel, 46, t. 20. f. 15.
Prunus Cerasifera. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 285.
Branches slender, wiry, smooth. Fruit small, heart-
shaped, somewhat like the Bigarreau Cherry, except having
a small slender prickle at its summit; about one inch and
three quarters deep, and a little more in diameter. Suture
obliterated. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very slen-
der, inserted in a very small round cavity. Skin pale red,
sprinkled with a few small gray specks, rather thick, very
acid. Flesh yellow, soft, very juicy, sweet, mixed with a
little acid, and slightly adheres to the stone.
Ripe the middle of Atigust.
This is planted chiefly in shrubberies and in the pleasure
ground, for its early flowering. The fruit, however is very
handsome in the dessert, and also makes very excellent
tarts.
14. CHESTON. Miller, No. 12.
Matchless. Langley, Pom. t. 23. f. 2.
Branches downy. Fruit small, a little more long than
broad, somewhat oval, pointed. Stalk half an inch long.
Skin deep purple,^bovered with a blue bloom. Flesh deep
yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice sweet, brisk,
and agreeable.
Ripe the middle of August.
15. DIAPER. Miller, No. 15.
Red Diaper. 76.
Diapree Rouge. Duhamel, No. 37. t. 20. f. 12.
Roche-Corbon. 76.
Branches smooth. Fruit above the middle size, oval,
about one inch and a half long, and aninch in diameter. Stalk
half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. Skin pale red,
mottled with amber ; but when exposed to the sun it is mar-
bled with a deeper red, full of russetty specks, and covered
with a thin blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, melting, and
286 PLUMS.
separates from the stone. Juice plentiful, and of an excel-
lent flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of September, and will hang
some time upon the tree, like the Imperatrice.
16. EARLY ORLEANS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 181.
Hampton Court. Nursery Catalogues.
Branches downy, somewhat red at the extremities. Fruit
about the size of the common Orleans, somewhat globular;
in some specimens a little elongated, having a shallow suture
extending from the base to the apex. Stalk three quarters
of an inch long. Skin deep, red, or purple, marbled with
darker and lighter shades, sprinkled with pale dots, and co-
vered with a pale blue bloom. Flesh yellowish green, and
separates clean from the stone.
Ripe the middle of August.
17. EARLY RED PRIMORDIAN. Parkinson, No. 2.
Red Primordian. Ib.
Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, in form some-
what like the Jaune Hative, oval, compressed next the stalk.
Stalk half an inch long, oval. Skin deep red, covered with
a thick bloom. Flesh yellow, rather dry, and adheres to
the stone. Juice sweet, with a slight bitter, but very plea-
sant.
Ripe the end of July, after the Jaune Hative.
18. FOTHERINGHAM. Miller, No. 6. Langley, Pom.
t. 20. f. 6.
Sheen. Ib.
Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ob-
long, compressed next the stalk, and swelled a little more
on one side of the suture than on the other. Stalk an inch
long. Skin bright red on the shaded side, covered with
small specks, but of a deep red or purple where exposed to
the sun, and covered with a violet bloom. Flesh pale green-
ish yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice saccharine,
with a little but agreeable tartness.
Ripe the middle of August.
This very useful and hardy Plum has been in England
many years, having been cultivated by Sir Wm. Temple, at
his seat at Sheen, near Richmond in Surrey, before 1700,
whence it was called the Sheen Plum.
19. GERMAN PRUNE. Nursery Catalogues.
Quetsche. Knoop. Fruit, p. 61. t. 3.
Quetzen. Ib.
Branches smooth. Fruit below the middle size, of an
PLUMS. 287
oval figure, compressed next the stalk, which is half an inch
long, slender. Skin deep red, becoming purple. Flesh
yellow, and closely adheres to the stone. Juice sweet, with
a slight acid, somewhat astringent.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
The fruit of the Quetsche Plum is grown for the purpose
of drying, and sold in the shops in this country under the
name of Prunes. It is cultivated and well known through-
out all Germany, Thuringia, Saxony, Silesia, Moravia, Bo-
hemia, and Hungary.
20. GOLIATH. Hooker, Pom. Land.. t. 39.
Saint Cloud. Nursery Catalogues.
Branches resembling those of the Orleans, downy. Fruit
pretty large, a little more long than broad, oblique at both
extremities, and swelled more on one side of the suture than
on the other. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin
pale red on the shaded side, but of a deep red or violet co-
lour where exposed to the sun, and covered with a thin blue
bloom. Flesh yellow, and slightly adhering to the stone.
Juice similar to that of the Orleans.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This is a very fine handsome Plum, a very great bearer,
and deserving of cultivation.
21. IMPERATRICE. Langley, p. 95. t. 25. f. 3. Miller,
No. 25. Pom. Ma*, t. 33.
Impe>a trice Violette. Duhamel, 39. t. 18.
Branches long, smooth. Fruit oblong, blunt at each end,
but tapering rather more to the base than to the apex. Stall:
nearly an inch long. Skin rich deep purple, covered with a
thick bloom, which is more copious than on any Plum in
Covent Garden market. Flesh firm, yellowish green, rather
dry, but exceedingly sweet and rich, and adheres to the
etone.
Ripe in October, and will keep, if well managed, till the
middle of December.
22. IMPERIAL DIADEM. Hort. Trans. Vol iv. p. 208.
Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, oval, a little com-
pressed near the stalk, and swelling more on one side of the
suture, whish is deep, than on the other, about one inch and
a half long, and the same in diameter. Skw light red, with
a few purplish specks, and covered with a thin blue bloom.
Flesh yellowish, and separates from the stone. Juice plen-
tiful, sugary, and when perfectly ripe, highly perfumed.
Ripe the beginning of September.
28$ PLUMS.
This very handsome Plum was raised from seed, in the
neighbourhood of Duckenfield, near Manchester, a few years
previous to 1819.
23. ITALIAN DAMASK.
Damas d'ltalie. Duhamel, No. 12. t. 4.
Fruit middle-sized, nearly round, about one inch and a
half in diameter, a little flattened at the base, and having a
well-marked suture extending from the stalk to the apex.
Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted in a small round
cavity. Skin of a violet colour, becoming brown when fully
ripe. Flesh yellowish green, firm, and separates' clean from
the stone. Juice very sweet and high flavoured. Stone
oval, rather thick. .
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
24. LA DELICIEUSE. JVwrs. Catalogues.
Branches long and smooth. Fruit oval, about two inches
long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Suture
rather broad, shallow, swelled a little more on one side than
on the other. Stalk an inch long, slender, slightly inserted.
Skin pale yellow on the shaded side, but where exposed
to the sun of a deep purple, and full of brown specks. Flesh
yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice peculiarly rich
and abundant.
Ripe in October, about the same time with the Impera-
trice.
This very fine Plum was brought to England from New-
Jersey, about ten years ago, and first sold by Mr. Kirke, of
Brompton, by advertisement, at a guinea per plant, in the
autumn of 1825.
25. LA ROY ALE. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 47.
Royale. Duhamel, No. 24. t. 10. Hitt, p. 349.
Branches downy, almost white. Fruit middle-sized,
round, not deeply cleft, rather narrowed towards the stalk,
about one inch and a half in diameter. Stalk three quarters
of an inch long, inserted ia a small round cavity. Skin
bright purplish red, full of brown specks, and covered thick-
ly with a pale blue bloom. Flesh firm, dull yellow or amber
colour, quite melting, and separates from the stone. Juice
plentiful, saccharine, and very highly flavoured. Stone round-
ish-ovate, pointed at both ends.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September, suc-
ceeding the Green Gage.
26. MIMMS. Pom Mao;, t. 6.
Minims Plum. Hort. trans. Vol. iv. p. 208.
PLUMS. 289
Branches smooth. Leaves with two small glands at the
base of each. Fruit oblong, with an oblique apex, and
broad shallow suture, of the largest size among Plums, about
two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Stalk
three quarters of an inch long, slender, pubescent. Skin of
a light clear purple colour, upon a greenish ground, marked
with brownish specks, and covered copiously with bloom,
which is easily rubbed off. Flesh pale, dull greenish yellow,
tender, juicy, and very agreeably flavoured, like an Orleans
in perfection, and separating from the stone, which is very
rugged, with a thin irregular edge.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This is said to have been raised many years ago, from a
stone of the Blue Perdrigon, in the garden of Henry Browne.,
Esq. at North Mimms, in Hertfordshire, and was exhibited
at the Horticultural Society in 1819. It is a distinct Plum
from the Imperial Diadem.
27. MONSIEUR. JDuhamel,No. 15. t. 7. Jqrd. Fruit.
t. 57.
Branches downy, somewhat like those of the Orleans. Fruit
middle-sized, about one inch and a half in diameter, of a
flattish globular figure, having a slight suture extending the
length of the fruit. Stalk scarcely half an inch long, insert-
ed in a small cavity. .Skin bluish purple. Flesh yellow,
very melting when fully matured, and separates from the
stone. Juice good, but not very highly flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
28. MONSIEUR HATJF. Duhamel, No. 16: t. 20. f. 1.
Monsieur Hatif. Jard. Fruit, t. 56.
Branches downy, somewhat like the Orleans. Fruit
middle-sized, nearly globular, about one inch and a half in
diameter, having a well marked suture extending from the
base to the apex, where it is a little flattened. Stalk half an
inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow and some, what deep
cavity. Skin deep purple, or violet colour, when fully exposed
to the sun, and covered with a thick bloom ; it is bitter, but
readily peels off. Flesh greenish yellow, melting, and sepa-
rates from the stone. Juice plentiful and excellent. Stone
smallvoblong, with an obtuse point, not very rugose.
Ripe the beginning of August.
This is somewhat like the last sort, but of a deeper co-
lour, and ripens a fortnight earlier.
25
290 FLUMS
28.* NECTARINE PLUM, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 114 Syn~
Pom, Mag. t. 148.
Caledonian. Of some Collections.
Ho well's Large. Hort. Soc. Cat. No, 128,
Prune Peche. /&., No. 119. Syn.r according to the
Pom. Mag,
Branches glabrous, brownish violet when exposed to the
^un. Fruit very large, like a Nectarine in shape and size.
Stalk smooth, about half an inch long, and of moderate
i'hickness. Skin purple, covered with a fine azure bloom,
Flesh dull greenish yellow, somewhat adhering to the stone-
but less so than in the Goliath, compared with which it is
much finer and richer, being decidedly the best Plum yet
known of its size. Stone middle-sized, oval, compressed.
Ripe against a wall the end of July or the beginning of
August, considerably earlier than the Goliath.
This is a very excellent Plum, and a good bearer either
on a wall or as a standard.
The Nectarine Plum has been satisfactorily ascertained^
in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, to be wholly dis-
tmct from the Goliath, and its synonyms settled in the Pom,
Alas;, above referred to.
29, ORLEANS. Miller, No. 3,
Pied Damask. Langley^Pom. t. 20. f. 4.
Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, nearly globular,
swelling a- little more on one side of the suture than on the
other. Skin dark red, and when fully exposed to the sun,
of a purplish colour, covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh
yellow, and separates clean from the stone, like an Apricot,
Juice a little sugary, with a portion of astringency.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
The Orleans is one of our most common Plums, and
known in every market throughout England. It is a most
hanly tree, a constant bearer, and an extremely useful fruit.
It does not appear to have been known to either Parkinson
or Ray.
30. PRUNE SUISSE. Duhamel, No. 19. t. 20. f. 7.
Prune d'Altesse. Ib.
Monsieur Tardif. Bon. Jard. 1827, p. 290.
Pimiana. -Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 252.
Branches smooth. .Fruit nearly spherical, about four
> * Xr>. 28- is inserted twice in consequence of the Nectarine Plum baring berr,
tmlV.Uhed in the Pom. Mag. after the numerical arrangement had bteu coiuj.leu><i .
PLUMS. 291
inches and a half in circumference, rather more protruded
in the middle than at either extremity. Stalk an inch long,
slender, curved. Skin amber coloured on the shaded side,
very full of small red specks, but where fully exposed to the
sun it is of a beautiful red. Flesh gold colour, and closely
adheres to the stone. Juice somewhat sharp* but when'well
enatured it has an excellent flavour.
Ripe the end of September, and will keep for some weeks
upon the tree.
31. PURPLE GAGE. Pom. Mag. t. 129.
Reine Claude Violette. According to the Pom.
JYois. Man. Comp. p. 496.
Reine Claude Violette. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 291.
Die Violette Konigin Claudie. Sickler, Teuisch. Obs.
•Gart. Vol. xxi. p. 64. t. 6.
Branches smooth, almost like the Green Gage. Fruit^
except in colour, very like the Green Gage, middle-sized^
roundish oval, somewhat flattened at the ends. Suture mo-
derately depressed. Stalk about an inch long, rather thick.
Skin violet, powdered with a light blue bloom, beneath which
it is ingrained with pale yellow dots. Flesh greenish am-
ber, "rich, sugary, and strikingly high flavoured. Stone oval,
inclining to ovate, compressed.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
The origin of this variety is unknown ; it must, however,
be recent, as it is not mentioned by Duhamel, nor by any of
the older French writers, and is even omitted by Noisette in
his Jar din Fruitier. It is of very high quality, fully equal
to the Green Gage in all respects, and having this superiori-
ty, that while the latter is apt to crack in wet summers, and
will never keep after having been gathered, this, on the con-
trary, will endure, if the climate be dry, through August and
September, even till October, and is scarcely at all disposed
to crack.
32. QUEEN MOTHER. Ray, No. 19. Lqngley, p. 94.
t. 24. fig. 3. HiU, p. 353,
Branches smooth. Fruit of a smallish size, nearly globu-
lar, about three inches and a half in circumference. Stalk
short. Skin dark red next the sun, on the other side pale
yellow, full of reddish spots. Flesh yellow, and separates
from the stone. Juice saccharine and rich. Stone very
small in proportion to the fruit.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
292 PLUMS.
33. RED MAGNUM BONUM. Miller r No. 10.
Imperiall. Parkinson, No. 9.
Imperial. Lang-ley, p. 92. t. 20. fig. 5.
Imperiale Yiolette. Duhamet, No. 32. t. 15.
Branches smooth. Fruit pretty large, oval, about two
inches and a quarter long, and one inch and three quarters
in diameter, swelled much more on one side of the suture
than on the other. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, slen-
der. Skin pale green on the shaded side, but of a deep red
colour, with numerous gray specks, where fully exposed to
the sun, and covered with a very thin blue bloom. Flesh
yellowish green, and separates from the stone. Juice harsh,
sub-acid. Stone oval, sharp-pointed.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
An old Plum of our gardens, cultivated by John Trades-
cant, previously to 1629. A very hardy bearer as an open
standard.
34. RED PERDRIGON. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 10.
Perdrigon Rouge. Duhamel, No. 22. t. 20. f. 6.
Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish oval
figure, about one inch and a quarter long, and nearly the
same in diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, in-
serted in a small round hollow. Skin of a fine red inclining
to violet, sprinkled with small brownish yellow specks, and
covered with a thick bloom. Flesh bright yellow, or green-
ish yellow, firm, sweet, and juicy, and separates from the
stone.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
35. ROYAL DAUPHIN. Hort. Soc, Cat. No. 238.
Branches smooth. Fruit large, oval, about six inches in
circumference, somewhat .broader at the apex than at the
base. Stalk an inch long, stout. Skin of a pale red on the
shaded side, marked with green specks, but of a darker red
next the sun, mottled with darker and lighter shades, and co-
vered with a violet bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, and se-
parates from the stone, which is large. Juice sweet, mixed
with a little sub-acid.
Ripe the beginning of September.
36. ROYAL DE TOURS. Duhamel, No. 17. t. 20. f. 8.
Fruit above the middle size, of a roundish figure, with a
well marked suture extending from the base to the apex, and
somewhat more swelled on one of its sides than on the other ;
about one inch and a half long, and nearly the same in di-
*LUMS. 293
^ameter. Stalk half an inch long, slightly inserted. Skin
bright red on the shaded side, but when fully exposed to the
sun, of a deep violet, sprinkled over with numerous small
yellow spots, and covered with a thick bloom. Flesh green-
ish yellow. Juice plentiful and high flavoured.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
37. VIOLET DAMASK. Nursery Catalogue.
Damas Violet. Duhanul, No. 5. t. 2.
Branches downy. Fruit small, of an oblong figure, some-
what larger at the apex than at the base, about one inch and
a quarter long, and little more than an inch in diameter.
Stalk half an inch long. Skin -of a purplish violet colour,
covered with a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, and sepa-
rates from the stone, leaving a few slightly attached pieces
of the pulp behind. Juice very sweet, with a smart and
pleasant flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
38. VIOLET DIAPER. Nursery Catalogue.
Diapree Violette. Duhamel, No. 36. t. 17.
Branches downy. Fruit below the middle size, of an ova)
figure, about one inch and a half long, and one inch and a
quarter in diameter, having a rather deep suture, on one side
of which it is swelled considerably more than on the other*
Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin thin, of a
purplish red, covered with a thick bloom. Flesh yellowish,
firm, and separates from the stone. Juice saccharine, plen-
tiful, of an agreeable flavour. Stone narrow, with a long
-sharp point.
Ripe the beginning and middle of August.
This is a fleshy firm Plum, very good in the dessert, and
excellent when dried as a Prune.
39. VIOLET PERDRIGON, Miller^ No. 8,
Perdrigon Violet. Buhamel, No. 21. t. 9.
Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, a little more long
ihan broad, and enlarged a little at the .apex, about one inch
and a half long, and nearly as much in diameter. Stalk
half an inch long, curved, slender. Skin of a dull greenish
brown, full of small brown specks, and covered with a thick
pale Woom. Flesii greenish yellow, pretty firm, and ad-
heres to the stone. Juice sweet, and of a very excellent
flavour.
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.
40. WHEAT PLUM. Hort. Sac. Cat. No. 271.
Wbeateo. Ray, No. 17.
25*
294 PLUMS.
Whitton. Hort. Soc. Cat. 271.
Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 18.
Branches numerous, slender, smooth. Fruit small, some-
what oblong, about one inch and one eighth long, and an
inch in diameter, mostly growing in pairs, a little swelled on
one side -of the suture more than on the other, which is shal-
low. Stalk five eighths of an inch long, inserted in a small
narrow cavity. Skin pale amber on the shaded side, but of
a bright red, marbled with a deeper colour, where exposed
to the sun, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh
greenish yellow, rather firm, and adheres to the stone. Juice
sugary, with a little sub-acid.
Ripe the middle of August.
This is called Wheat Plum, in consequence of its being
ripe about the time of the wheat harvest.
41. WILMOT'S EARLY ORLEANS. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii.
p. 392. t. 14.
Wilmot's Orleans. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 274.
Wilmot's New Early Orleans. Ib.
Wilmot's Late Orleans. Ib. According to the Hort.
Soc. Cat.
Branches downy, like the Common Orleans. Fruit above
the middle size, round, rather deeply cleft, more compressed
than the Old Orleans, especially at the apex. Stalk short.
Skin pale red on the shaded side, but where exposed to the
sun of a dark purple tint, and covered with a fine thin bloom.
Flesh of a rich greenish yellow, inclining to amber when
quite ripe, of a pleasant consistence, being much softer and
more juicy than the Orleans, and separates clean from the
stone. Juice plentiful, sweet, combined with acid, of excel-
lent flavour. Stone round, rather small in proportion to the
size of the fruit.
Ripe the beginning of August, as early as the Morocco,
or the Precoce de Tours.
Raised in 1809 by Mr. John Wilmot, in his garden at
Isleworth, near London.
42. WINESOUR. Forsylh, Ed. 7. No. 32.
Rotherham. Of the Old Gardens.
Branches slender, downy. Fruit rather larger than a
Damson, oblong. Stalk half an inch long. Skin dark blu-
ish purple, covered with dark purple specks, particularly
where exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, and ad-
heres to the stone, near which there are some red streaks in
PLUMS. 295
the flesh. Juice sub-acid. Stone long, slender, and acute-
pointed.
Ripe about the middle of September.
This Plum is said to have originated in the neighbourhood
of Rotherham, in Yorkshire, many years ago. The Wine-
sour is the most valuable of all our Plums for preserving,
and great quantities of it in this state are sent annually from
Wakefield and Leeds to distant parts of England. As a
preserve, they will keep one or two years, and are preferable
to those imported from abroad.
SECT. IV. — White or Yellow-fruited.
43. APRICOT. Switzer, p. 105. Miller, No. 13.
Abricote"e. Dukamel, No. 28. t. 13.
Abricotee de Tours. 16.. t. 13.
Branches covered with a whitish down. Fruit pretty
large, of a roundish figure, divided by a deep suture, about
one inch and a half deep, and one inch and three quarters in
diameter. Stalk short, scarcely more than a quarter of an
inch long. Skin yellow, tinged with red on the sunny side,
and covered with a white bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, but
melting, and separates clean from the stone. Juice sweet,
of a very excellent flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
This very fine Plum is considered by Duhamcl as nearly
equal to the Green Gage.
44. BRIGNOLE. Miller, No. 24.
Brignole Jaune. Knoop. Fruit, p. 55 .
Prune de Brignole. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 290.
Fruit large, oval. Skin pale yellow, mixed with red on
the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, rather dry. Juice sac-
charine, of excellent flavour.
Ripe the middle and end of August.
This Plum is so named, from Brignole, a town of France,
famous for its Prunes, of which this ranks among its best
sorts.
45. COE'S PLUM. Pom. Mag. t. 57.
Coe's Golden Drop. Ib.
Coe's Imperial. Ib.
Bury Seedling. Ib.
New Golden Drop. Ib.
2% PLUMS.
Fair's Golden Drop. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 103. accord-
ing to the Pom. Mag.
Branches smooth. Leaves with two globular glands at
the base. Fruit oval, of the largest size among Plums,
about two inches and a half long, and two inches in diame-
ter, deeply marked by the suture, pitted at the point, ab-
ruptly tapering and hollowed out at the base for the recep-
tion of the stalk. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slen-
der. Skin greenish yellow, with numerous rich spots of
bright violet red next the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, ad-
hering firmly to the stone. Juice very sweet and delicious.
Stone sharp-pointed.
Ripe the end of September, and will hang some time upon
the tree after it is matured.
This will keep for a considerable length of time after it
is gathered, either by suspending it by the stalk upon a string,
withinside a window facing the sun, or by wrapping it in soft
paper, and keeping it in a dry room. By this latter method,
I have eaten it exceedingly good in October, twelve months
after it had been gathered.
It was raised by the late Jervaise Coe, a market gardener
at Bury St. Edmund's in Suffolk, more than thirty years
ago. He informed me it was from the stone of a Green
Gage, the blossom of which, he supposed, had been fertil-
ized by the White Magnum Bonum, the two trees of which
grew nearly in contact with each other in his garden. It
requires an east or a west wall ; on the former the fruit at-
tains its greatest perfection.
46. DOWNTQN IMPERATRICE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v.
p. 383.
Branches long, smooth. Fruit shaped almost like the
Blue Imperatrice, but larger, and not so much lengthened at
the stalk end. Skin dull yellow, very thin. Flesh yellow,
soft, juicy, with a high flavoured acidity.
Ripe in October, and will keep a month.
Raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, from a seed
of the White Magnum Bonum, the blossom of which had
been impregnated by the pollen of the Blue Imperatrice. Its
fruit was exhibited at the Horticultural Society, December
1, 1823.
The young wood has much the appearance of the White
Magnum Bonum, but grows much stronger, more so indeed
than any Plum I have ever seen, frequently, on vigorous
stocks, shooting from buds eight feet the first year.
PLUMS. 297
47. DRAP D'Or. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. f. 5. Miller,
No. 20.
Cloth of Gold. /&.
Mirabelle double. Duhamel, No. 30.
Branches smooth, but downy at the ends. Fruit rather
small, of a roundish figure, somewhat like the Little Queen
Claude, with but very little suture, and a small dimple at
each end : about an inch deep, and rather more in diameter.
Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin bright yellow, spot-
ted or marbled with red on the sunny side. Flesh yellow,
melting, and separates clean from the stone. Juice sugary
and excellent.
Ripe the middle of August. <
48. EARLY AMBER. Nurs. Catalogues.
Fruit small, somewhat oblong, and broadest at the apex.
Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin pale greenish
yellow, with a few small crimson specks on the sunny side,
and covered with a thin whitish bloom, flesh greenish yel-
low, and adheres to the stone. Juice sub-acid, but not pos-
sessing any peculiar flavour.
Ripe the beginning of August.
This is a very handsome little fruit ; although inferior to
some of the early sorts, it deserves cultivation.
49. JAUNE HATIVE. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1.
Prune de Catalogne. Ib.
Prune de St. Barnabe. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 289.
White Primordian. Langley, p. 90. t. 20. fig. 1. Miller,
No. 1.
Amber Primordian. Parkinson, No. 1 .
Catalonian. Of the Old Gardens.
Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, oblong, broader
at the apex than at the base, having a shallow suture extend-
ing the length of the fruit, about one inch and a quarter in
diameter. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin pale yel-
low, covered with a very thin white bloom. Flesh yellow,
melting, and separates from the stone. Juice sweet.
Ripe the middle of July.
The Jaune Hative, although not possessing much flavour,
deserves to be cultivated against a south wall, being the first
Plum which ripens. It is an old inhabitant of our gardens,
having been cultivated by John Tradescant*, who obtained
* RCCS'B Cyclop.
298 SLUMS.
the title of gardener to King Charles the First, and settled
at his garden at Lambeth, about the year 1629.
50. MAITRE CLAUDE. Langley, Pom. t. 23. f. 6. Mil-
ler, No. 14.
Branches slender, downy. Fruit middle-sized, rather
more broad than long, a little compressed at its apex. Stalk
short. Skin yellow, marbled with red on the sunny side.
Flesh yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice sugary,
and well flavoured.
Ripe the middle of August.
The Maitre Claude was known both to Switzer and Hitt;
but is not mentioned either in Duhamel's Traite, or in the
Bon Jardinier of M. Noisette.
51. MIRABELLE. Miller, No. 23. Duhamel, No. 29.
t. 14.
White Mirable. Langley, p. 93. t. 23. f. 7.
Fruit small, a little more long than broad, about an inch
in length. Stalk half an inch long. Skin yellow, becom-
ing of an amber colour as it ripens. Flesh yellow, and se-
parates from the stone. Juice rich and sugary.
Ripe the middle of August.
52. SAINT CATHARINE. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. fig. 4.
Miller, No. 21.
Sainte Catherine. Duhamel, No. 43. t. 19.
Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong
figure, being broadest at the apex, and tapering to the base,
and having a narrow suture about one inch and a half long,
and nearly the same in diameter in its widest part. Stalk
three quarters of an inch long, slender. Skin whitish, turn-
ing to a pale yellow as it ripens, and tinged with a little rus-
setty red on the sunny side. Flesh pretty firm, yellow, and
adheres to the stone. Juice rich, sugary, and high-fla-
voured.
Ripe the middle of September, with the Imperatrice, and,
like that, will hang and shrivel upon the tree.
53. BOLM'AR'S WASHINGTON. Nurs. Cat. 1819,
Washington. Pom. Mag. t. 16.
New Washington. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 270.
Franklin. J6., according to the Pom. Mag.
Branches downy. Fruit regularly oval, with a very ob-
scure suture, just at the stalk; it is rather deep, about
one inch and three quarters long, and one inch and five
eighths in diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long,
slightly pubescent. Skvi dull yellow, broken a little with
299
green, assuming an orange cast on the sunny side, with a
purplish bloom, and more or less mottled with crimson dots.
Flesh yellow, firm, very sweet and luscious, separating freely
from the stone. Stone oval, acute at each end, wrinkled all
over, and nearly even at the edges.
Ripe in September.
The parent tree of the Washington Plum, it appears, wag
purchased in the market of New- York, towards the end of
the last century. It remained barren several years, till
during a violent thunder-storm, the wiiole trunk was struck
to the earth and destroyed. The foot afterwards threw up
a number of vigorous shoots, all of which were allowed to
remain, and finally produced fruit. It is therefore to be pre-
sumed, that the stock of the ban-en kind was the parent of
this. Trees were sent to Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury
Hill, in 1819 ; and in 1821, several others were presented
to the Horticultural Society by Dr. Hosack of New-York.*
54. WENTWORTH. Miller, No. 26. Langley, Pom.
t. 25. f. 4.
Dame Aubert. Duhamel, No. 41. .t. 20. f. 10.
Grosse Luisante. Ib.
Fruit of the largest size, of an oval figure, having a deep
suture extending from the base to the apex, about two inches
and a quarter long, and one inch and three quarters in di-
ameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a
rather deep cavity. Skin thick and leathery, of a yellow co-
lour, tinged with green on the shaded side, and covered with
* The above description not being exactly correct, I here subjoin a true account
of it. The parent tree of the Washington Plum grew on a farm on the east side of
the Bowery, called Dclancey's faun ; it had been grafted with a Reine Claude, or
Green Gage Plum, which had many years borne fruit, arid was a pretty large tree-
This tree was killed by lightning down to the root, below the graft; several suckers
had sprung up from the roots, which were dug up by a market woman, and some
of them were sold in the New-York market. Mr. Bolmar, who kept a etore in
(•hatham-street, purchased two of them and planted them in his garden in 1814.
About the middle of August, 1818, Mr. Bolmar called at my nursery and wished me
to come down and see them, being then quite full of fruit, and nearly ripe ; I was
surprised at the beauty of its large glossy leaves and very large size of the fruit.
The trees were standards, and loaded with fruit. I informed him that it certainly
was a new kind of Plum. The fruit appeared to be between the large Reine Claude
and White Magnum Bonum Plums, in form more like the former, and the colour
more like the latter, but larger than either, with a freestone like the Reine Claude.
He gave me scions of it for budding, and fruit to make a drawing, which was done
by Leney, and is now in my possession, dated August 19th, 1818, from the young
trees which I then budded ; some of them were sent to Mr. Robert Barclay of Bury
Hill, with a number of other things, in November, 1819, and in November, 1821,
Dr. David Hosack, the patron of Horticulture, purchased twelve of the young trees
of mo to send to the Horticultural Society of London. Mr. Bolmar informed me of
the market woman, of whom he had purchased the- trees, and I found four other
trees, with the same kind of fruit, in her garden and in the neighbourhood where
the old tree grew. At this time, 1833, the whole of Delancey's farm is thickly co-
vered with housce, making part of the city of New-York. — Jim. Ed.
300 PLUMS.
a white bloom. Flesh yellow, rather coarse, and separates
from the stone. Juice sub-acid, somewhat austere.
Ripe in September.
This has a good deal the appearance of the White Mag-
num Bonum, but is not so much pointed ; of a deeper co-
lour, and, like that, fit only for preserving ; but for this it is
excellent.
The Went worth Plum is said by Langley, to have been
so called from its having been first planted in the gardens of
the Right Honourable Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Straf-
ford, at Twickenham. MILLER has strangely confounded
this with the Monsieur of DUHAMEL, in which he has been
followed by MARTYN and FORSYTH ; but no two plums can
be more distinct.
55. WHITE BULLAGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No, 4.
Branches slender, twiggy, downy. Fruit small, round,
mostly growing by pairs. Skin yellowish white, and when
fully ripe, a little mottled with red on the sunny side. Flesh
greenish white, firm, and closely adheres to the stone. Juice
acid, but so tempered by sweetness and roughness as not to
be unpleasant, especially after it is mellowed by frost.
Ripe in October.
Large quantities of the White Bullace are brought into the
market in Norwich, nnd elsewhere in the county of Nor-
folk, where they are highly esteemed for tarts : they are by
some preserved by boiling them in sugar, and in this state
they will keep twelve months.
56. WHITE DAMASK. Hort. Soc. Cat.. No. 71.
Petit Damas.Blanc. Duhamel, No. 6. t. 3.
Fruit small, nearly globular, about an inch in diameter.
Stalk half an inch long, very slender. Skin greenish yel-
low, rather thick, covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh
yellow, melting, and separates from the stone. Juice su-
gary, of an agreeable flavour.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
57. WHITE DAMSON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 88.
White Prune Damson. Nursery Catalogues.
.Branches Ions;, smooth. Fruif small, oval, about throe
inches and a half in its long circumference. Stalk half an
inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, covered with a thin
white "bloom. Flesh yellow, adhering to the stone. Juice
plentiful, a little sugary, mixed with a small portion of acid.
Ripe the middle and end of September.
58. WHITE IMPERATRICE. Pom. Mag. t. 38.
PLUMS. 301
imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, 40. t. 18. f. 2.
Die Weisse Kaiserpnaume. Pom. Aust. 233. t. 181. f.
2., according to the Pom.'Mag,
Fruit middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct suture, very
blunt at each end ; about one inch and three quarters long,
and one inch and a half in diameter. Stalk half an inch long,
inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin bright yellowish ochre
colour, with a slight evanescent bloom. Flesh firm, juicy,
sweet, and rather more transparent than that of most plums,
separating freely from the stone.
It ripens about the beginning of September. It will
scarcely succeed as an open standard, except in warm situa-
tions.
59, WHITE MAGNUM BONUM> Langley, p. 95. t. 25.
fig. 6. Miller, No. 11.
White Mogul. Ib.
Egg Plum. Ib.
Imperiale Blanche. Duhamel, No. 35.
Branches long, smooth. Fruit of the largest size, oval.
Skin yellow, covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh yel-
low, firnij closely adhering to the stone. Juice acid,*
Stone oval, lance-pointed.
Ripe the beginning and middle of September.
60. WHITE PERDRIGON. Langl&y, p. 92. t. 23. fig. 5.
Miller, No. 9.
Perdrigon Blanc. Duhamel, No. 20. t. 8.
Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat oblong,
enlarged towards the apex, and tapering a little towards the
stalk ; about one inch and a quarter long, and the same in
diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin pale
yellow, full of small white specks, with a few red spots on
the sunny side, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh
pale yellow, separating clean from the stone. Juice saccha-
rine. Stone small, lanceolate.
Ripe the beginning of September.
ADDITIONAL AMERICAN PLUMS, BY THE EDITOR.
61. NEW-YORK PURPLE.
Brevoort's Purple Bolmar.
Brevoort's Purple Washington.
In this country it ripens well, and is a very fine Plum. dm. Ed,
26
3 02' PLUMS'.
Fruit large, nearly oval, with a suture at the bottom, ex
tending about half way up towards the top. Stalk inserted
in a deep and even-formed cavity. Skin brown red, covered
with a fine purple bloom Flesh yellow, soft, and adhering
to the stone. Juice rich, sweet, and sprightly ; very de-
licious.
Ripe the latter end of August.
This most excellent Plum was raised by Mr. Henry Bre-
voort, from a stone of Bolmar's Washington, which had
been accidentally impregnated by the Blue Gage. The
stone was planted in the fall of 1819 : it possesses the sweet-
ness of a Green Gage, with the rich vinous flavour of an
Orleans Plum, The tree, grows thrifty, is very hardy, and
is one of our best plums. I sent young plants of it to Lon-
don in the fall of 1830.
62. FLUSHING GAGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 107.
Superior Gage.
Fruit round, inclining a little to an oval shape, with a small
suture at and near the stalk, which is sunken in an even
round cavity. Stalk an inch long. Skin yellow, with a
whitish bloom. f$c$fi yellow, melting, and separating freely
from the stone. Jwce sweet and rich.
Ripens the last week in August.
This is a very fine Plum, and no doubt originated in this
country ; it has much the habit and manner of growth of tho
Washington Piurrr. The fruit not so large, inclining more
to the nature of a Green Gage, from which it probably origi-
nated. The tree is a free grower* a good bearer, and very
hardy.
63. COOPER'S LARGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 36,
Cooper's Large Red.
Cooper's Large American.
Cooper's Plum. Coxe's View, No. 12.
Fruit large, round, three inches long, and nearly the same
in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, sunken in a very
small cavity. Skin a dark purple, with a fine purple bloom.
Flesh a yellowish green, soft, juicy, and adhering to the
stone. Juice rich, sweet, and high flavoured.
Ripens the end of August or beginning of September.
This fine Plum, according to Coxer " was produced from
the stone of an Orleans Plum by Mr. Joseph Cooper, of
Gloucester county, in New-Jersey." The tree is very vi-
gorous, and grows to a large size.
64. DOMINE DUI.L'S PLUM. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94.
PLUMS.
3C3
German Prune.
Dutch Qtietzen.
Fruit large, of an oval or oblong figure. Stalk an inci^
long. Skin dark, and when quite ripe, nearly black. Flesh
deep yellow, dry, and adhering to the stone. Juice swte:
und rich. The fruit will keep a long time.
Ripe in September.
The stone of this fruit was brought from Germany;,!)}' a
Dutch minister, by the name of Dull. The growth of the
tree is thrifty, the branches long and very smooth, of a dark
.colour ; the Dutch say it is the real Prune, and that prunes
are always raised from the stone in Germany.
65. HORSE PLUM. Hort. Soc. Cat. 127.
Fruit of a medium size, oval, with a deep suture in the
middle. Skin dark red, inclining to purple when ripe. Flesh
greenish yellow, which adheres to the stone. Juice acid, but
passable when ripe. Quantities of these plums are brought
into the New-York market, and used for sweetmeats ; they
are usually raised from suckers, and the stones produce the
same kind, makes the best stocks for grafting, and very like
the English Muscle Plum stock. Peaches, Apricots, and
Nectarines, will bud and thrive well on this stock.
66. BLACK DAMSON.
Fruit round, or nearly so, small. Skin dark purple.
Flesh green. Juice lively, a little acid.
Ripe in September, and will keep till October.
Quantities of Damsons are brought into this market ;
they are raised generally from suckers. They appear to be
of a larger size than the European Prune Damson No. 8,
The tree is easily cultivated, and will grow in any soil en-
situation ; if the fruit remains on the trees until October or
November they are excellent.
67. CHICKASAW PLUM. (Prunus Chicasa) Pursh. Flora
America. Vol. i. p. 332. No. 14.
A native species " From Virginia to Carolina."
Fruit round ; some varieties are red, and some yellow,
about the size of cherries. The growth of the tree is dif-
ferent from any other kind of Plum, and at a little distance
looks somewhat like a peach tree : it would make a fine
stock for the southern states to bud Peaches, Nectarines,
or Almonds on. It is very ornamental.
Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.
68. BEACH PLUM, (Prunus Maritima.} Pursh. Ib.
No. 15.
-
304 QUINCES.
Fruit larger than the last species, round. Skin dark
purple. Flesh yellow, sweet, with a little astringency near
•the stone.
Ripe the middle of August.
This is a handsome small shrubby tree, from three to six
feet high ; found in a natural state, growing in the sand along
the coast. It might make a handsome stock to graft plums
on, in order to make dwarf espaliers, in the same way as
the Paradise is used for Dwarf Apples.
To these may be- added many sorts called Gages, ten or
fifteen sorts, which are of all colours, from white to brown
and purple ; some of the sorts riot larger than damsons :
and were probably all raised from the stones of the Green
Gage Plum, but none of them by any means equal to the
true old sort, and, of course, not worth cultivating, except
for stocks to graft the true and good sorts on.
CHAPTER XVI.
QUINCES.
MR. MILLER has three varieties of the Quince, the only
hardy kinds cultivated in England, viz.
1. CYDONIA OBLONGA. PEAR-SHAPED QUINCE.
Leaves oblong-ovate. Fruit lengthened at the base.
2. CYDONIA MALIFORMIS. APPLE-SHAPED QUINCE.
Leaves^ovaie. Fruit rounder than that of the last.
3. CYDONIA LUSITANICA. PORTUGAL QUINCE.
Leaves obovate. Fruit oblong.
The last variety is of a fine purple colour when dressed ;
is more juicy and less harsh, and much better for marma-
lade, than either of the others. It is the only sort now cul-
tivated in England for domestic purposes./
HASPBERRIE8*
305
CHAPTER XVII.
RASPBERRIES.
3.
4.
10. Double Bearing.
Perpetual Bearing.
Red Double Bearing.
Siberian.
11. Double Bearing, Wil-
liams's.
Pitmastori's Double Bear-
ing.
12. Lord Exmouth.
13. Oakhill.
Jillard's Seedling.
14; Old White.
15. Prolific, Early.
16. Red Malta.
17. Spring Grove.
18. Superb,
19- Taylor's Paragon.
Scarlet Paragon.
20. Williams's Preserving.
21. Wilmot's Early Red.
22. Wood ward's Red Globe.
There are, no doubt, many other sorts besides the above
to be found in different parts of England, and possessing
different degrees of merit ; those already enumerated are,
however, amply sufficient for every useful purpose.
1. Antwerp, Double Bearing
Yellow.
2. Antwerp, Late Bearing.
KnevetPs Antwerp.
Antwerp, Red.
Burley Antwerp.
Antwerp, Yellow.
White Antwerp.
Barnet.
Cornwall's Prolific.
Cornwall's Red.
Cornwall's Seedling.
Large Red.
Cane, Brentford,
Cane, Red.
Smooth Cane.
Cane, Rough.
Cornish.
Large Cornish,
CH AFTER XVIII.
STRAWBERRIES.
CLASS I. — Alpine and Wood Strawberries.
The habits and general character of these are very simi-
lar ; the principal difference, being in the shape of the fruit,
26*
306 STRAWBERRIES.
which is usually conical in the former, and more globose in
the latter. The Alpines produce fruit in the autumn, which
the Wood Strawberries do not. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 149.
1. RED ALPINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 89.
Fraisier des Alpes. Duhamel, No. 7. t. 2.
Fruit scarlet, conical ; bearing strong through the sum-
mer and autumn.
2. WHITE ALPINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 90.
Fraisier des Alpes a fruit blanc. Of tJie French.
Fruit white, conical; bearing through the summer and
autumn.
•
ALPINE WITHOUT RUNNERS.
Bush Alpine.
The fruit, leaves, and mode of bearing, are those of an
Alpine Strawberry ; it differs only in not throwing out run-
ners, growing in small clumps : to propagate them, the roots
must be divided. This is a very prolific sort, and for small
gardens preferable to the other kinds. I understand that
this sort was introduced here by the late Mr. Parmentier,
of the Horticultural Gardens at Brooklyn. Jim. Ed.
3. RED WOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 92.
Fraisier commuh. Dukamel, No. 1 . t. 1 .
Fruit scarlet, round ; bearing in the summer only.
4. WHITE WOOD. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 93.
Fraisier Commun a fruit blanc. Of the French.
Fruit white, round ; bearing in the summer only.
CLASS II. — Black Strawberries.
This is not a numerous class, the Old Black Strawberry
being the type, and the remainder derived from its seeds,
either impregnated by itself or by others. Their character
is to have the leaves rugose, pale green, and small ; the fruit
middle-sized, conical, with a neck, very dark-coloured when
ripe ; the seeds slightly embedded ; the flavour very rich,
and highly perfumed. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 148.
5. DOWNTON. Pom. Mag. No. 52.
Knight's Seedling. Hort.^Trans. Vol. vi. p. 185.
Knight's Strawberry. 76.
STRAWBERRIES. 307
Fruit large, ovate, having a neck ; some of the early ber-
ries are cockscomb-shaped, dark purplish scarlet. Grains
but little embedded. Flesh scarlet, firm.
6. GIBES'S SEEDLING BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 184.
Fruit conical, small, hairy, with a neck, dark purplish
red. Seeds slightly embedded in the skin. Flesh scarlet,
firm, very high-flavoured.
7. OLD BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 182.
Black. Black Pine.
Black Beacon. Mulberry.
Black Canterbury. Turkey Pine.
Fruit middle-sized, conical, elongated and pointed, with
a neck, hairy, very dark purplish red. Flesh scarlet, firm,
with a buttery core, very rich and high-flavoured.
8. "PITMASTON BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 183.
Late Pitmaston Black. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, ovate, with a neck, slightly hairy,
very dark purplish red. Seeds slightly embedded. Flesh
solid, scarlet, very firm, buttery, and richly flavoured.
9. SWEET CONE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 186. Porn.
Mag. No. 4.
Fruit small, cone-shaped, with a neck, hairy, bright shining
scarlet. Seeds prominent. Flesh firm, of a brighter colour
than the skin, hollow, very high-flavoured. Plant tender.
CLASS III. — Carolina or Pine Strawberries
The general character of this class is to have the leaves
almost smooth, dark green, of firm texture, and with obtuse
serratures ; the fruit large, varying from nearly white to al-
most purple ; the seeds prominent, on a smooth surface ; the
flavour sweet, and often perfumed. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 148.
10. BATH SCARLET. Hort Trans. Vol. 6. p. 200.
Bath Strawberry. Milne's Seedling.
Devonshire. New Bath Scarlet.
Golden Drop. North's Seedling.
Liverpool.
Fruit roundish or ovate, with a short neck, small for the
class, scarlet. Seeds very prominent, of a dark varnished
308 STRAWBERRIES.
red. Flesh soft, with a large core, pale scarlet, and very
coarse, without any particular flavour.
11. BLACK PRINCR. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 203.
Wilmot's Black Imperial. Ib. Vol. v. p. 398.
Fruit middle-sized, depressed, spherical, with a furrow at
the apex, hairy, of a very dark violet colour. Seeds slightly
embedded. Skin highly polished. Flesh solid, firm, of a
rich dull scarlet, with a small core. Juice dark, high-fla-
voured.
12. BLOOD PINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 61.
This is a subvariety of the Old Pine, or Carolina. The
scapes are considerably stronger ; and is distinguishable by
its leaves being of a darker colour and thicker texture, with
stronger footstalks.
13. BOSTOCK. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 187.
Beattie's Seedling. Rostock.
Byram. Rostock Pine.
Caledonian. Rostock Scarlet.
Cone. Rostock Seedling.
Montague's. Vernon's.
New Bath. Wellington.
Prolific Bath. Whitley's Pine.
Fruit very large, slightly hairy, nearly round, with a small
neck ; the largest fruit irregularly swelled towards the base,
terminating in an obtuse point, of a dark shining red next
the sun, light scarlet on the other side. Seeds prominent,
brown on one side of the fruit, yellow on the other. Flesh
pale scarlet, firm, coarse, with a small hollow arid core, with-
out any particular flavour.
14. BULLOCK'S BLOOD. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 199.
FrwiHarge, ovate, of a light shining red. Seeds dark red
on the sunny side, yellow on the other, projecting from a
polished surface. Flesh pale red, firm, juicy, with but in-
different flavour.
15. CHINESE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 191.
North's Large Scarlet. Red Chili.
North's Seedling.
Fruit apparently compressed, nearly round, middle-sized,
of a pale varnished red. Seeds brown and prominent. Flesh
soft, light pink, with a large core, woolly ; flavour indif-
ferent.
16. DUTCH. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 195.
Fruit large, round, of a bright shining red. Seeds project-
STRAWBERRIES. 309
ed from a polished smooth surface. Flesh pale red, woolly,
hollow in the centre, with a core ; flavour indifferent.
17. DWARF WHITE CAROLINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 206.
Fruit large, irregularly ovate, brownish next the sun.
white on the other side, hairy. Seeds scarcely embedded,
prominent, darker than the fruit. -Flesh white, soft, woolly,
with a large core ; flavour indifferent..
18. ELTON SEEDLING. Pom. Mag. 135.
Fruit large, ovate, often compressed, or cockscomb-sha-
ped, of a rich, shining, dark red. Seeds yellow, regularly
embedded between ridged intervals. Flesh firm, with a
small core, deep red, juicy, and having a sharp rich flavour.
19. GLAZED PINE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 198.
Knott's Pine. Scarlet Pine Apple.
Fruit variable in shape ; the largest frequently appear as
if compressed, but they are generally conical, with a neck,
large, hairy, of a darkish, shining scarlet. Seeds prominent.
Flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a large core ; flavour good,
but inferior to that of the Old Pine.
20. KEEN'S IMPERIAL. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 101,
t. 7.
Black Imperial. Keen's Black.
Black Isleworth. Keen's Black Pine.
Imperial. Keen's Large-fruited.
Imperial Pine. Large Black.
Isleworth Pine. Large Black Imperial.
Fruit very large, roundish, somewhat bluntly pointed, of
a very deep purplish red. Seeds projecting from the surface,
which is shining. Flesh not juicy, but very firm, coarse,
hollow in the centre, with a core ; the flavour tolerable, not
high-flavoured.
21. KEEN'S SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 261.
t. 12. Pom. Mag. 91.
Keen's Black Pine. Keen's New Seedling.
Keen's New Pine. Murphy's Child.
Fruit very large, round, or ovate,- some of the largest as-
suming a cockscomb shape, of a dark purplish scarlet, slightly
hairy. Seeds a little embedded in a polished surface, which
has usually a furrow at the apex. Flesh firm, solid, scarlet,
without any separable core. Juice high-flavoured.
22. MULBERRY. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 203.
Cherokee. Mahone,
King.
310 STRAWBERRIES.
Fruit middle-sized, ovate, with a short neck, of a dark
purplish red. Seeds embedded slightly in the skin. Flesh
soft, coarse, red, with a long core ; the flavour but mode-
rate.
23. OLD PINE, or CAROLINA. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 195.
Old Pine. Pom. Mag. 47.
Barham Down. North's Seedling.
Black Carolina. Old Carolina.
Cockscomb Pine. Old Scarlet Pine.
Devonshire Scarlet Pine. Pine.
Kew Pine. Regent's Favourite.
Large Carolina. Scarlet Pine.
Large Pine. Varnished.
Miss Gunning's. Wind?or Pine.
Fruit large, slightly hairy, with a neck, of a uniform bright
scarlet, ovate-conical, occasionally compressed, and when
luxuriant the early fruits are cockscomb-shaped. Seeds
slightly embedded. Flesh pale scarlet, rich, and juicy, with
a very grateful flavour.
24. ROUND WHITE OAHOLTTTA. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 205.
Chili. Large White Chili.
Large Blush Pine. White Bath.
Large Flesh-coloured White Carolina.
Chili: White Chili.
Large Pale Chili. White Pine.
Large White.
Fruit large, irregularly ovate, sometimes roundish, having
a tendency to form a neck, of a brownish colour towards the
sun, the other side white. Seeds deeply embedded, with
ridged intervals. Flesh soft, white, woolly, with a large
core ; flavour indifferent.
25. SURINAM. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 193.
Devonshire Scarlet. Red Pine.
Oldaker's New Pine. Rad Pine Apple.
Red Chili. . Button's Large.
Fruit very large, irregularly oX^ate or round, without a
neck, of a light shining red next the sun, pale on the oppo-
site side. Seeds yellow and prominent. Flesh firm, pale red,
with a large core ; flavour indifferent. The fruit is entirely
concealed by the leaves.
26. VARIEGATED PINE. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 192,
STRAWBERRIES. 31.1
A strawberry having leaves, much variegated with white,
is often seen in the gardens of the curious.
As a fruit it has no merit ; the plants being weak and very
shy bearers.
CLASS IV. — Chili Strawberries.
The character of this class is to have the leaves very vil-
ious, hoary, with small leaflets, of thick texture, with very
obtuse serratures ; the fruit very large and pale ; the seeds
prominent ; the flesh insipid in the type — the True Chili.
Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 148.
27. TRUE CHILI. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 206.
Fraisier du Chili. Duhamel, No. 9. t. 3.
Greenwell's French. Patagonian.
Greenwell's New Giant.
Fruit particularly large, irregularly shaped, but usually
ovate or bluntly conical ; when ripe, of an uniform dull var-
nished brownish red. Seeds dark brown and projecting.
Flesh slightly tinged with red near the outside, the rest
whitish, very firm, hollow in the centre, with a small core.
The fruit ripens late, and the foliage mostly perishes in
the winter ; but the succeeding varieties, which have been
bred from h, keep their leaves.
28. WILMOT'S SUPERB. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 208.
The first fruits are very large, irregularly younded, ovate,
or flattened, sometimes growing of a cockscomb shape ; the
other berries are invariably round ; all are hairy, pale scar-
let, appearing as if polished. Seeds projecting, brown.
Flesh very firm, pale scarlet next the outside, within whitish,
with a small hollow in the centre, and a core ; flavour very-
good, buttery, and rich, mixed with acid.
29. YELLOW CHILI. Hort. Trans. VoL vi p. 209.
Fruit very large, irregularly ovate, frequently compressed,
and sometimes cockscombed ; brown on the exposed side,
and yellow on the other. Seeds brown, slightly embedded,
with flat intervals. Flesh very firm, buttery, yellowish, with
a core ; flavour very rich, with some acidity.
CLASS V. — Green Strawberries.
The French cultivate several kinds which ap rear to be
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312 STRAWBERRIES.
varieties of this Strawberry ; the one at present much known
with us is called the Green Pine, which, generally speaking,
is kept in gardens more as an object of curiosity than of use,
for it rarely produces perfect fruit, though in some particular
situations it bears well.
In general character the plants are akin to the Wood
Strawberry ; its habit is dwarf; the leaves light green, and
strongly plaited. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 149.
30. GREEN STRAWBERRY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 85.
Fraisier Vert. Duliamel, No. 17. t. 9.
Caucasian. Green Wood.
Green Alpine. Pine Apple.
Green Pine. Powdered Pine.
Fruit small, globular ; of a whitish green when fully ripe,
and tinged with a reddish brown on the sunny side. Flesh
firm, of a rich and highly musky flavour. This is generally
represented as a very bad bearer. It appears to me, that
defect arises principally from the multitude of its young run-
ners ;* they are extremely slender, short-jointed, covering
the ground so completely, that in a few months the mother
plants can scarcely be found. To remedy this, the runners
should be cut off* before they have taken root, keeping the
plants free from its encumbrance. By adopting this me-
thod, I have little doubt of this sort being rendered pro-
ductive.
CLASS VI. — Hautbois Strawberries.
The character of this class is to have tall, pale green, ru-
gose leaves, of thin texture ; the scapes tall and strong ; the
fruit middle-sized, pale, greenish white, tinged with dull pur-
ple ; the seeds slightly embedded ; the flavour rnusky.
Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 149.
31. BLACK HAUTBOIS. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 213.
New Hautbois. Ib.
Fruit conical, more lengthened than in the prolific Haut-
bois ; of a very dark, dingy purple colour, when ripe. Seeds
scarcely embedded ; flavour high, and flesh buttery. This
kind is a great bearer, and rather earlier than the others, oc-
casionally producing a few berries in the autumn. It is a
very valuable variety.
32. COBIMON HAUTBOIS. Hart. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 213.
STRAWBERRIES. 313
Oapron Femelle. Dukamel, No. 14. t. 8.
Dioecious Hautbois. Old Hautbois.
Musky Hautbois.. Original Hautbois.
Fruit rather small or middle-sized, spherical, of a pale
greenish white, tinged with dull purple. . Seeds slightly em-
bedded ; flavour musky. The flowers called the males
produce occasionally a small imperfect fruit, with projecting
seeds.
In the Cultivation of Hautbois Strawberries, it will be re-
commended that the plants called males should be wholly
rooted up as useless.
33. GLOBE HAUTBOIS. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p. 212.
Fruit nearly spherical, small, becoming dark purple when
ripe. Seeds prominent. Flesh greenish, firm, with a sepa-
rable core ; flavour good, with the aroma peculiar to the
class.
34. LARGE FLAT HAUTBOIS. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p.
215.
Bath Hautbois. Salter's Haufbois.
Formosa Hautbois. Weymouth Hautbois.
Lowder's Hautbois. White Hautbois.
Fmit large, roundish, depressed, light red, and pale on
the under side. Flesh greenish, without core, juicy, but
though delicate, not so high-flavoured as the other. Seeds
embedded in the skin.
35. PROLIFIC OR CONICAL HAUTBOIS.. Hort. Trans.
Vol. vi. p. 213.
Double Bearing. Regent' s.
Dwarf. Sacombe.
Hermaphrodite. Sir Joseph Banks's*
Hudson's Bay. Spring Grove.
Fruit large, conical, shorter and more obtuse than the
Black Hautbois ; the colour is dark, but not so deep* as in
that. Seeds slightly embedded. Flesh solid, greenish, and
high-flavoured. A very abundant bearer; and it usually
produces a partial second crop, blossoming in August ami
September, and the fruit ripening in October : the autumnal
berries are much larger than the summer ones, and never-
theless high-flavoured. This is by far the best of the Haut-
bois Strawberries; the flowers the largest of the class yet
known, with numerous stamina.
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314 STRAWBERRIES.
CLASS VII. — Scarlet Strawberries.
The type of this class is the Fragaria Virginiana of bo-
tanists. The character is to have the leaves nearly smooth,
dark green, of thin texture, and with sharp pointed serra-
tures ; their fruit, mostly of small size and bright colour,
with the seeds more or less deeply embedded, with ridged
intervals ; the flavour acid, with slight perfume. Hort.
Trans. Vol. vi. p. 147.
36. AMERICAN SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 160.
Black American. 76.
Fruit large, conical, and pointed, with a neck, of a deep
rich shining blood red, rough. Seeds numerous, brownish,
not deeply embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh dark
scarlet, firm, with a core ; flavour rich and agreeable.
37. AUSTRIAN SCARLET.
Cluster Scarlet. Globe Scarlet.
Duke of Kent's Scarlet.* Nova Scotia Scarlet.
Duke of York's Scarlet. Oatlands Scarlet.
Early Prolific Scarlet. Prolific Scarlet.
Fruit nearly globular, of a moderate or rather small size,
of a rich bright scarlet. Seeds deeply embedded, with sharply
ridged intervals. Flesh solid, pale scarlet ; flavour peculiar,
sharp, and pleasant.
This Strawberry is the earliest of all the sorts, ripening at
least a week before the Old Scarlet, and a most abundant
bearer. Its runners are produced very early ; they are nu-
merous, small, and of a reddish colour.
38. AUTUMN SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 176.
Fruit about the size of the Old Scarlet, ovate, with a neck,
of an uniform dark shining red. Seeds yellow, deeply em-
bedded, with rigid intervals. Flesh solid, firm, pale scarlet ;
the flavour good.
39. BISHOP'S SEEDLING SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol.
vi. p. 172.
Fruit of moderate size, round, with a neck, hairy, light
* In the Hort. Trans, this is called the Duke of Kent's Strawberry, and the
Austrian Scarlet one of its synonyms : this I have not adopted, for this simple rea-
son,— it was introduced into this country from Germany in!798. the Duke of Kent'3
from Nova Scotia in 1802. Its priority of introduction, therefore, from Germany,
ia thus established ; and its name as Austrian Scarlet was published in my Cata-
logue of 1815, ten years previously to this part of the Horticultural Transactions
making its appearance.
STRAWBERRIES. 315
scarlet. Seeds deeply embedded, with rigid intervals. Flesh
solid, firm, pale scarlet, with a moderate flavour.
40. BLACK ROSEBERRY. Pom. Mag. 2X).
Fruit of good size, bluntly conical, deep purplish red, and
shining. Seeds slightly embedded, with flattened intervals.
Flesh dark red next the outside, solid, buttery, and juicy,
with a very excellent flavour, differing much from other
strawberries*
41. CARMINE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p. 158.
Carmine Roseberry. Ib.
Fruit large, bluntly conical, with a neck, of a brilliant,
shining, varnished red. Seeds slightly embedded, with sharp
ridged intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, tinted with red, firm,
and very high-flavoured.
42. CHARLOTTE. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p. 155.
Princess Charlotte's Strawberry. Ib.
Fruit middle-sized, round, hairy, of a dark purplish red.
Flesh scarlet, firm, and high-flavoured.
A very moderate bearer, but ripens early.
43. CLUSTERED SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p.
164.
Clustered Wood Pine. Ib.
Fruit of a moderate size, obtusely conical, or nearly
round, very dark purplish red. Seeds of the same colour as
the fruit, unequally embedded between the intervals, which
are sometimes flat and at other times bluntly ridged. Flesh
scarlet, firm, and well-flavoured.
44. COCKSCOMB SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Yol. vi. p.
180.
Fruit large, compressed, with a furrow along the apex,
which appears as a simple indenture when the berry does
not put on a cockscomb shape ; the early berries are com-
pletely cockscombed, so much so as to enclose the calyx
within the fruit by surrounding the end of the peduncle ; co-
lour bright scarlet. Seeds pale, slightly embedded between
flat intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, solid, with a large core,
well-flavoured, but without acid.
45. GARNSTONE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. YoL vi. p.
171.
Fruit middle-sized, round, hairy, with a short neck, of a
rich glossy scarlet. Seeds red, deeply embedded, with round
intervals. Flesh scarlet, firm, with a sharp agreeable fla-
vour,.
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46. GRIMSTONE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p*
166.
Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, of a dark scarlet
colour. Szeds numerous, variously but deeply embedded,
with regular acutely ridged intervals. Flesh solid, pale
scarlet, of excellent flavour, and possessing a peculiar sweet-
ness.
47. GROVE END SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p.
159. Pom. Mag. 7.
Atkinson's Scarlet. Ib.
Wilmot's Early Scarlet.
Fruit of considerable size, depressed, spherical, cf an
uniform bright vermilion colour. Seeds slightly embedded,
between flat intervals, flesh pale scarlet, firm, with a core;
flavour agreeable, and slightly acid.
This is a very excellent Strawberry, an excellent forcer,,
and an abundant bearer; ripening its berries in succession,,
and early.
48. HUDSON'S BAY SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vu
p. 168.
American Scarlet. Late Scarlet.
Hopwood's Scarlet. York River Scarlet.
Hudson's Pine.
Fruit large, with a neck, irregularly shaped, approaching*
to ovate, of a rich dark shining red. Seeds unequal in size,
deeply embedded, with ridged intervals. Flesh pale scarlet^
firm, hollow, with a core ; of a moderate flavour, with much,
acidity.
This should remain unga.hered till it assumes a dark co-
lour and is fully ripe ; otherwise the acid which it contains,
predominates, and injures the flavour of the fruit.
49. KNIGHT'S LARGE SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 178.
American Scarlet. Knight's Scarlet.
Great American Scarlet. Large Scarlet.
Hairy-leaved Scarlet.
Fruit above the middle-size, roundish, or slightly conical,
of a light vermilion colour. Seeds deeply embedded, with
ridged intervals. Flesh nearly white, soft, of a pleasant
flavour.
50. LEWISHAM SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 163.
Scarlet Cluster. Ib.
Fruit small-sized, roundish, with a short neck, of a uni-
form dark, shining, purplish red, growing in clusters, slightly
STRAWBERRIES. 317
hairy. Seeds embedded, but not deep, with flat intervals,
Flesh scarlet, firm, and solid ; the flavour very moderate.
51. METHVEN SCARLET. Hert. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 172.
Methven Castle,, Southampton Scarlet.
Fruit very large, cordate, compressed, inclining to cocks-
comb in the earliest fruit, the late ones conical, dark scar-
let. Seeds pale yellow, not deeply embedded, regularly and
closely set with ridged intervals. Flesh Scarlet, very woolly,
and tasteless, with a large hollow in the centre.
52. MORRISANIA SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p.
162,
Fruil very small, round, dark red, growing in clusters.
Seed's not numerous, more deeply embedded, with wide
rounded intervals. Flesh whitish, soft, with a detached
core ; flavour tolerable.
53. NAIRN'S SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 169.
Fruit of moderate size, irregularly ovate, sometimes with
<i short neck, of a deep rich, shining red. Seeds very deeply
embedded, with sharp intervals. Flesh pale scarlet, firm,
with a core ; the flavour not rich, though agreeable, with less
acid than the Hudson's Bay. It is a good bearer, ripening
rather late.
54. NARROW-LEAVED SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi.
p. 177.
Fruit middle-sized, conical, with a neck, hairy, of a uni-
form bright scarlet. Seeds projecting, with flat intervals.
Flesh firm, solid, pale scar let,, with a tolerably rich flavour.
55. OBLONG SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 153.
Long Scarlet. Padley's Early Scarlet.
Long-fruited Scarlet.
Fruit rapier large, oblong, with a long neck, which part
being without seeds has a peculiar glossy or shining appear-
ance, of a bright light scarlet. Seeds few, deeply embedded,
between ridged intervals. Flesh nearly of the same colour
as the outside, but a little paler, firm, and well-flavoured.
56, OLD SCARLET. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 152.
Scarlet. Langley, p. 120. t. 55. fig. 1.
Ecarlate de Virginie. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5
Early Scarlet Scarlet.
Original Scarlet. Virginian Scarlet.
*rmi : middle-sized, globular, of a uniform light scarlet,
lightly hairy. Seeds deeply embedded, with ridged intervals
Flesh pale scarlet, firm, and high-flavoured. A very eood
bearer, and ripens early.
27*
3iS STRAWBERRIES.
This Strawberry ripened at Twickenham, in 1727,
10, O. S., or May 21, N. S.
57. PITMASTON BLACK SCARLET. Hort. Trans, Vol.
vi.'p. 175.
Early Pitmaston Black. 76.
Fruit of a moderate size, oblong, with a neck, of a dark
purplish red, slightly hairy. Seeds of the same colour as
the fruit on the exposed side, on the other yellow, not deeply
embedded, with rather flat intervals. Flesh tinted with scar-
let, having a small core, tender, sweet,, mixed with a pleasant
acid, and has a little of the raspberry flavour.
58. ROSECERRV. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 380. t. 27.
Vol. vi. p. 156.
Aberdeen. Rose Strawberry.
Aberdeen Seedling. Scotch Scarlet.
Prolific Pine.
F.ruit large, conical and pointed, with a very short neckr
d-irh red, hairy ; the early fruiis assume a cockscomb shape
whore the plants are luxuriant. Seeds yellow, deeply em-
bedded between ridged intervals. Flesh firm, pale scarlet,
with a core ; tho flavour is not rich, it is however agree-
able, and best when fully ripie. It is much admired by many,
and even thought by some superior (o tho Old Scarlet.
5i). SCONE SCARLET Horl Trans. Vol. vi p. 170.
Fruit of a moderate size, round, without a neck, of a light
shining red on the upper side, paler on the other, hairy.
Seeds dark brown, deeply embedded, with round intervals.
Flesh firm, pale pink ; tho flavour sharp, with abundance of
acid.
It is a great bearer, ripening later, and contains more acid
th'.m any other known strawberry.
60. SIR JOSHUA BANK'S SCARLET. Hort Trans. VoL
vi. p. 161.
New Scarlet. Ib.
Fruit of moderate size, oblong, with a neck, the apex
blunt, of a bright scarlet. Seeds nearly prominent, with
very flat intervals. 'Flesh bright scarlet, mm, arid high fla-
voured. This Strawberry is very closely allied with the
Austrian Scarlet, with which it has probably sometimes been
confounded ; it ripens nearly at the same time, and though
not so prolific, yet has a superior flavour.
61. VERNON'S SCARLET, //or/. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 174.
White's Scarlet. Ib.
STRAWBERRIES.
319
Fruit middle-sized, round, dark red, rather hairy. Seeds
slightly embedded, with flat intervals. Flesh pale vermilion,
white in the centre, solid, and well-flavoured.
A good bearer, and ripens early.
62. WILMOT'S LATE SCARLET. Horl. Trans. Vol. iii.
p. 115.
Fruit very large, bluntly conical, irregularly shaped, of a
shining light red. Seeds small, deeply embedded, with ridged
intervals. Flesh white, hollow in the centre ; flavour mode-
rate.
It is a good bearer, ripening late enough to succeed the
Old Scarlet, and producing its berries in succession, so as
to afford a continued supply : to be tasted in perfection, it
should be eaten as soon as gathered.
JVo/e. — In mentioning the size of fruit, it is to be under-
stood that the comparison is only made between those be-
longing to each particular class, and not to those of any
other.
When it is stated that the fruit of the variety under de-
scription has a core, the idea intended to be conveyed is,
that the core readily separates, adhering to the calyx when
the receptacle is removed.
Jl Selection of Strawberries Jor a small Garden.
Austrian Scarlet 37
Black Prince 1 1
Black Roseberry 40
I) own ton 5
Elton Seedling 18
Grove End Seedling 47
Keen's Seedling 21
Large Flat Hautbois 34
Bu.sh Alpine
Red Wood 3
Old Pine
Old Scarlet
Prolific Hautbois
Red Alpine
Roseberry
Sweet Cone
White Alpine
Wihnot's Superb
White Wood
23
56
35
1
58
9
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4
GUIDE
TO THE
ORCHARD A EJ D FRUIT G A tt B E ST.
PART II.
PROPAGATION AND CULTIVATION OF FRUITS,
ADAPTED TO THE AMERICAN CLIMATE.
PRINCIPLES OK HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS, BY JOHNLINDLEY,
F. R. S. &c. &c., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY OF LONDON.
INTRODUCTION.
IN all books upon Gardening, a great variety of modes of
operating are comprehended, each of which has, it may be
supposed, its own peculiar merit under particular circum-
stances. In several the very same mode is repeatedly re-
commended, with slight variations of phraseology, in speak-
ing of many different subjects ; and it has at last become *a
common complaint, among those who seek for information
from books upon horticultural subjects, that they can find
plenty of rules of action, but very few reasons.
No greater boon could be bestowed upon the gardening
world than to reduce all horticultural operations to their first
principles, and to lay bare the naked causes why in one case
one mode of procedure is advisable, and another in another.
But there are few persons who are competent to undertake
this task ; it requires a combination of great physiological
knowledge, with a perfect acquaintance with the common
322
PRINCIPLES OF HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
manipulation of the gardener's art, and much experience in
all the little accidents which are scarcely appreciable by the
most observing cultivator, with which the mere man of sci-
ence can necessarily have no acquaintance, but upon which
the success of a gardener's operations often mainly depends ;
which are to the cultivator signs as certain of the issue of
his experiments, as to the mariner are the almost invisible
changes in the appearance of the heavens by which the wea-
ther is prognosticated.
Deeply impressed with a persuasion of the justice of the
foregoing observations, and sincerely regretting that there
should be no present expectation of such a task being under-
taken by any one fully competent to it, the Editor of this
work ventures to throw himself upon the indulgence of the
public in attempting, not to carry into effect such a plan him-
self, but to sketch out, in regard to the Fruit Garden, what
he thinks the method should be upon which a more compe-
tent-person would do well to proceed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIETIES.
All our fruits, without exception, have been so much ame-
liorated by one circumstance or another, that they no longer
bear any resemblance in' respect of quality to their original.
Who, for instance, would recognise the wild parent of the
Coe's or Green Gage Plum in the savage Sloe, or that of
the RiDstpn and Golden Pippin Apples in the worthless acid
Crab ? Or what resemblance can now be traced between
the delicious Beurre Pears, whose flesh is so succulent, rich,
and melting, and that hard, stony, astringent fruit, which
even birds and animals refuse, to eat? Yet these are un-
doubted cases of improvement resulting from time and skill
patiently and constantly in action. The constant dropping
of water will not more surely wear away the hardest stone,
than will the reason of man in time compel all nature to be-
come subservient to his wants or wishes. But it would be
of little service to mankind that the quality of any fruit should
be improved, unless we found some efficient and certain
mode of multiplying the individuals when obtained. Hence
there are two great considerations to which it is, above all
things, necessary that the attention of the cultivator should
be directed, viz. AMELIORATION and PROPAGATION.
Amelioration consists either in acquiring new and im-
proved varieties of fruit, or in increasing their good qualities
IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIETIES. 323
when acquired. It will be as well to consider these two
subjects separately.
By what means the first tendency to change their nature
was given to domesticated plants, we are entirely ignorant.
It is probable that was originally due to accident, and also
that it was still mere chance which continued to operate
down to very modern times. Philosophers are unacquainted
with the reason why there should be any tendency to varia-
tion from the characters first stamped on any species by
Nature ; but all know that this tendency does exist, and in
a most remarkable degree in many species. There is in
all beings a disposition to deviate from their original nature
when cultivated, or even in a wild state ; but this disposition
is so strong in some as to render them particularly well
adapted to become subject to domestication : for instance,
the dog, the pigeon, and the barn-yard fowl, are cases in
which this tendency is most strongly marked in animals ;
and domesticated fruits are a parallel case in the vegetable
world.
Without, then, vainly endeavouring to discover the first
cause of this disposition to form varieties, let us take it as a
naked fact that the disposition exists. Cultivators increase
this disposition chiefly in two ways : either by constantly se-
lecting the finest existing varieties for seed, or by intermix-
ing the pollen and stigma of two varieties for the purpose of
procuring something of an intermediate nature. The an-*
cients were unacquainted with either of these practices, and
consequently their gardens contained few things which
would now be deemed worthy of cultivation. The power
of obtaining cross-bred varieties at pleasure has only ex-
isted since the discovery of sexes in plants ; but as it exerts
a most extensive influence over alterations in the vegetable
kingdom, it may be considered the most important control-
ing power that we possess.
In solving seeds for the purpose of procuring improved va-
rieties, care should be had, not only that the seeds be taken
from the finest existing kinds ; but also that the. most hand-
some, the largest, and the most perfectly ripened specimens
should be those that supply the seed. A seedling plant will
always partake more or less of the character of its parent,
the qualities of which are concentrated in the embryo when
it has arrived at full maturity. How this concentration takes
place, we are as ignorant as why certain constitutional pe-
culiarities are in men transferred from father to son, and
324 CROSS FERTILIZATION.
from generation to generation ; but we know that it does
take place. Now if the general qualities of a given variety
are concentrated in the embryo under any circumstances, it
is reasonable to suppose that they will be most especially
concentrated in a seed taken from that part of a tree in which
its peculiar good qualities reside in the highest degree. For
instance, in the fruit of an apple growing upon a north wall
there is a smaller formation of sugar than in the same variety
growing on a south wall ; and it can be easily understood
that the seed of that fruit which is itself least capable of form-
ing saccharine secretions, will require from its parent a less
power of the same nature than if it had been formed within
a fruit in which the saccharine principle was abundant. It
should therefore be always an object with a gardener, in se-
lecting a variety to become the parent of a new sort, to sti-
mulate that variety by every means in his power to produce
the largest and the most fully ripened fruit that it is capable
of bearing. The importance of doing this is well known in
regard to melons and cucumbers, and also in preserving fu-
gitive varieties of flowers ; but it is not generally practised
in raisins fruit trees.
CROSS FERTILIZATION.
The power of procuring intermediate varieties by the inter-
mixture of the pollen and stigma of two different parents is,
however, that which most deserves consideration. We all
know that hybrid plants are constantly produced in every gar-
den, and that improvements of the most remarkable kind are
yearly occurring in consequence. Experiments are, however,
it may be supposed, sometimes made without the operator
being exactly aware either of the precise nature of the ac-
tion to which he is trusting for success, or of the limits with-
in which his experiments should be confined.
Cross fertilization is effected, as every one knows, by tho
action of the pollen of one plant upon the stigma of another.
The nature of this action is highly curious. Pollen consists
of extremely minute hollow balls or bodies ; their cavity is
filled with fluid, in which swim particles of a figure varying
from spherical to oblong, and having an apparently sponta-
neous motion. The stigma is composed of very lax tissue,
the intercellular passages of which have a greater diameter
than the moving particles of the pollen.
CROSS FERTILIZATION. 325
When a grain of pollen comes in contact with the stigma,
it bursts and discharges its contents among the lax tissue
upon which it has fallen. The moving particles descend
through the tissue of the style, until one, or sometimes more,
of them finds its way, by routes specially destined by nature
for this service, into a little opening in the integuments of
the ovulum or young seed. Once deposited there, the par-
ticle swells, increases gradually in size, separates into radicle
and cotyledons, and finally becomes the embryo, — that part
which is to give birth, when the seed is sown, to a new in-
dividual.
Such being the mode in which the pollen influences the
stigma, and subsequently the seed, a practical consequence
of great importance necessarily follows, viz. that in all cases
of cross fertilization the new variety will take chiefly after
its polliniferous or male parent ; and that at the same time it
will acquire some of the constitutional peculiarities of its mo-
ther.* Thus, the male parent of the Downton Strawberry
was the Old Black, the female a kind of Scarlet ; in Coe'a
Golden Drop Plum, the father was the Yellow Magnum •
Bonum, the mother the Green Gage ; and in the Elton
Cherry the White Heart was the male parent, and the Graf-
fion the female.
The limits within which experiments of this kind must be
confined are, however, narrow. It seems that cross fertili-
zation will not take place at all, or very rarely, between dif-
ferent species, unless these species are nearly related to
each other : and that the offspring of the two distinct spe-
cies is itself sterile, or if jjP possesses the power of multiply-
ing itself by seed, its progeny returns back to the state of
one or other of its parents. Hence it seldom or never has
happened that domesticated fruits have had such an origin.
We have no varieties raised bet ween the Apple and the Pear,
or the Quince and the latter, or the Plum and Cherry, or the
Gooseberry and the Currant. On the other hand, new va-
rieties obtained by the intermixture of two pre-existing va-
rieties are not less prolific, but, on the contrary, often more
so than either of their parents ; witness the numerous sorts
of Flemish Pears which have been raised by cross fertiliza-
tion from bad bearers, within the last twenty years, and
which are the most prolific fruit trees with which gardeners
* In early crosses between distinct specief this is particularly manifest ; bat
in those of varieties long domesticated it is less apparent, Iho distinctions betweou
the parents themselves being less fixed, and less clearly marked
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826 TO CAUSE FRUITFULNESS.
are acquainted ; witness also Mr. Knight's Cherries, raised
between the May Duke and the Graffion, and the Coe's
Plum already mentioned.
It is, therefore, to the intermixture of the most valuable
existing varieties of fruit that gardeners should trust for the
amelioration, of their stock. By this operation, the pears
that are in eating in the spring have been rendered as deli-
cious and as fertile as those of the autumn ; and there is no
apparent reason why those very early, but worthless sorts, such
as the Muscat Robert, which usher in the season of pears^
should not be brought to a similar, state of perfection.
There is no kind of fruit, however delicious, that may not
be deteriorated, or however worthless, that may not be ame-
liorated, by particular modes of management ; so that after
a given vari3ty shall have besn created, its merits may still be
either elicited or destroyed by the cultivator. In this place
those practices only need be considered that tend to improve-
ment.
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Some fruits of excellent quality are bad bearers : this de-
fect is remedied by a variety of different methods, such as,
1. By ringing the bark; 2. By bending branches dmvn-
wnrds ; 3. By training; and, 4. By the use of different
kinds of stocks. All these practices are intended to produce
exactly the same effect by different ways. Physiologists
know that whatever tends to cause a rapid diffusion of the
gap and secretions of any plant, Causes also the formation
of leaf buds instead of flower budS ; and that whatever, on
the contrary, tends to cause an accumulation of sap and se-
cretions, has the effect of producing flower buds in abun-
dance. This circumstance, which at-first sight seems to be
difficult to account for physiologically, is no doubt to be ex-
plained by the difference between leaf buds and flower buds
themselves. In a leaf bud, all the appendages or leaves
are in a high state of development, and the central part or
axis, around which they are arranged, has a tendency to ex-
tend itself in the form of a branch as soon as the necessary
gtimulus has been communicated to the system by the light
and warmth of spring. In a flower bud, the appendages OP
leaves are in that imperfectly formed, contracted state, which
we name calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistilla ; and the cen-
tral part around which they are arranged has itself no tenden-
TO CAUSE FRUITFULNESS. 327
cy to elongate under the influence of the usual stimulants.
Hence a flower bud or flower, is nothing but a contracted
branch ; as is proved by the occasional elongation of the
axis in flowers that expand during unusually hot damp wea-
ther late in the spring, becoming branches, bearing .sepals
and petals instead of leaves. It is, therefore, easily to be
understood why, so long as all the motions in the fluids and
secretions of the tree go on rapidly, with vigour, and without
interruption j only rudiments of branches (or leaf buds) should
be formed ; and why, on the other hand, when the former
become languid, and the parts are formed slowly, bodies of a
contracted nature, with no disposition to extension, (or flower
buds,) should appear.
It will be found that the success of the practices above
enumerated, to which the gardener has recourse, in order to
increase the fertility of his fruit trees, is to be explained by
what has just been said. In ringing fruit trees,* a cylinder
of bark is cut from the branch, by which means the return of
the elaborated juices from the leaves down the bark is cut
off, and all that would have been expended below the annu-
lar incision is confined to the branch above it. This pro-
duces an accumulation of proper juice ; and flower buds, or
fertility, are the result. But there is a defect in this prac-
tice, to which want of success in many cases is no doubt
to be attributed. ' Although .the returning fluid is found to
accumulate above the annular incision, yet the ascending
sap flows along the albernum into the buds with nearly as
much rapidity as ever, so that the accumulation is but im-
perfectly produced. On this account the second practice,
of bending branches downwards, is found to be attended
with more certain consequences. The effect of turning the
branches of a tree from their natural position to a pendulous
or a horizontal one is, to impede both the ascent and the des-
cent of the fluids in a gradual but certain manner. The tissue
of which branches are composed is certainly permeable to
fluids in every direction ; and there can be no doubt that
the vital action of the vessels of a plant is performed both in
the natural and in an inverted position. So long as that erect
direction of the branches which is natural to them is exactly
maintained, the flow of their fluids, being subject to no in-
terruptions, will take place in the freest possible manner ;
°Peration 8llould *>* resorted to with great care, or the branches may
jt appears to me a foolish experiment Am. Ed.
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but the moment this natural direction is deviated from, the
vessels become more or less compressed, their action is im-
peded, and finally, if the inversion is perfect, it becomes so
slow that an accumulation of the proper juices necessarily
takes place through every part of the system.
One of the objects of training is to produce the same ef-
fect. Branches are bent more or less from their naturally
erect position ; their motion, in consequence of the ac-
tion of winds upon them, which is known to facilitate the
movement of the fluids, is totally destroyed ; and hence
arises the accumulation of proper juice which is necessary
to their fertility. Nor is the influence of the stock of an es-
sentially different nature. In proportion as the scion and
the stock approach each other closely in constitution, the
less effect is produced by the latter ; and on the contrary,
in proportion to the constitutional difference between the
stock and the scion, is the effect of the former important.
Thus, when Pears are grafted or budded on the wild spe-
cies, Apples upon Crabs, Plums upon Plums, and Peaches
upon Peaches or Almonds, the scion is, in regard to fertili-
ty, exactly in the same state as if it had not been grafted at
all. While, on the other hand, a great increase of fertility
is the result of grafting Pears upon Quinces, Peaches upon
Plums, Apples upon Whitethorn,* and the like. In these
latter cases, the food absorbed from the earth by the root of
the stock is communicated slowly and unwillingly to the
scion ; under- no circumstances is the communication be-
tween the one and the other as free and perfect as if their
. natures had been more nearly the same ; the sap is impe-
ded in its ascent, and the proper juices are impeded in their
descent, whence arises that accumulation of secretion which
is sure to be attended by increased fertility. N o other in-
fluence than this can be exercised by the scion upon the
stock. Those who fancy that the contrary takes place ;
that the Quince, for instance, communicates some portion
of its austerity to the Pear, can scarcely have considered the
question physiologically, or they would have seen that the
whole of the food communicated from the albernum of the
Quince to that of the Pear ig in nearly the same state as
when it entered the roots of the former. Whatever elabora-
tion it undergoes must necessarily take place in the foliage
of the Pear ; where, far from the influence of the Quince,
* This is probably a mistake : " Whitethorn" could not have been intended.
Bo should have said Paradise or Doucin stock.
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secretions natural to the variety go on with no more inter-
ruption than if the Quince formed no part of the system of
the individual.
If we consider upon what principle the flavour oj particu-
lar fruits may be improved, we shall find that it is entirely
due to the increased action of the vital functions of leaves.
When the sap is first communicated by the stem to the leaves,
it has experienced but few chemical changes since it first
entered the roots. Such changes as it has undergone have
been due rather to the solution of some of the pre-existing
peculiar secretions of the individual by the sap in its way
upwards through the albernum, than to any other cause.
As soon, however, as it enters the leaves, it becomes alter-
ed in a variety of ways, by the combined action of air, and
light, and evaporation; for which purposes the leaf is ad-
mirably adapted by its anatomical structure. Thus altered
in the leaves, it ceases to be what we call sap, but becomes
the proper juice ; or, in other words, acquires the peculiar
character of the final secretions of the individual from which
it is formed. Discharged by the leaves into the bark, it is
thence conveyed by myriads. of channels of cellular sub-
stance throughout the whole system. From these secre-
tions, of whatever nature they may be, the fruit has the
power of attracting such portions as are necessary for its
maturation. Hence it follows, that the more we can increase
the peculiar secretions of a plant, the higher will become the
quality of its fruit ; and that, on the other hand, the less the
plant is in condition to form those secretions, the less will
be the quality of the fruit. It is for the purpose of produ-
cing the former effect that pruning and training trees are
more especially destined. In pruning, we remove all those
superfluous branches which overshadowed the remainder,
and we endeavour to expose every part to the ireest action
of light and air. In training, the same thing takes place,
but is increased ; there is not a branch that is not fully
exposed to the most d'rect rays of light, and to the freest cir-
culation of air, and even to the unimpeded action of the sun
in aspects exposed to the south, east or west. This action is
obviously most powerful on the south, and hence the higher
quality of fruits matured upon that exposure than on any
other ; while, on the other hand, fruits raised upon a northern
aspect are well known to be less highly flavoured than those
from even an open standard. For a similar reason, forced
fruits, which are obtained at a period when there is little
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PROPAGATION.
light, cannot be compared with those which are matured
in the full blaze of a summer sun ; and hence melons grown
in frames covered with mats, and carefully excluded from
the influence of that solar light which is indispensable to
them, have, whatever may be their external beauty, none of
that luscious flavour which the melon,- when well cultiva-
ted, possesses in so eminent a degree.
.
PROPAGATION.
The nex't subject of consideration is the mode of multiply-
ing improved varieties of fruit, so as to continue in the pro-
geny exactly the same qualities as existed in the parent.
*UnJess we have the power of doing this readily, the advan-
tages of procuring improved races wculd be very much cir-
cumscribed ; and the art of horticulture, in this respect, would
be one of the greatest uncertainty. The usual mode of in-
creasing plants, that mode which has been more especially
provided by nature, is by seeds ; but, while seeds increase
the species without error, the peculiarities of varieties can
rarely be perpetuated in the same manner. In order to
secure the multiplication of a. variety, with all its qualities
unaltered, it is necessary that portions should be detached
from the original individual, and converted into new indi-
viduals, each to undergo a similar dismemberment, with
similar consequences. It happens that while in animals
this is impracticable, except in the case of polypes, the sys-
tem of life in a plant is, of all others, the best adapted to such
a purpose. We are accustomed to consider individual
plants of exactly the same nature as individual animals : this
i.-?, however, a vulgar error, which is dissipated by the slight-
est inquiry into the nature of a plant. A plant is really an
animated body, composed of infinite multitudes of systems
of life ; all, indeed, united in a whole, but each having an
independent existence. When, therefore, any number of
these systems of life is removed, those which remain, as
well as those which are separated, will, under fitting cir-
cumstances, continue to perform their natural functions as
well as if no union i3etween them had ever existed. These
systems of life are buds, each having a power of emitting
descending fibres in the form of roots, and also of ascending
in the form of stem. The first of these buds is the embryo ;
the others are subsequently formed on the stem emitted by
the embryo. Ac these secondary buds develop, their de-
PROPAGATION BY EYES. CUTTINGS. 331
scending roots combine and form the wood, their ascending
stems give rise again tcf new buds.. These buds are all ex-
actly like each other : they have the same constitution, the
same organic structure, and the individuals they are capa-
ble of producing are, consequently, all identically the same ;
allowance, of course, being made for such accidental inju-
ries or alterations as they may sustain during their subse-
quent growth. It is upon the existence of such a remark-
able physiological peculiarity in plants, that propagation en-
tirely depends ; an evident proof of which may be seen in
this circumstance. Take a cutting of^p, vine consisting only
of the space which lies between two buds, or an internodium,
as botanists would call such a'*piece, and no art will succeed
in ever making it becpme a new plant, no matter how con-
siderable the size of the internodium may he.*" But, on the
other hand, take the bud of a vine without any portion of the
stem adhering to it, and it will throw out stem and root, and
become a new plant immediately. If we examine the various
modes employed in horticulture for propagating plants, we
shall find that, however different they may be in appearance,
they all consist in the application of these principles under
various forms. It will be most convenient to consider these
methods separately.
Propagation is effected by the arts of Increasing by Eyes,
Striking from Cuttings, Laying, Budding, and Grafting.
PROPAGATION BY EYES.
Increasing by Eyes is the simplest of all these methods :
it consists in nothing but extracting a single system of life,
or a bud> from a given plant, placing it in due heat and
moisture, and surrounding it with fitting food, and thus caus-
ing it to grow as a solitary individual, instead of as one of
the community to which it originally belonged.
CUTTINGS.
Striking from Cuttings is a slight modification of the last
method. Instead of taking a single bud, a stem containing
two, three, or more buds, is placed in circumstances fitted
* This is, of course, said without .reference to the power which some plant*
possess of developing latent buds, — a subject which is foreign to the present in-
quiry.
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for the maintenance of its life. In this case, the chances of
Success are increased by the additional number of buds
which are the subject of experiment. That bud which is
the nearest the bottom of the cutting emits its roots at once
into the earth, and so establishes a communication between
the general system of the cutting and the medium from
which its food is to be derived. The other buds, by push-
ing their stems upwards into light, attract the nutriment ab-
sorbed by the roots, and so stimulate the latter to increased
action. Ultimately, the roots of all the buds descend be-
tween the bark and the wood until they reach the earth, into
which they finally pass, like those of the first bud. There
is another circumstance which renders the operation of
striking plants from cuttings less precarious than from eyes.
In both cases, the buds have, at the outset, to feed upon
matter in their vicinity, until they shall have formed roots
which are capable of absorbing food from the earth ; but in
eyes, the nutritive matter can exist only in such portions of
the stem as may have been cut away with themselves ; while,
on the other hand, in cuttings, the stern itself forms an im-
portant reservoir of nutriment. This is a consideration, the
practical importance of which will be obvious to every cul-
tivator. As it is from the buds alone of cuttings that roots
proceed, it follows, that in cases of difficulty, when plants
strike .unwillingly, any thing which may facilitate the imme-
diate introduction of roots into the soil will be advantageous.
It is for this reason that a good operator always takes care,
that the lower end of his cutting is pared down as close to
the base of a bud as may be practicable without actually de-
stroying any part of the bud itself; by this means the first
emitted roots, instead of having to find their way downwards
between the bark and wood, strike at once into the earth,
and become a natural channel by which nutriment is con-
veyed into the general system of the cutting.
LAYERS.
Laying is nothing but striking from cuttings that are still
allowed to maintain their connexion with the mother plant
by means of a portion at least of their stem. Where roots
are emitted with great readiness, simply bending a branch
into the soil, leaving its point above ground, is sufficient to
ensure the success of the operation ; but in cases of diffi-
culty other expedients are resorted to, all which will still b©
BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 333
found to have reference to the emission of roots by buds.
One common practice is, to head down the branch that is
laid into the earth ;. this is to call into action the buds below
the incision, by stopping the general axis of development.
Another method is to tongue the layer, that is, to split the
stem just up to the origin of a bud ; a practice that has the
effect of enabling the roots to be emitted into the soil through
the wound more readily than if they had to pierce through
the bark ; the resistance offered to their passage through the
bark is in many cases so great as to compel them to con-
tinue to make wood rather than to appear in the form that is
necessary for the success of the cultivator.
BUDDING AND GRAFTING.
Budding and Grafting are operations that equally depend
for their success upon the property that buds possess of
shooting roots downwards and stems upwards ; but in these
practices the roots strike between the bark and wood of the
stock, instead of into the earth, and form new layers of wood
instead of subterranean fibres. The success of such prac-
tices, however, depends upon other causes than those which
influence the growth of cuttings. It is necessary that an
adhesion should take place'between the scion .and the stock,
so that when the descending fibres of the buds shall have
fixed themselves upon the wood of the stock, they may not
be liable to subsequent separation. No one can have stu-
died the economy of the vegetable kingdom without having
remarked that there is a strong tendency to cohesion in bo*
dies or parts that are placed in contact with each other.
GRAFTING.
Two stems are tied together for some purpose: when the
ligature is removed, they are found to have grown into one:
two Cucumbers accidentally placed side by side, or two Ap-
ples growing in contact with each other, form double Cu-
cumbers or double Apples ; and most of the normal modi-
fications, of the leaves, floral envelopes, or fertilizing organs,
are due to various degrees of cohesion in contiguous parts.
This cohesion will be always found to take place in the eel-
lural tissue only, and never in the vascular tissue. In the
stems of all such trees as are grafted by orchardists, the cel-
lular tissue is found alive only in the medullary rays and the
834 BUDDING.
liber ; it is therefore essential, in the first place, that those
parts, both in the stock and the scion, should be placed in
contact. In regard to the medullary rays, these are so nu-
merous and so closely placed that it is scarcely possible that
a portion of one stem should be applied to another without
the medullary rays of both touching each other at many
points. No car,e, therefore, is required to ensure this, which
may be safely left to chance. But in regard to the liber,
or inner bark, as this is confined to a narrow strip in both
stock and scion, great care must be taken that they are both
placed as exactly in contact with each other as possible, so
that the line of separation of the wood and bark should, in
both stock and scion, be accurately adjusted. The success
of grafting depends very much upon attention to this. But
there are other reasons why this accuracy in adjusting the
line between the bark and wood of the stock and scion is so
important. It is at that part that the roots of the latter pass
downwards over the former ; and it is also there that the
substance called cambium, which serves as food for the
young descending fibres, is secreted. It is obvious, that
the more accurate the adjustment of the line separating the
wood from the bark, the more ready will be the transmission
of young. fibres from the one to the other ; and that the less
twS Accuracy that may be observed in this respect, the greater
the difficulty of such transmission will be. Provided the
stock and scion be of exactly the same size, the adjustment
can scarcely fail to be accurate in the most unskilful hands;
it is in the more common case of the scion being much
smaller than the stock, that this is to be most particularly
attende'd to.
BUDDING.
Budding differs from grafting in this, that a portion of a
stem is not made to strike root on another stem, but that, on
the contrary, a bud deprived of all trace of the woody part
of a stem is introduced beneath the bark of the stock, and
there induced to strike root. In this operation no care is
requisite in securing the exact contact of similar parts, and
a free channel for the transmission of the roots of the bud
between the bark and wood of the stock ; for, from the very
nature of the operation of budding, this must of necessity be
ensured. The bark of the bud readily coheres with the
wood of the stock., and secures the bud itself against all ac-
TRANSPLANTING. 335
cident or injury. But if precautions of the same nature as
iii grafting are not requisite in budding, others are of no less
moment. It is indispensable that the bud which is employed
should be fully formed, or what gardeners call ripe ; if it is
imperfectly formed, or unripe, it may not be capable of that
subsequent elongation upwards and downwards upon which
the whole success of the practice depends. Secondly, great
care should be taken, in raising the bark of the stock for the
insertion of the bud, that the cambium be not disturbed or
injured. The cambium is a secretion between the wood and
bark, not only destined to support the descending fibres of
the buds, but also to generate the new cellular substance
within wh4teh the descending fibres are finally found imbed-
ded. If, in the preparation of the bark for receiving the bud,
this cambium be injured or disturbed, it becomes much less
capable of effecting the cohesion that is necessary, than if
uninjured. In budding, therefore, the bark should be care-
fully lifted up, and not forced from the wood with a bone oir
metal blade, as is usually the case ; for although it is no
doubt true, that an operation clumsily performed will often
succeed, yet it should be remembered, that if skilfully man-
aged it would be attended with much more perfect success ;
and that a habit of constantly operating with delicacy will
enable a gardener to succeed with certainty in cases in which
a bungling practitioner would be sure to fail. Little do those
who crush with rude hands the tender limbs of plants, reflect
how delicate is that organization upon which the life of theur
victim is dependent.
TRANSPLANTING.
Transplanting is, perhaps, that operation in which the
greatest difficulty is generally found to exist, and in which
the causes of success or failure are often the least under-
stood.
Volumes have been written on the subject, and the whole
range of vegetable physiology has been called in aid of the
explanation of the theory; yet I am much mistaken if it
cannot be proved to depend exclusively upon the two fol-
lowing circumstances : 1. The preservation of the, spon-
gioles of the roots; and, 2. The prevention of excessive eva-
poration.
It is well known that plants feed upon fluid contained in
the soil, and that their roots are the mouths through which
the food is conveyed into their body. But the absorp-
336 TRANSPLANTING.
tion of fluid does not take place either by all the surface of
their roots, nor even of their fibres, but only by the extremi-
ties of the latter, consisting of bundles of vessels surrounded
by cellular tissue in a very lax spongy state, whence those
extremities are called spongioles; That it is only through the
spongioles that absorption to any amount takes place, ia
easily shown by growing a plant in water and alternately
preventing the action of the spongioles, when languor and a
cessation of vital action comes on, and preventing the action
of the general surface of the roots, leaving the spongioles
at liberty, when the vital energies are immediately renewed.
These spongioles are exceedingly delicate in their organi-
zation, and a very slight degree of violence destroys them.
It is scarcely possible to remove the soil from the rcots with-
out injuring them in some degree, and if transplantation is
effected violently or carelessly, they are in a great measure
destroyed. In proportion to the size or age of a tree, is the
difficulty of preserving them increased ; and hence, at the
same time, the difficulty of transplantation is augmented. If,
by any method, the spongioles could be preserved unharmed,
there would be no reason whatever why the largest forest
tree should not be removed as easily as the young plants in
a nursery ; but their preservation in such cases is impossi-
ble, and therefore the transplantation of trees of great mag-
nitude cannot be effected. It is because of the security of
the spongioles from injury when the earth is undisturbed,
that plants reared in pots are transplanted with so much more
success than if taken immediately from the soil. Hence,
also, when earth is frozen into a huge ball around the root of
a plant, transplantation is effected with the same kind of cer-
tainty. The practice of cutting the roots of large trees the
year previous to removing them, is attended with success for
a similar reason. Wherever the roots are cut through, the
new fibres which are emitted, provided a plant is in health,
in short tufts, and each terminated by a spongiole, are much
more easily taken out of the ground without injury than if
they were longer and more scattered- among the soil. When
destroyed, the spongioles are often speedily replaced, parti-
cularly in orchard trees, provided a slight degree of growth
continues to be maintained. This is one of the reasong
why trees removed in October succeed better. than if trans-
planted at any other time. The growth of a tree at that
season is not quite over ; and the first impulse of nature,
EVAPORATION. 337
when the tree finds itself in a new situation, is to create new
mouths by which to feed when the season for growing again
returns.
EVAPORATION.
Evaporation takes place in plants to an inconceivable de-
gree in certain circumstances. It is known by the experi-
ments of Dr. Hales, that a sunflower plant will lose as much
as 1 Ib. 14 oz. by perspiration in twelve hours ; and that in
general, " in equal surfaces and equal times, a man would
perspire ^¥, the plant yJ-^, or as 50 : 15 ;" and that taking
all things into account, a sunflower perspires 17 times more
than a man. The same most accurate observer found
that a cabbage perspired in twelve hours 1 Ib. 9oz. ; a Pa-
radise Stock in a pot, 11 ounces ; and a Lemon Plant 8 oz.
Guettard states that he found Cornus Mascula perspire twice
its own weight in a day ; and Mr. Knight has remarked a
Vine in a hot day losing moisture with such rapidity that a
glass placed under one of its leaves was speedily covered
with dew, and in half an hour the perspiration was running
off the glass. In damp or wet weather this evaporation is
least ; in hot dry weather it is greatest. This loss has all
to be supplied by the moisture introduced into the system
by the spongioles ; and hence, if the spongioles are destroy-
ed, and evaporation takes place before they can be replaced,
a plant must necessarily die. This is the reason why decidu-
ous trees cannot be transplanted when in leaf; it is impossi-
ble to remove them without injuring their spongioles, and it
is equally impossible to hinder the evaporation by their
leaves : but if they are kept in pots, it matters not at what
season their removal takes place, because as their spon-
gioles are then uninjured, even excessive evaporation would
be made good by their action. It is well known that cer-
tain evergreens, such as Hollies, Laurels, &c., can be
transplanted in almost all months ;* this arises from their
perspiration being much less copious than in deciduous
trees, wherefore the spongioles have less difficulty in sup-
plying the loss occasioned by it; yet even evergreens
cannot be removed in the hottest months in the year, be-
* Not exactly'correct : Evergreens, no more than deciduous trees can he trans-
planted at all periods, nor " in almost all months." In their growing season, they
generally grow very rapidly, and at these periods removal of them would be very
dangerous, if not fatal. jm. Ed.
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338 APPLES.
cause then the action of such spongioles as may be saved
in the operation would not be sufficient to supply the waste
by evaporation. Plants first beginning to grow in the spring
with their leaves just turning green, are in a most unfit state
to remove ; for, when transplanted, their roots will not have
time to form a sufficient number of new spongioles to sup-
ply the loss to which the rapid perspiration by the leaves at
that season will give rise. It' is upon this same principle,
that if deciduous plants are taken from the ground in the
summer, they are put into pots and placed in a hot-bed to
recover ; not for the sake of the heat, but because the at-
mosphere of a hot-bed is so charged with humidity that per-
spiration cannot go on, so that the vital energies of the plant
instead of being wasted by evaporation, are directed to the
formation of new mouths by which to feed.
This is but a brief outline of what the principles are upon
which the common operations of the Fruit Garden depend ;
yet it is hoped that it may not be without its use in calling
attention to the rationalia of what may seem extremely sim-
ple and well-understood practices, but which are undoubt-
edly neither so perfect, nor generally so skilfully performed,
as to be incapable of amendment.
CHAPTER I.
ON THE CULTIVATION OP APPLES.
SECT. I. — Standard Trees for Orchards.
BY THE EDITOR.
Propagation.
The stocks necessary for this purpose should be raised
from the seed, which may be procured from the cider-mill,
and ought to be sifted out of the pumice, washed clean
and dried, which is a far better way than the slovenly mode
of using the pumice and seed together, as is sometimes
done. Early in the spring, or as soon as the frost is out
of the ground, having a good piece of ground well dug
and prepared, with a hoe draw shallow drills about a foot
or eighteen inches apart, sow the seed thin and even in the
drills, cover in the drills with the earth, settling it well down
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with the feet ; rake the bed smooth : afterwards the only
care will be to keep them clean from weeds.
The next spring it will be best to take them all up, shorten
the ends of the roots, and sort them, so as to have them as
near of a size in each row as possible. Having the nursery
ground ready, proceed to plant them in rows, about four
feet apart, and about two feet from plant to plant in the row,
here they may remain two years, and the only care required
will be to keep them free from weeds until they are fit for
grafting.
Grafting.
The most expeditious mode of performing this operation
in the nursery, is by heading the stocks down to the ground,
and having the scions of such sorts as are required, in readi-
ness, make a cut in the stock, first sloping it off, then take
the scion or graft, sloping it off in the same manner so as to
form a splice ; make a split upwards in the scion, and down-
wards in the stock, and tongue them together, so that the
bark of the graft may meet and join well with the bark of
the stock : then apply a string of bass matting around
the parts so joined to keep them together, afterwards with a
hoe draw up the earth so as to cover the place of contact
with the mould.
When the grafts are well taken, untie the string before it
cuts much in the stock, and the work is performed.
This operation is termed whip- grafting ; and, in fact,
every other species of grafting, however varied, and by what-
ever name called, is nothing more in reality than the simple
principle of cutting off a piece of the bark of the stock and a
piece of the bark of the graft, tying them together, and ex-
cluding the external air from the wound until it heals, when
by a natural process the graft will be united to the stock.
If trees require to be grafted to a standard height, the
operation and the principles are the same, only some graft-
ing clay, or a composition of wax, rosin, and tallow, must be
used to exclude the external air. As many sorts of compo-
sitions have been proscribed, my impression is that nothing
more is required than to exclude the air ; whatever answers
this purpose best is all that is required. The composition
of Forsyth, (of which so much has been said,) I admit, is
very excellent ; the principle article of the composition, viz.
cow-dung, was known hundreds of years before Forsyth
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was born, and applied as a plaster on trees from which
large branches had been cut off: it forms by exposure a
crust in a day or two ; when this is done it is not liable to
be washed away until the wound is healed. Mr. Forsyth's
addition of sifted lime rubbish would answer a good pur-
pose for hardening it sooner ; the bone-ashes and the rest of
the flourish were not amiss : the best part of it, how-
ever, was several thousand pounds obtained from the British
House of Commons. But to return : after the grafted trees
are fit to transplant, which in the first instance will be two
years, and in the other, the head may be formed at once,
and transplanted in the fall or spring following, where they
are to remain for fruiting. — Jim. Ed.
k There are only two kinds of stocks on which it is desira-
ble to propagate the apple : the first is that for our most vi-
gorous and hardy sorts for orchard planting, as before de-
scribed ; the second for our more tender and delicate des-
sert apples, for dwarf trees, and espaliers, for the garden.
This last is most generally, in our nurseries, called the Pa-
radise stock, although widely different from the Pomme
Paradis of the French, a sort not worth growing in this
country.*
In the cider counties, the stock is generally trained up
standard high, and when gfrown sufficiently large for the
purpose, it is grafted the height at which it is intended the
head of the tree should be formed : mis is generally from
seven to eight feet from the ground. In the nurseries, all
the apples intended for standards are grafted about nine
inches high only, allowing them to grow up standard high,
and forming the head upon the second year's shoot ; but in-
stead of grafting them, a much better method is to bud them,
as they make much better trees in the same length of time.
This latter practice is recommended for standards only,
as I have always found grafted plants of apples, and also
those of pears, plums, and cherries, far superior for dwarfs
to those which have been raised from buds.
•
Transplanting.
With regard to pruning, training, and general manage-
ment of fruit trees of every description, I wish it to be fully
understood, that they cannot be removed from the nursery
* See the note on these stocks, p. 342. — Am. Ed.
.'
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too soon after the wood has become ripe, and the leaves
fallen off ; for between this time and the winter many of
them will make fresh roots, and be prepared to .push forth
their young shoots with much more vigour in the spring,
than those whose transplanting has been deferred till a late
period of the season.
It should, therefore, be constantly borne in mind, that
where the greatest success is desired in forming new plan-
tations of trees, whether in the orchard or the garden, such
necessary precautions should not be lost sight of, in order to
secure it.
The first step to be taken, in order to the accomplish-
ment of this object, is an early and effectual preparation of
the soil; and the next, an early transplanting of the trees;
the rest will depend upon their subsequent management.
On this latter subject I shall give a few short, and, I hope,
intelligible directions, under the different heads as they o<>
cur, in addition to what has been said when treating of their
propagation.
Open Standards.
Such trees as are intended for open standards, should be
young, clean, and healthy; their stems should be straight,
and 'their heads should consist of not less than three, nor
more than four branches, equal in strength, and regularly
placed : these will be sufficient to form the principal limbs,
for the support of the largest heads that can be required.
The trees should be staked as soon as planted, in order
to keep them upright, and to secure them against violent
winds. They should not be headed down the first year,
nor will they require to be headed down afterwards, in
such trees whose growth is upright ; but such as are of a
pendent growth should remain till they are well established
in the ground ; and may then be headed down, leaving the
branches nine or twelve inches long ; when the young shoots
will assume a more upright direction. At the end of
the year these should be thinned out, selecting thos«
which are the best placed and most regular in their growth
for forming the future head. After this, nothing more will
be necessary than to look them over from time to time, cut-
ting out carefully any superabundant branches which may
appear, particularly those which have a tendency to injure
the proper figure of the head, or are likely to become
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stronger than the rest : these latter, if suffered to remain,
will injure any description of tree, whether it be a standard,
or an espalier.
SECT. II. — Open Dwarfs for Gardens.
Open dwarfs are such as are generally planted on the bor-
ders, or in the quarters of the garden, and consist of such as
are intended to furnish fruit for the dessert only : those for
the kitchen more properly belong to the orchard department.
Besides, open dwarfs should consist of those kinds whose
wood is short, slender, and easily kept within a moderate
compass : this latter object is accomplished more effectu-
ally by grafting them upon the Doucin stock.* Trees for
this purpose should have their branches of an equal strength :
those which have been grafted one year, or what are termed
by nurserymen maiden plants, are the best ; they should
not be cut down when planted, but should stand a year, and
then be headed down to the length of four or six inches, ac-
cording to their strength ; these will produce three or four
shoots from each cut-down branch, which will be sufficient
to form a head. At the end of the second year, two or
three of the best placed of these from each branch should
be selected, and shortened back to nine, twelve, or fifteen
inches each, according to their strength, taking care to keep
the head perfectly balanced, (if the expression may be allow-
ed,) so that one side shall not be higher nor more numerous
in its branches than the other, and all must be kept as near
as may be at an equal distance from each other. If this re-
* The stocks on which Apples should be budded or grafted to form open Dwarfs
or Espaliers, are the two following :
1. The PARADISE APPLE. This is a very dwarf growing tree. Fruit of a me-
dium size, round, and flattened atthe ends. Eye .closed and sunk in an even basin.
Stalk slender, sunk in a deep cavity.. Skin a light yellow. Flesh soft and tender.
Juice sweet, though not in abundance.
Ripe about the middle of July.
This is the most dwarf Apple known, and the best when very dwarf trees are re-
quired.
2. FRENCH PARADISE, or DOUCIN. Fruit small. Ripe in September. A sour
useless crab. The tree or shrub grows generally to the height of eight or ten feet,
and is much used by the French for Dwarfs and Espaliers. English gardeners
prefer the former, particularly for small gardens.
Propagation. Both of the kinds may be raised by layers, cuttings, or suckers.
The two first modes are the best. Good strong layers may be raised fit for graft-
ing, the second season. The cuttings ought to be of two years' growth before they
will be strong enough for grafting ; care must be taken to keep them perfectly clean,
taking away any suckers that may appear ; and this practice must be always at-
tended to, or the stocks will be spoiled. J2m. Ed.
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gularity in forming the head be attended to and effected at
first, there will be no difficulty in keeping it so afterwards,
by observing either to prune to that bud immediately on the
inside next to the centre of the tree, or that immediately on
the outside. By this means, viewing it from the centre, the
branches will be produced in a perpendicular line from the
eye ; whereas, if pruned to a bud on the right or left side of
the branch, the young shoot will be produced in the same
direction : so that if the branches formed round a circle be
not thus pruned to the eyes on the right successively, or the
left successively, a very material difference will be found,
and the regularity of the tree will be destroyed, in one single
year's pruning ; which may be readily illustrated thus : —
Fix on four branches, either in a direct line, or to a circular
hoop, at the distance of eight inches from each other : let
the first branch on the left be called a, the second 6, the
third c, the fourth d ; head down a to the left hand bud ; b
to the right ; c to the left ; and d to the right. When these
have grown a year, those between 6 and c will be only six
inches apart, while those between a and b and between c
and d will be ten inches : thus the distances now are not as
eight to eight, but as six to ten ; which would require two
years' pruning in a contrary direction to restore the head to
its former regularity : and it must not be forgotten that this
system of pruning will hold good in every other case.
What has just been said, has reference only to the leading
shoots, which are always produced from the terminal buds
when pruned, and which alone form the figure and beauty
of the tree. The intermediate space must, of course, be
provided for at the same time, having a regard to the num-
ber of branches thus employed, that they do not crowd each
other. On the contrary, they must be kept thin, and perfect-
ly open, so as to admit plenty of sun and air, without which
.the fruit produced will be small and good for but little : the
middle of the tree, indeed, must be kept quite open from the
first to the last, taking care that all the surrounding branches
lead outwards, and preserving a regular distance from each
other.
In pruning the supernumerary shoots, they should be cut
down to within an inch of the bottom, which will generally
cause the surrounding eyes to form natural blossom spurs ;
but where the tree is in a vigorous state of growth, branches
will probably be produced instead of spurs : if so, they must
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all be cut out close, except one, which must be shortened as
before.
In all the winter prunings, care must be taken to keep the
spurs short and close, none of which should at any time ex-
ceed three inches : cutting out clean all the blank spurs,
which have produced fruit the previous summer, to the next
perfect bud below.
Should canker be perceived in any of the branches, or
older limbs, if of a formidable nature, they should, at this
pruning, be cut out to the sound wood, where, in general,
nature will have provided some young shoots of more than
usual strength, for the purpose of remedying the defect
When canker arises from some accidental cause, such as
wounds, it may be overcome by early attention ; but when
it arises from a constitutional disease, amputation is the only
remedy for the affected part. Should it break out on an ex-
tended scale, an efficacious remedy will be sought in vain —
the shortest and the least expensive, will be to root up the
tree.
These appear to me to be all the instructions necessary
to be observed in the management of open dwarfs ; they are,
at least, such as I have myself pursued for many years ;
and I have found ample compensation, not only in abundant
crops, but in fine and perfect specimens of fruit.
SECT. IIL — Espaliers.
Espalier trees are admirably adapted for small gardens,
where every yard of room is of consequence ; and in large
gardens they are equally valuable with the open dwarf.
There are two ways of forming espaliers : the most com-
mon is that of training the two sides in the manner of hori-
zontal wings : this method always leaves the centre open,
from the curvature of the inner branches, which gives the
tree an awkward and vacant appearance. The other method
is to train a perpendicular shoot from the centre, and fur-
nish the sides with branches at right angles from the main
stem : this last appears to me the most simple, and the best ;
because it leaves no blank in the tree, and is the most easy
to be accomplished.
In proceeding to form a tree of this description, select a
plant of one year old from the graft, with three even shoots
if possible : when planted, place five short stakes in the line
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the espalier is intended to be trained, — one in the centre,
and two on each side, — at a foot distance from each other ;
training the centre shoot perpendicularly to the centre stake,
and the two side shoots horizontally to the four others :
these must be kept at their full length till the plant has been
established a year. If it then appears to be in a state of vi-
gour, cut back the three branches ; the two side ones to six
inches, and the centre one to nine or ten. When the young
shoots are produced from these, train the extreme or strong-
est ones from each of the side branches horizontally. The
centre shoot .will have produced three shoots at least ; the
uppermost of which must be continued perpendicularly, and
the two next beneath trained horizontally, one on each side.
This will then form the espalier. This process must be con-
tinued from year to year till the tree has arrived at its in-
tended height, which is generally about five feet.
If the centre shoot produces three others annually when
cut down to nine inches, it will require seven years to com-
plete the seven series of horizontal branches : but some-
times it happens that the centre shoot possesses sufficient
vigour to produce two series, or five branches, by shorten-
ing it to eighteen inches instead of nine ; if so, this advan-
tage may be seized.
Should the tree, after having been planted a year, not
possess sufficient vigour to throw out three shoots from the
centre branch, all the three branches must be cut back to
two or three eyes, and a single shoot trained from each : the
year following proceed as directed at first : this will cause
a delay in forming the tree.
After this, the horizontal shoots must be trained at length,
shortening the supernumerary ones so as to form natural
spurs, as directed for the open dwarfs : the spurs, also, must
be treated in the same manner.
In training the espalier, it will of course have been found
necessary, after the second year, to increase the number, as
well as the size, of the stakes : they should be clean and
straight, regularly placed, and supplied to the extent re-
quired by the tree.
BY THE EDITOR.
Trees intended for espaliers should be budded, or graft-
ed, on stocks that have a tendency to make them dwar£ and
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to produce fruit at a much shorter period of time than they
would do if worked on the free stock, and are intended for
the garden only. Their use is to produce a great variety of
fruit on a small compass of ground. The espalier training
is calculated, not only to take iip little room, but, by then-
mode of growing, not to shade the ground so as to prevent
the growth of vegetables in the other parts of the garden.
Espaliers are formed on borders, each side of the princi-
pal walks, running through the garden ; these borders are
about seven feet wide, a row of posts are sunk in the centre
of the border at about six feet apart, set by a line all through
the border, the tops sawed off even by line. Strips of lath
are nailed to the posts, which may be about afoot apart,
making seven or eight strips, and forming a trellis, to which
the branches are tied, spread out horizontally, and forming
a fan-like appearance. By good management they make a
beautiful appearance, and maybe kept covered with fruit
with proper cultivation. Such kinds of fruit as are of a
more tender and delicate nature may "be perfected in this
way, which often would not bear on the ordinary standard,
where they could not have the same protection.
.CHAPTER II.
CULTIVATION OF APRICOTS.
Propagation.
The Apricot is budded principally upon two sorts of
stocks : the Muscle and the Common Plum. The Breda,
Orange, Peach Apricot, Purple, and Royal, are those ge-
nerally budded upon the Muscle ; and although the Moor-
park is for the most part budded upon the common Plum,
on which it takes freely, yet I am persuaded that if it were
budded upon the Muscle, the trees would be better, last
longer in a state of health and vigour, and produce their fruit
superior both in size and quality.
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BY THE EDITOR.
Apricots are often budded in this country on peach stocks ;
on which they take well, and grow freely ; but they will not
hold their fruit as well, nor will they be as hardy, and long-
lived as those budded on good Plum stocks : a tree worked
on a good Plum stock is worth six on a peach slock. For
pruning, training, and management, of open dwarfs starM-
ards, or espaliers, see the directions for Peaches ; as Apri-
cots, Peaches, Nectarines, and Almonds, produce their fruit
on the shoots of the former season's growth, their man-
agement in pruning and training will be similar.
CHAPTER III.
CULTIVATION OF CHERRIES.
Propagation.
Cherries are propagated by budding and grafting upon the
small Black Cherry stock. Those intended for standards
are always worked standard high.
In the nursery it ought not to be attempted to work
dwarfs among standards, except on those stocks which have
not grown up sufficiently high for the purpose of standards,
as they never make good plants when overgrown by the
upper crop. Dwarfs are at all times the best when grown
by themselves ; and if good bedded stocks have been quar-
tered out, they will generally be fit to graft when they have
been planted a year.
As I have observed before, when speaking of apples, bud-
ding is not to be recommended for dwarfs, as they never
make such good plants as those which have been grafted.
In order, therefore, to preserve a uniformity in a quarter
of cherries, and to grow them with the least possible waste,
it is necessary the stocks should be assorted previously to
their being planted out, selecting the handsomest and best,
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and as nearly of a size as possible for standards ; the smaller
and less handsome ones may follow in the quarter to be em-
ployed for dwarfs. By pursuing this method the crop of
both standards arid dwarfs will be regular, and much better
than when the weak plants have to contend with the strong,
and the least waste will in all cases be occasioned.
Pruning and Training.
Standard cherries for the orchard require the same man-
agement, generally, as standard apples, and the same me-
thod may be pursued as directed under that head ; but as
the former of these are more generally raised from buds than
from grafts, they will at first require a different treatment,
namely, that of heading them down the first year. On this
account they ought never to be planted later than the end of
October, or the middle of November : this early planting
will enable the trees to make fresh roots previously to the
spring, when, in April, as soon as the buds begin to break
out, they should be headed down to within three or four
inches of the place where they had been budded. If the
trees be good, there will be a sufficient number of eyes to
produce as many shoots as will be required to furnish the
head : should more than four be produced, they should be
reduced to this number* of such as are the best placed.
These must be allowed to extend at length without being
shortened, nothing further being required than to cut out su-
perfluous shoots, so as to keep the head uniform and hand-
some. If the heads of young trees be carefully attended to
the first three or four years, they will rarely get into confu-
sion afterwards ; they must, nevertheless, be looked over
frequently, as shoots are occasionally produced, through
a local injury of the branch, which may require to be re-
moved.
ESPALIER CHERRIES.
Espalier cherries, and those trained against the wall, re-
quire precisely the same management, both as to pruning
and training. For this purpose, trees which have been graft-
ed are always to be preferred to those which have been
raised from buds : they must be cut back at the com-
mencement, as directed for Apricots ; but the branches,
except in Morellos, must be trained horizontally instead of
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obliquely, and always continued at their full length. In Dukes
and Hearts the branches should be eight or nine inches
apart, beginning at the bottom of the tree, and continuing
each additional shoot in a parallel direction, till the number
of series the wall will permit be completed.
This mode of training will give a curved direction, more
or less, after the first two or three on each side have been
formed, to every additional shoot before it gains its horizon-
tal direction ; in consequence of which, lateral shoots must
be secured from the last series in their ascent, in order to
fill up the middle of the tree.
After this there will be nothing further required than to
cut off all additional shoots as they are produced, to within
half an inch from whence they sprang : the month of May
will be soon enough for the first pruning, and July for the
second ; after which there will seldom be any more produ-
ced in that year. As the trees acquire age, the spurs will
advance in length ; but these must be kept within due bounds
by cutting them out whenever they exceed three or four
inches : by this means full-sized and perfect specimens of
fruit will always be obtained.
J\lorello Cherries require a different mode of treatment :
they are best trained obliquely, in the fan manner : their fruit
is produced from the last year's shoots, and upon spurs from
the older branches ; but the younger those spurs, the finer
the fruit ; so that all spurs above two years old ought to be
removed.
The Morello Cherry produces a greater number of shoots
than any other variety under similar treatment. This in-
duces many gardeners to crowd their trees with double, and
sometimes triple, the number of branches which they ought
to have, to the great injury of the fruit, \vithout adding in
the least either to the bulk or weight of the crop.
In assigning some limit to this practice, I would recom-
mend, that none of the branches should be trained nearer
to each other than three inches, and from that to four and
five, continuing the. out-leaders at full length, as also those
which follow at different distances ; insuring at intervals in
every part of the tree a supply of young wood to succeed
the extreme leaders. When the trees have attained their
full size, these leaders should be cut out annually, in the
winter pruning, in order to make room for the next succeed-
ing branches. By this means the tree will alway be" kept
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within its proper limits, and possess strength and vigour to
support and mature a heavy and abundant crop. Other par-
ticulars will be found where the Morello Cherry is descri-
bed. Seepage 101.*
CHAPTER IV.
CULTIVATION OF FIGS.
Propagation.
FIGS are propagated by cuttings, and by layers : the lat-
ter method is the best, as plants at the end of a year are fit
to take up from the stools, and to plant out where they are
intended to remain.
Cuttings taken from plants where layers cannot be ad-
mitted, may be planted singly in pots, and placed under a
frame, in a gentle heat, in March, and they will make good
plants at the end of the year.
PRUNING AND TRAINING.
There is no description of fruit tree more easy to manage
in its formation than the Fig: it produces "shoots in abun-
dance, and they grow readily and luxuriantly in every direc-
tion.
This being the case, it is not very material whether the
plant be particularly handsome when it is first planted outt
provided it be clean, strong, and well rooted. Should there
be any suckers rising up from the root, as there generally
will be when the plants have been raised from suckers, they
must be carefully removed, cutting them clean off at the
place where they are produced.
If the plant be put out in the autumn, it must be protected
by some light dry covering, to prevent its head being injured
by frost ; and it must also be well mulched to secure its
roots. It is, however, sufficiently early to plant the Fig in
* Morello Cherries are often trained on the north side of the wall or fence, in or-
der to have the fruit Tory late. jim. Ed.
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351
March ; and the latter- end of April it may be trained to the
wall, if the head be large enough and sufficiently handsome :
if not, it.should be headed down within nine inches of the
ground, in order to its forming a new head. Should the
plant be strong, it will, after this, throw up six or eight
shoots : these must be trained obliquely, at regular distances,
from one side to the other, and continued till the autumn.
Previously to the frost setting in, the top must again be pro-
tected, and the ground mulched as before.
BY THE EDITOR.
Cultivation of Figs in the Southern States.
In the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, Figs may be ob-
tained in the greatest perfection, and of the best quality ;
and I would particularly direct the attention of the new emi-
grants to the fine climate of Florida to that of procuring the
whole collection of Figs. They can be raised as common
standard trees, and all the care necessary would be, to keep
the trees thinned out and trimmed to a handsome head.
Quantities of dried figs are imported here every year, when
all the northern and eastern markets might be supplied from
Florida, with little more trouble than picking, drying, and
packing them up. They will, with attention, no doubt, soon
prove an article of commerce in Florida.
Cultivation of Figs in the Northern and Eastern States.
In all parts of the United States, the summers are suffi-
cient to bring the fruit to maturity, but our winters are too
severe for them, they must be protected ; and as they pro-
duce fruit entirely on the shoots of the last season, if severe
frosts cut them down, of course no fruit can be expected. If
the trees are formed in Espalier against a warm fence, they
may be protected with mats and straw, covering them pretty
thick during the winter. This, however, is rather a trouble-
some method, and not always attended with success. To
have figs in perfection, the best plan would be to make a
sunken pit, about six feet wide ; the ground being dug out
to the depth of four feet, the back wall may be made either
of stone or brick, raised about seven feet high ; the front wall
about four feet, or just above the surface, with rafters to
iaite.
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slope from the back to the front wall, and sashes or boards
to be laid on in the winter, and taken away in the spring.
In such a pit as this, Figs may be raised in the. greatest
perfection. Here also maybe kept Oranges, Lemons, &c.,
without any artificial heat, and with little trouble, except
that of training and pruning the trees, and manuring the bor-
der ,every spring. A high, dry situation, open to the south,
would be the most eligible.
CHAPTER V.
CULTIVATION OF GOOSEBERRIES.
Propagation.
Gooseberries are propagated by cuttings ; but where
strong cuttings cannot be obtained, shorter ones of six inches
in length will be sufficient, planting them so that the two up-
per eyes only are above the surface of the bed : these will
generally produce two shoots each, the strongest of which,
at the end of the year, may be selected to form the stem of
the plant, and shortened to the desired height. If one or
two small cuttings only can be obtained from a plant for pro-
pagation, short lengths of three inches each, including the
extremity, may be planted with success, under a hand-glass,
leaving only one eye above the surface ; or, which is better,
level with the surfaces the month of October is the best
time for this purpose.
In order to have fine, well-flavoured fruit, the bushes must
be planted in a good soil and a favourable situation, kept in
a state of vigour, and thin of wood by annual prunings, so
as to admit plenty of sun, and a free circulation of air.
The largest berries are grown on vigorous young bushes,
which have not more than five or six branches, and allowing
only two or three berries to grow on each, or indeed only
one berry on each : the latter are invariably those which
have carried off the best prize. In dry hot weather, the
plants must be supplied with water, and the fruit shaded
from the sun for a few hours in the middle of the day.
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Cultivation of Gooseberries and Currants.
Gooseberries and Currants, when planted in the open
quarters of a garden, require similar treatment ; therefore
such directions as are given for one may be strictly applied
to the other, with but a very trifling deviation.
In the quarters where the young bushes have established
themselves, and made some vigorous shoots, the best placed
of those should be selected to form the head : four shoots
will be sufficient to begin with ; these should be pruned
back to six or nine inches, according to their strength and
line of direction, from each of which three or four may be
expected for another year. When these are pruned at the
end of the second year, two of the best placed shoots from
each must be selected, and pruned back to six or nine inches
as before, cutting the others out close to the mother branch,
thereby preventing the production of an unnecessary and
useless number of shoots.
In the third winter, according to this method, each young
bush will have eight shoots when pruned, which will be suf-
ficient to form the principal limbs of the full grown head.
In the fourth winter's pruning, the strongest and best
placed shoot only should be retained from each branch, and
that one pointing the most directly outwards, shortening it
to six or nine inches as before, and cutting off close all the
rest: this will give much more room to the branches, and
produce a more open and handsome head, than if two shoots
had been retained to each branch as before. •
In the fifth pruning, should the head require a greater sup-
ply of branches, two shoots may be left, in the same man-
ner as in the second and third year ; and this practice may
be continued, leaving either one or two shoots to each
branch, as occasion may require, so long as the bush stands;
It must, however, be observed, that the older the bushes
are, the smaller will be their leading shoots: these, of
course, must be shortened in proportion accordingly ; so
that a bush of fifteen or twenty years' standing will rarely
require its extreme shoot to be left more than six inches in
length.
CURRANTS, when planted as open bushes, require a man-
agement but little differing from that of the gooseberry :
this consists, chiefly, in leaving their shoots at a greater
length in the annual prunings. In the dessert, the largeit
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354 GRAPES.
bunches have always the best appearance, and it rarely hap-
pens that they are not the best.
To obtain these, the bushes must be kept .very thin of
wood, clearing away all young shoots from the middle, as
they are produced, and thinning out the spurs, leaving those
only which are young, and at a few inches distance from
each other. The large white crystal Currant, thus managed,
will sometimes produce bunches containing from twenty-
five to thirty berries each.
When a plant has been completed in this way, it may be
kept in full bearing for several years, from its spurs alone,
the best of which, it must be remembered, furnish the finest
fruit.
CHAPTER VI.
CULTIVATION OF GRAPES.
Propagation.
BY LAYERS.
Vines are propagated by laying them down in pots ; by
cuttings ; and by buds, or single eyes. The first method is
the most expeditious, and the one most generally adopted
in the nurseries : and where the shoots can be planted out
against a south wall, in order to the better ripening of the
wood, especially of those sorts which are tender, it is pre-
ferable to the others, because it furnishes fine strong plants
at the end of the first year. There are several ways of lay-
ing down the vine : the one I have practised, and which has
always produced as good plants as I could desire, is to com-
mence the operation as soon as the leaves have fallen off
the vines. For the strong growing sorts, pots of Cast six-
teen may be used ;* and for the weaker growers those of
twenty-four. Having prepared some good mould, cover
the hole at the bottom with a large piece of potsherd, and fill
* P6ta about 6 inches wide, by 6 inches deep, inside measure. Ed.
GRAPES. 855
it three parts full : sink it about two inches below the sur-
face of the soil, at two or three feet distance from the stole,
according to the strength and length of the layer. Pre-
viously to its being laid down, take the shoot firmly in one or
both hands, near the bottom ; and give it a twist, half or
three-quarters round, till you find it give way by splitting
longitudinally along the pith. This will not pass further
upwards than the lower hand, and it is not intended it should
extend more than a foot or eighteen inches from the stole ;
the purpose of which is, to cause the layer to bend nearly
flat at the neck next the plant, and to check the too great
influx of sap from the stole to the layer when it begins to
grow. The shoot must now be bent carefully, and placed
in the pot, so that two or three joints remain within it, keep-
ing the top as nearly perpendicular as you can ; cover it up
with the prepared mould, and press it firmly, to keep the
layer from springing out of the pot. It must now be short-
ened, leaving two eyes only above the surface, and covered
up with the mould round the stole .to the depth of the two
inches mentioned before : in like manner proceed till all the
layers are put down.
In the spring, when they have grown nine or twelve inches,
they should be staked, tying the two shoots of each layer to
the stake, cutting off all the other shoots which are produced
upon the bender between the stole and the pot. When the
shoots have attained the height of two or three feet, the up-
permost shoot must be cut off, leaving the lower one only,
training it up from time to time till it reaches the top of the
stake, which need not be more than six feet at the most,
when it must be stopped : all the tendrils, as they are pro-
duced, should1 be cut off close ; and when lateral shoots are
produced, they must be shortened, leaving only one eye to
each. When the main shoot has been shortened some time,
it will cause two or three of the uppermost eyes to push out
into shoots : these must be shortened to two eyes each,
which, from the vigour of the plant, will, probably, push
these lateral eyes into shoots like the former ; but this will
be the means of preserving all the lower eyes, which would
otherwise have been converted into branches. When the
plants have nearly finished their summer's growth, the mid-
dle or towards the end of September, all the laterals which
had before been shortened only, should be cut off close to
the stem, which will not only give strength to the buds, but
admit the sun so as to ripen the wood more perfectly. Whe»
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the growth is complete, those eyes which had been converted
into branches at the extremity, being useless, may now be
. dispensed with, and the stem maybe headed down to the
first sound bud, and the plant will be complete.
By Cuttings.
In raising vines from cuttings, those which are furnished
with two eyes each will be sufficiently long for the purpose ;
the lower part should be transversely cut close to the bud.
They should be planted singly in small pots, filled with good
mould, leaving the upper eye rather below the surface than
above it. The pots should be placed either in the stove or
in a hotbed, early in February, allowing the plants room as
they advance in height, and shifting them into larger-sized
pots when they have filled the first with roots.
By Single Eyes.
Vines raised from single eyes require the same manage-
ment as those from cuttings, beginning only with a smaller-
sized pot, and removing them into others as they acquire
strength and require room.
Pruning and Training.
Several methods have been recommended by authors for
the pruning and management of vines, each of which is sup-
posed to possess some particular merit ; and as the ulti-
mate object, in all cases, must be supposed to be that of a
large crop of good fruit, it is material to consider how and
by what means this is to be obtained, and also what descrip-
tion of crop when it is obtained, whether that of a large
number of bunches, or a number of large bunches, the
weight of the whole being the same.
I have myself ever been an advocate for large fruit, or the
largest size to which any particular fruit usually attains, be-
ino1 fully satisfied that the value of fruit is more to be esti-
mated by its individual bulk or weight, than by the number
of its individuals composing that weight.
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VINERY.
The attainment then, of fine grapes can only be accom-
plished by having the vine in a vigorous and flourishing state.
In the vinery, and as soon as the vines are planted out, one
good shoot must be trained to each rafter, or other place
intended for its support ; and at the end of the year, or as
soon as the leaves are fallen off, it should be cut down to
the bottom of the rafter. In the spring the two uppermost
shoots must be trained at length, cutting off any other which
may be produced from the lower eyes.
When these two shoots have cast their leaves in the au-
tumn, one of them should be cut down to two eyes, leaving
the other shoot to ten, twelve, or fifteen eyes according to its
strength.
This, according to Mr. Speechley's method, is the com-
mencement of an alternate system of fruiting one shoot this
year, to be cut down for the purpose of furnishing a supply
for the next.
If the number of eyes left upon the long shoot be not too
great, they will all push and show fruit, one or two bunches
from each eye ; which, for the first crop, had better perhaps
be reduced to one, and this at the time after the berries are
set, as it will then be seen which is likely to form the best
bunch, leaving that, and cutting the other away, stopping
the shoot at the same time two joints above the fruit. The
uppermost eye will push again, which must be treated as
described before for laterals.
When the berries are as large as small peas, they must
be thinned out by the scissors : this operation must be re-
peated as they advance in size, taking care to cut out the in-
terior ones, and leaving the outermost. This practice will,
in all cases, give the greatest dimensions of which the bunch
is capable. When the bunch is a shouldered one, the shoul-
ders should be expanded and supported by strings, and when
finally thinned out, the berries should be kept at such a dis-
tance as not only not to touch each other, but to have some
considerable space between them. By this means the ber-
ries will not only acquire the greatest possible size, butfethe
highest degree of both colour and flavour: besides this,
any bunch of grapes, deprived of one third of its original
number of berries, by judicious and timely thinning, will
weigh fully as much when matured, if not much more, than,
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it would have done had it been left in a state of nature, to
say nothing of its vastly superior quality ; the interior and
exterior berries possessing an equal degree of both colour
and flavour. The fellow shoot, which had been cut down
to two eyes, will have sent forth two shoots, which must be
treated in the same manner as directed for the first two in
the preceding summer.
In the autumn pruning, when the leaves are fallen, the
shoot which produced the fruit must be cut out, leaving
the two young shoots only, which are to be treated precisely
as those had been before, except leaving the long shoot with
a few more eyes, in consequence of the increased strength
of the plant ; and allowing, perhaps, two bunches to remain
from each eye, instead of reducing them to one.
This mode of pruning and training is applicable principal-
ly to those houses where the rafters only are to be occupied
by the vine, or where other crops are cultivated in the body
of the house ; but when it is intended to occupy the whole
roof, this system may still be adopted, by extending the vine
on each side of the rafter, till it meets that from the adjoin-
ing one ; or the vine may be divided at the bottom of the
rafter, on its first training, and formed with two principals
on each side, making four principals to each vine. If, how-
ever, the vines should consist of the larger-fruited class,
such as Muscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, or Syrian,
&c., one principal on the rafter, and one on each side will be
much better than more. It may likewise be necessary to
extend this system still further, where the house is large,
and has a great length of rafter, which may be done by form-
ing a second series one half the way up the rafter ; by this
means a crop will be obtained under the upper as well as the
lower part of the roof.
Vines against the open wall, or trellis.
In the management of Vines against the common wall,
where it is intended to be wholly occupied for grapes, I
should recommend a somewhat similar method of pruning
and training to be adopted as that under glass ; with this dif-
ference, that instead of cutting down alternately for two
shoots, one only will be required.
The vines should be planted at six feet apart, and sup-
posing the young plant to have one good and vigorous shoot,
it must be cut down to three or four eyes. As soon as the
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young shoots are long enough to nail to the wall, two of the
best must be selected, and trained horizontally within nine
inches of the ground : when each shoot has extended two
feet and a half from the stem, it must be trained in a perpen-
dicular direction for two or three feet according to its
strength, when it must be stopped, and such lateral shoots
as may be produced after that time, must be treated as di-
rected before.
In the autumn, when the leaves are fallen, each shoot
should be pinned back to the horizontal line where it had
turned upwards, thus leaving a foot between the extremities
of each vine.
As soon as the young shoots are long enough, three must
be selected from each shoot at a foot distance from each
other : one at the extremity, another a foot from that, and
a third within six inches of the stem where it had been first
headed down ; ihese must be trained perpendicularly, and
if each plant has furnished its six shoots, they will be a foot
from each other the whole length of the wall. When they
have attained a height of four feet they must be stopped, and
not suffered to extend further that season.
This mode of arrangement is by far the most perfect of
any that I have seen ; arid when the vines have extended
some way up the wall, they will make a very neat and uni-
form appearance, nor will they be less so at any future
period.
If the viries should be weak when first planted out, it will
be better to cut them down to two eyes, and select the best
shoot from each, which should be trained perpendicularly
the first year : during this time the plants will have got firm
hold of the soil, and may be proceeded with as directed be-
fore.
In the next autumn pruning, every alternate shoot must
be cut down to two eyes, and the others left two. or three
feet, according to their strength, for fruit. Should these
produce more than half a dozen bunches each, it would be
better to reduce them to this number, as eighteen bunches
will be as many as any one of the plants, at this age, ought
to be allowed to bear. The intermediate shoots which had
been cut down to two eyes, will produce two shoots, the
best of which only must remain, and be trained upright for
fruit the following year, when it may be left five or six feet,
and those which produced fruit cut down to two eyes, the
360 GRAPES.
same as before ; thus having, every alternate year, wood
and fruit from the same part of the horizontal limb.
BY THE EDITOR.
In the former part of this work, (page 155,) I have stated
some of the difficulties attending the cultivation of Euro-
pean Grapes. In the cities of New-York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, the White Sweet Water, White Muscadine,
Black Hamburgh, Black Prince, and most of the finer sorts
of European .Grapes thrive well, and bear fruit with but
common care ; but generally, all through the country, the
safest method seems to be, to prune the vines in Novem-
ber, bringing down the branches, and covering them with
mould to keep them during winter. In the spring of the
year they are brought up again, and tied to the trellis, or
nailed to the wall, at the same time digging in some good
rotten manure. The American Grapes do not require this
protection.
A SELECTION OF GRAPES FOR A VINERY.
1. Alicant. 29. Poonah.
2. Black Corinth. 30. Purple Frontignan.
45. Genuine Tokay. 33. Red Frontignan.
47. Malmsey Muscadine. 36. Red Muscadel.
3. Black Damascus. 37. Red Muscat of Alex-
4. Black Frontignan. andria.
10. Black Muscadel. 49. Royal Muscadine.
11. Black Muscadine. 50. Syrian.
13. Black Raisin. 51. Yerdelho.
18. Frankenthal. 53. White Corinth.
19. Large Black Cluster. 54. White Frontignan.
21. Saint Peters. 55. White Hamburgh.
26. Grizzly Frontignan. 59. Wrhite Muscat of Alex-
23. Lombardy. andria.
A SELECTION OF GRAPES FOR AN OPEN TRELLIS.
[Those marked * are American Grapes.^
6. Black Hamburgh. 14. Black Sweet Water.
9. Black Morillon. 16. Early Black July.
12. Black Prince. 17. Esperione.
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361
22. The Miller Burgundy.
23. Cambridge Botanic Gar-
den Grape, [ble.
26. Langford's Incompara-
31. Raisin des Carmes.
* Clifton's.
*Elkton.
35. Red Hamburgh.
43. Ciotat.
58. White Muscadine.
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61
Pitmaston White Clus-
ter.
White Sweet Water.
62. Aleppo.
^Isabella.
*Scuppernon.
*Schuylkill Muscadel.
*Bland's Grape.
*Luffborough.
^Gilbert's White Shongo.
CHAPTER VII.
CULTIVATION OF MULBERRIES.
BY THE EDITOR.
Propagation.
At page 156 directions are given for propagating the
Black Mulberry from layers ; any of the kinds may be
propagated in the same way ; but as the White Mulberry,
the Chinese Mulberry, and other kinds may be required
to be raised in large quantities for silk-worm feeding,
seeds may be procured of the common White Mulberry,
and sowed in very shallow drills, on a good piece of
well-prepared land, and raised by thousands. The next sea-
son, these may be transplanted out in nursery rows as di-
rected for apples ; and when of a proper size they may be
grafted, or budded, with the varieties required. By this
mode, acres of them may be obtained in a short time ; they
take by budding as freely as the peach, and this is proba-
bly the most expeditious way of getting a large stock of them
at once.
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362 OLIVES.
CHAPTER VIII.
CULTIVATION OF OLIVES.
BY THE EDITOR.
The Olive tree, as far as we are concerned in the northern
and eastern states, cannot be considered as an orchard
tree, nor in any other respect than a green-house shrub,
which is foreign to our subject. But in the hope of exci-
ting attention in our fellow citizens in the southern states,
I shall offer some remarks, which I hope may be use-
ful to them, more particularly to the cultivators of South
Carolina, Georgia, arid Florida. I shall not enumerate all
the varieties of the Olive, taking it for granted that the best
kinds only will be selected from the countries which produce
the best oil.
Propagation.
The Olive may be increased, First, By seeds. Let the
Olives, when fully ripe, be separated from the pulp and
well washed ; then dried a few days in the sun ; when they
are perfectly dry, let them be pitted as follows : Dig a hole
about a foot deep, and of a size according to the quantity of
stones ; then proceed to put in a layer of stones and a layer
of sand until the hole is nearly filled up; then lay on
sand or mould enough to raise the mound five or six inches
above the surface : here they may remain until the follow-
ing spring, when they will have cracked the stones, and
are just beginning to sprout, will be the proper time to sow
them ; and as probably many of them will not be sprouted ;
let those be gently cracked with a hammer, being careful not
to injure the germ ; let them be sown in drills much in the
same manner that peas are sown, and afterwards managed
in the same way as directed for apple stocks, which see.
Secondly. By grafting. The same process as directed for
grafting apples may be observed with Olives. Thirdly.
They may be increased by laying. Fourthly. They may
be increased by cuttings, either from the young wood, with a
small bit of the old wood, or from trimchings, or small knotty
five or six year old branches, cut about three feet long.
The first method is the best to raise them on a large
, the most simple, systematic, and expeditious.
But a word or two to the cultivators of South Carolina,
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363
Georgia, and more particularly to the new settlers of Flo-
rida. Do you know that you have a Native uRve, grow-
ing in sandy boggy places all along your sea coast ; and that
you can engraft all the European, Olives on this said native
~Olea Americana ? And if you sow the berries of ydur own
native Olive, and proceed as recommended above, I see
nothing to hinder you from raising sweet oil enough to sup-
ply all the Northern and Eastern States. When you have
plenty of stocks fit for grafting, the Chinese Sweet Olive
(Olea Fragrans] may be grafted also. The flowers of
this species are used by the Chinese to scent their finest
teas, in conjunction with the Camellia Oleifera, which at
some other time I may say something about, as well as the
Thea, (Tea Tree,) Coffee Tree, &c.
CHAPTER IX.
CULTIVATION OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES,
With Observations on the Cause of their Decay in certain
Sections of the United States.
BY THE EDITOR.
Although our Author's directions for the general manage-
ment and cultivation of fruit trees are excellent, being found-
ed on experience, yet it will be recollected that the directions
are given for the climate of England. It is true, that some
of his general remarks will suit every climate ; but there are
others that will not suit this country : I have, therefore, made
such alterations and notes as in my judgment were best
calculated for that purpose. But in the management of
Peach Trees I deemed it the most proper course to reject
the whole of his directions, and give such others as an ex-
perience of thirty years as a Nurseryman in New-York
might enable me to submit to the consideril.lrtn of the pub-
lic. About twenty or twenty-five years ago, Peaches were
raised here in the greatest abundance, and with only a mo-
derate share of attention, in great perfection. That time,
however, has gone by, and whether we are to attribute the
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failure of Peach Trees in the Northern States to a change
which has taken place in the climate since that period, or to
the worms which attack their roots — to both these causes,
or to any others, cannot be, perhaps, satisfactorily ascer-
tained. I shall endeavour, however, to give such directions
to the industrious cultivator as in my opinion will insure
good and regular crops of fruit, and in the greatest state of
perfection ; but they are intended only for the industrious
cultivator. He that will plant Peach Trees in a slovenly
manner, and expect to do nothing more, may as well make
up his mind to do without fruit, or to be satisfied with any
inferior fruit that nature may chance to give him.
PROPAGATION OF PEACHES.
Iii this country they are generally budded on peach stocks.
Their growth is very rapid, and they will form a tree large
enough to transplant from the nursery, the first and second
seasons after budding. The rapidity of the growth of
Peaches and Nectarines here, is so great as frequently to
excite the astonishment of English gardeners ; but notwith-
standing the rapid growth of our Peaches, and their coming
to maturity so early, with but little care and trouble on the
peach stock, it must at the same time be admitted they too
often come to decay with almost the same celerity. A ques-
tion here will naturally arise on this subject, what can be
done to remedy this ? I answer, first, I think the peach stock
is defective ; it is not sufficiently strong and lasting to make
a permanent tree, the roots are soft and delicate, very liable
to rot in cold heavy ground, particularly if suffered to stand
in a sod, or where the ground is not kept clean, dry,
and manured every season : secondly, supposing that the
trees are planted in a warm, dry, free soil, (which is the
proper soil for the Peach*) they are liable to the attacks of
the worm, which eats into their roots, and barks the trees
all round, until they completely destroy them. No better
method of destroying these worms has as yet been discover-
ed than simply digging round the trees, and examining the
places, and where gum is seen oozing out, there the worm
may generative found, and destroyed.
I think an effectual remedy against this intruder may be
found by budding Peaches and Nectarines on the common
bitter ALMOND STOCK. The worm does not like this stock.
Peaches will take on it, and grow nearly as free as on the
PEACHES. 365
common peach stock. Thirdly. The Peach stock causes
the Peaches and Nectarines to grow too rapidly, making
very strono- shoots, these producing secondary or late
shoots ; an°d the fruit of the following summer is produced
on the tops of these lateral shoots, instead of being prc
duced on the principal or first shoots : this causes nake
wood at bottom, and a straggling unsightly tree, wnos
branches being heavy at top with the fruit, are brok.
down by high winds. Fourthly . In addition to all this,
the trees of late years are subject to what has been
deemed a disease called the yellows, from the circumstance
of the trees having a yellow sickly appearance ; much cu-
rious philosophy has been spent on this subject without ar-
riving at any satisfactory conclusion. I shall hazard an
opinion on the nature of this supposed disease, after stating
some observations I made on my young Peach Trees last
spring [1832] and the following summer.
It will be recollected that the fall of 1831 was remark-
ably mild, and vegetation was prolonged to near the middle
of November ; at the end of that month and in the begin-
ning of December the cold weather set in very suddenly,
the thermometer gradually sinking until it fell below zero in
New-York, and to the north and east of us some eight or
ten degrees lower. To this sudden change of weather I at-
tribute the cause of so many young trees (and many old
trees too) being killed to the north and east of New- York,
particularly young Pears and Cherries. I lost a few Cherry
and Pear trees in places where they were most exposed.
The Peach trees in similar situations were not killed, but
many of them were injured, although it did not prevent
them from putting out their leaves, blossoming and bear-
ing fruit in the summer ; the leaves growing weakly,
and of a yellowish sickly appearance. In the spring, al-
though to all outward appearance the tree had sustained no
injury ; yet in cutting the shoots a blackness appeared in the
heart or medulla of the shoot : in some quite black, others
had black dots round, and in the pith. Some of these trees
I cut down to the budded part, and discovered that the same
blackness of medulla appeared in the main stem as were
in the smaller branches ; others that showed this character
I left standing : these put out their leaves, and ripened
their fruit prematurely, without having any thing of the
true flavour ; and what is remarkable, every diseased
tree, of whatever kind, seemed to bear the same red, and
red speckled, tasteless and insipid peach ; some of them
coming to maturity a month too soon. I have no doubt but,
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PEACHES.
these trees had the yellows, as it is called ; neither have I
any doubt concerning the cause of it ; as all the trees thus
injured were perfectly sound and healthy the summer pre-
vious, and those trees only that were thus exposed in a cer-
tain direction were thus injured. I am also satisfied that
every tree thus injured may be known in the spring by
priming the young shoots ; if they are black in the pith, or
dotted with black, they are injured beyond recovery although
the trees may not finally die for a twelve month afterwards.
If my conclusions be correct, they will perhaps explain
the phenomena, and lead to a different mode of treatment,
I should say then, that in all situations, particularly in the
northern and eastern states, and where the foregoing symp-
toms have prevailed, abandon the Peach stock. I have be-
fore noticed the Bitter Almond, which certainly is the best
stock for the southern states ; the worms, at least, will not
remain in it ; but as this stock grows as free, and continues
growing nearly as late as the Peach stock, the same effects
from the extreme cold, will be nearly the same on the Almond
stock. ThePniM stock is undoubtedly the best for Peaches
a'.id Nectarines, in the Northern and Eastern States, but es-
pecially for open dwarfs, or espaliers, for which I give the fol-
lowing reasons : first, the Plum stock prevents the too rapid
growth of the shoots, and causes the principals to bear the fruit
tii3 following season, instead of producing lateral shoots the
same season, and causing the tree to be more dwarf, the
branches strong and fruitful to the bottom of the shoot, thereby
having more fruit in a smaller compass : secondly, it makes
harder and less pithy wood, and enables it the better
to withstand severe cold ; and this may be easily proved
by cutting the branches of each : the shoot on the Plum
stock will be twice as harcl and firm as the one on the Peach
stock ; but, thirdly, and the most important reason is, that
the Plum stock ceases to send up its sap earlier in the fall,
causing the Peach to perfect its wood before the cold wea-
ther sets in.
With these remarks I shall proceed to notice their culti-
vation on Plum stocks.
The Muscle Plum stock is most commonly used by Eu-
ropean Gardeners and Nurserymen, as being the most firm
and lasting. In the south of France, the Almond Stock is
used. I have before observed on my remarks descriptive
of Plums, [part 1st, p. 303] that good stocks may be raised
from the common Horse Plum, and that it is in fact very like
PEACHES. 367
the Muscle stock ; the stocks raised from the common plums
will also answer very well; however, the stocks must be seed-
lings, and if they are young, thrifty, and about the size of the
little finger, they will be in good order for budding. They
ought to be budded low, say nine inches or a foot from the
ground, and about the middle or latter end of July, will be the
right time for the operation ; in the southern states a month
or six weeks later ; after they have been budded about two
weeks, the ligature may be removed or slackened oft' those
that have taken ; the stock must be headed down to the bud
in the spring following. The next autumn or following
spring they will be fit for transplanting, if intended for
dwarfs, or as espaliers ; if wanted for standards, they may
remain another summer in the nursery, and the only pruning
required will be to take off the side shoots close to the stem
to the height required to form the head, leaving four shoots
at top for that purpose.
STANDARDS.
Either in the fall, or as soon as the trees have finished
their growth, or as early in the spring as the season will ad-
mit, the trees should be taken from the nursery, with good
roots, let them be planted out, digging the hole large, and
breaking the earth with the back of the spade ; and when
the tree is well set down with the foot, a good stake let down
to tie the tree and keep it steady will be very beneficial to its
rooting and free growth ; the shoots forming the head may
then be shortened, to three or four eyes ; the ground should
be kept cultivated round the roots, suffering no weeds nor
grass to grow near them. Every fall some good rotten ma-
nure should be put round the roots, which should be dug
down in the spring.
PRUNING.
In the months of February and March, the trees should be
pruned ; the branches should be thinned out where they
stand too near each other ; and, as all the young wood of the
former season's growth is this season to produce fruit, the
strong shoots should be shortened about one third, always
cutting to a triple bud ; this will cause the lower eyes to
shoot and bear fruit, the small and weak shoots either cut
368 PEACHES.
away entirely, or shorten down to the lower eye to produce
a shoot for the next year's bearing, always keeping the head
open, and handsomely formed. In this way the trees may
be kept always in a bearing state, the whole business
may be performed (when the trees are in good order) in a
short time, and the pruning may be done before the general
hurry of the spring comes on. And here I would observe,
that all the work of priming, training, bringing in manure,
and other preparatory work ought to be attended to early,
so that when the month of April arrives the cropping of the
ground may be attended to without interruption.
ESPALIERS.
Maiden, or one year's growth from the bud, as before
stated, worked on thrifty Plum stocks, should be selected
from the nursery, the espalier being formed as stated for Ap-
ples along the borders ; the trees when planted should be
headed down to about six inches from the bud. Three shoots
only should be suffered to grow the first season, one to the
left, one to the right, and one in the centre ; the next season,
if the growth has been rapid, they will have produced a num-
ber of lateral shoots, which must be thinned out, and tied in to
the trellis, cutting the weak shoots down to the lower eye to
make bearing shoots for another season, in the same manner
as directed for standards ; afterwards a little judgment and
taste are required, in order to make a handsome fan-like ap-
pearance, taking care to have a moderate and regular sup-
ply of young shoots, and shortening them, in order to
keep the lower and middle part of the tree full of fruit, the
distance from tree to tree may be about eight or ten feet ;
if gum should appear about the roots, or in the branches, it
ought to be pared away and examined, to see that no worms
are there, paring away to the fresh wood, and afterward rill-
ing up the wound with the Forsyth composition, or if that is
not at hand, a little fresh cow dung will answer the purpose.
It is natural to suppose, that the Peach would overgrow the
Plum stock, as Plums do not grow so fast as peaches ;
but it is not the case, if the stocks are young and thrifty,
the Peach will cause the Plum stock to grow and keep pace
with it. Stocks that are large and stunted will not answer
the purpose ; the Peach, in that case, will overgrow it, and
make it appear very unsightly.
NECTARINES. 369
TRAINING AGAINST WALLS OR FENCES.
Peaches against walls or fences must be managed in the
same way as directed for espaliers ; instead, however, of
tying in the shoots to the trellis, these are to be fastened with
nails and pieces of cloth or shreds. Some of our very fine
late varieties may be trained on a south aspect, and any of
the kinds may be trained against east or west walls. Al-
though a trellis set about three feet from the wall, or fence,
would probably, in our climate, answer a better purpose,
as then a free current of air would circulate behind them.
NECTARINES.
The Nectarine differs from the Peach only in having a
smooth skin ; and even this difference is not permanent, the
same tree having in some instances borne both downy and
smooth-skinned fruit ; in other words, Peaches and Necta-
rines. There are also several well-attested instances of the
same fruit partaking the nature of both Peach and Necta-
rine— the one half being completely smooth, the other
downy. The proper management of the Nectarine differs
in no respect from that of the Peach, and the remarks and
observations made above apply equally to the Nectarine.
But we may observe, that the Nectarine is subject to the at-
tacks of an insect from which the Peach is exempt. This
insect (said to be a curculio) punctures the fruit, when about
half grown, and deposits its egg, which soon becomes a mag-
got, eats the fruit, and causes it to drop off prematurely.
Where this enemy is not found, the Nectarine produces its
fruit as readily and in as great perfection as the Peach.
As it respects the worm which attacks the roots of the
Peach trees, a little care and attention will prevent its com-
mitting much mischief. The egg is first deposited in the
upper part of the tree ; and in the months of June and July
it becomes a very small maggot, drops to the ground, and
approaches the tree near the surface. If the ground is kept
clean round the roots (as it ought to be) the worm can readi-
ly be detected by a small drop of gum which appears on the
tree soon after it has made its entrance, which gumminess
will increase in quantity as it progresses : and if the trees
are well examined about once a week, and this gumminess
removed where it appears, the worm will at once be detected :
370 PEACHES AND NECTARINES.
and when it is removed the wound will soon heal up, and
the danger is over ; but if suffered to remain in the tree un-
til the fall of the year, it will eat downwards, going round
the tree to get winter quarters, increasing in size as it pro-
ceeds, and the tree is in danger of being destroyed. A
Peach Orchard of many acres might be kept free of the
worms by going over it weekly and examining the trees ; af-
ter a shower of rain is a good time, as the gum can then be
more readily discovered : but unless the ground is kept
clean from grass and weeds, well cultivated and manured,
it cannot be expected that Peaches will keep healthy and
the trees fruitful. Attention must be paid to the directions
for pruning, &c., and the cultivator will be amply repaid with
a good crop of the finest fruit for his pains. The curl leaf
which appears on Peach trees in the spring of the year is
always caused by cold chilly weather which happens after
the leaves are put out and the blossoming over. It is not
a disease, however : after the warm weather sets in, these
leaves drop, and the tree assumes a healthy appearance.
Sometimes the leaves and tops of the shoots will have a
mildewy appearance, or as if sprinkled over with soap suds,
and this will appear all summer. I have remarked this on
some of our finest kinds of Peaches. Where this mildew
appearance occurs, it shows that the trees require a warmer
aspect and a drier bottom ; for it is evident, that some kinds
of Peaches are more delicate and tender than others.
When they are transplanted (which should be in the spring)
the tops of the roots should be shortened a little, the tree
pruned carefully, and all the young shoots shortened to about
one half of their length, which will remedy this defect. I
am aware of the doctrine of trees running out by age in the
sort, &c. Let that go for what it is worth : because the
subject was broached by a great man upon guess work,
every little one is ready enough to offer this as a plea for
every failure of fruit — indolence and bad management not
excepted.
If this theory be true, how does it happen that the
little English Golden Pippin, the sort supposed to have
run out many years ago, is still very plentiful, and the
tree very healthy and thrifty if planted in situations fa-
vourable to its nature ; (see page 12 ;) and the Autumn
Bergamot Pear introduced into England in the time of Julius
Caesar, (see page 231,) planted in proper situations, is as
healthy now, and bears as good crops as it ever did, and
ALMONDS. 371
plenty of evidence can be produced to explode this whim if
required. I will engage to restore any of the worn-out-by-
age fruit, if any person will send me good healthy scions in
the season of budding.*
After havingthus freely given my observations on Peaches
and Nectarines, and of the diseases, &c. to which the Peach
is liable in this climate, the reader will not expect that I
should notice the many nostrums and specifics which have
been given to the world by editors of periodicals and news-
papers, whose knowledge of these matters are generally very
limited. Those persons, however, who are curious that
way, may examine them at their leisure ; but if they will
strictly observe the directions here given, and practically
pursue them, in my opinion their time will be better em-
ployed.
CHAPTER X.
CULTIVATION OF ALMONDS.
In the description of Almonds (page 1 and»2) in my note,
I made some remarks on their cultivation, giving my reasons
for preferring the Plum stock, as causing the tree to be
hardier and more dwarf, in order to train them in a sheltered
situation, as they are tender, and require protection from the
severe cold weather of our winters ; I speak, of course, of
the northern states. A better method of management
would be to plant them in sunk frames, as directed for Figs,
trained low as an espalier.
Culture of Almonds in the Southern States.
Propagation.
The stocks may be the hard-shelled sweet Almond ; or a
better one would be the bitter Almond. I give this stock the
preference because the worm will not be apt to molest it.
Any of the kinds mrfy be budded on this stock. The trees
may be trained as espaliers, or as common standards ; the
pruning and management the same as directed for Peaches.
* See more on this subject on the cultivation of Pears.
PEARS.
It is hoped that new settlers in Florida will direct their at-
tention to the cultivation of all the kinds of Sweet Almonds,
together with Olives, Figs, &c., which in that climate will
require but little attention to have them in perfection, and
in the greatest abundance.
CHAPTER XL
CULTIVATION OF PEARS.
Propagation.
Pears are propagated by budding and grafting, either
upon the common Pear stock or upon the Quince. The
Pear stock is intended, and indeed it is the only one, for all
such varieties of the Pear as are intended for open standards,
or for orchard planting ; and it is probably the best, also,
generally speajting, for such other sorts as are intended for
training, where durability is required.
The Quince stock for Pears, has long since been made
use of by the French gardeners, and for almost every pur-
pose ; but in this country it is used only for such sorts as
are intended for open dwarfs, arid those low standards lately
introduced by the French, and trained, as they term it, en
quenouille, from its faint resemblance in form to the distaff
formerly used in spinning.
These latter occupy but little space in a garden, are pro-
ductive, and the fruit they produce is far superior to that
which is grown upon the common standard.
In raising of standard Pears for the orchard, it is neces-
sary to have strong stocks, and such as have been quartered
out, at least two years, in order that they may throw up the
young shoot with vigour.* As I have stated before, it is by
far the most preferable way to bud them instead of grafting
* Pear stocks should be raised from seed ; suckers are very bad stocks, and \viJl
never make good trees. To raise Pear stocks : Let the seeds be procured from
common Pears, sowed and managed as for Apples, except that as Pear seed-
lings are more tender than apple seedlings, they must be protected thiough the
winters by hoops and mats and dry leaves filled in between the rows, commencing as
early as November. The stocks should be protected until fit to put out in Nurse-
ry rows about four years old. I have lost thousands of young Pears by neglecting
tliis precaution. Jim. Ed.
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them ; by this method, many of the most vigorous will at-
tain a height of six or seven feet the first year of their
growth, and make fine standards the second, whilst those
sorts possessing less vigour will come in the year following.
For Dwarfs, those which have been grafted are the best,
as the plant divides itself into branches the first year, and
more regularly so than those which have been obtained from
buds will in the second.
Those for training en quenouille, as just stated, must be
propagated upon the Quince, this stock having a similar
effect upon the Pear to that of the Apple by the Doucin
stock, diminishing its vigour and increasing its fertility.
PRUNING AND TRAINING.
SECT. I. — Open Standards
There is not any particular management required for
standard Pears that is not applicable to the Apple, as de-
tailed under that head. The principal thing to be attended
to at first is to have the tree with a straight healthy stem,
and a head composed of four equally strong well-placed
shoots.
All open standards should be taken as soon as planted, to
keep their stems straight, perfectly upright, and to secure
them against high winds.
If the branches in the head are equal in strength, and well
placed, they will not require to be pruned back, but must be
allowed to grow at their full length, unless the sort be one
of a pendent growth ; in this case, more than four shoots
will be required, as this number generally bends downwards,
and must be augmented by others to form the upper part of
the head. This is to be effected by heading down the four
shoots to six inches at the end of the second year after the
tree has been planted, and when it has got a firm hold of the
soil ; for the greater its vigour at this time, the more up-
right will its young shoots be directed ; and on the contrary,
young shoots from weak trees -of this description are chiefly
pendent.
As the heads become enlarged from year to year, they
must be looked over, to keep them thin of wood, and to re-
move any branch which is likely, by its further progress, to
injure any of the others : the pendent growers will require
more attention paid to them in this respect than the upright,
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because they are perpetually throwing up vigorous young
shoots from the upper side of those branches which are ma-
king a curved direction downwards.
SECT. II. — Quenouille Training.
As trees for this purpose require but one main stem, those
obtained by budding are preferable, being always the most
upright and handsome ; although a grafted plant, with early
attention, will fully answer the purpose.
Quenouille training is a method adopted by the French
gardeners, and of which specimens are exhibited in the Hor-
ticultural garden at Chiswick. It consists in training the
plant perpendicularly, with a single stem, to the height of
about seven feet, and in having branches at regular distances
from the bottom to the top ; these are generally about
eighteen inches long, and pendent, being brought into this
direction by bending the young shoot downward as it grows,
and tying it by a string till it has finished its growth in the
autumn.
If the plant be strong, and in a state of vigour, it will throw
out mariy more side branches than will be required ; these
must be thinned out, selecting those which are the strongest
and best, and placed so that they may be from nine to twelve
inches apart when trained. 3?he luxuriance of these shoots
is materially checked by bringing them into this form ; they
are, in consequence, always well furnished with fruit-bearing
spurs, which produce very fine fruit.
Quenouille training possesses this advantage, that a plant
under such management requires but little room, a square of
four feet ^ach way being amply sufficient ; its fruit being
within reach may be thinned out to enlarge its size, and it
can also be secured against high winds, thus acquiring con-
siderable size ; and being near the ground, the additional
warmth it receives adds materially to its ripening in per-
fection.
SECT. III. — Espaliers.
Several very valuable sorts of Pears may be successfully
cultivated in espaliers, which would not succeed on the tall
and exposed orchard standard, and is admirably adapted for
PEARS. 375
small gardens,* and for ripening many of our finest autum-
nal fruit, being less exposed to high winds, and affording
greater security to heavy fruit.
Pears intended for espaliers, as well as for Quenouille
training, should be propagated upon the Quince stock ; and
grafted plants, as I have observed before, are preferable to
those which have been raised from buds. Horizontal train-
ing as recommended for Apples, is that which is best adapt-
ed for the Pear, arid the method laid down for forming the
tree the same : the horizontal branches may also be train-
ed at nine or ten inches apart, unless it be for those sorts
whose fruit are very large ; these will be better if they are
allowed a foot.|
Trained Pears, both as espaliers and against walls,
through negligence and mismanagement, always abound
with long naked spurs, not one in twenty of which produces
fruit; and on those which do, it is small, ill-shaped, and
worthless. When trees are found in this state, those spurs
must be reduced by degrees, cutting some clean oat where
they have stood too close together, and shortening others.
On the neck part of some of these long spurs, there will be
frequently one or two good buds to be found ; if so, the spurs
must be cut back to those buds ; and where there are none,
they should be shortened to within one or two inches of the
main branch. In the course of the following summer there
will, in all probability, be buds formed at their base, where
the old spurs should at the winter pruning be finally re-
moved.
In the course of two or three years, by following up this
method, the trees in most cases may be reduced into a fruit-
bearing state ; if, however, they have been too long and too
much neglected to be reduced in this manner, they must be
headed down in the following manner : —
In February or the beginning of March, with a thin fine-
toothed saw, cut every branch back to within nine inches of
the main stem from which it issued, making the cut in a
sloping direction, and as little exposed to view in front as pos-
sible, smoothing it afterwards with a sharp knife, and particu-
larly the bark round the edge, so that its lacerated parts may
be effectually removed ; at the same time every spur, whether
good or bad, upon the remaining part of the tree should be
cut off close and smooth, but not so close as to touch the
*jMany of our finest Pears require'the ahelter and protection of an espalier, our
winters to the north and east are too severe for them. Ed.
t See espalier Apples.
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PEARS.
ring of bark at its base, from beneath which the young shoots
will make their appearance.
After this operation is finished, the wounds should be co-
vered with a small portion of well-beaten grafting clay, re-
duced into a paste with water, or with Mr. Forsyth's compo-
sition,* which is very excellent, and at the same time wash-
ing over with a brush both the head and the stem with the
same composition in a diluted state.
When the young shoots make their appearance, they must
be allowed to grow till they are long enough to train, when
two of the most regular and best placed from each branch
cut down must be trained, and the others removed, cutting
them off close and smooth.
If the branches headed down in the spring had been at
regular and proper distances from each other, two shoots
from each will be double the number subsequently required.
It is, however, necessary this number should be trained the
first year, as they will grow as strong, and extend quite as
far as if half the number only had been retained ; and it will
give an opportunity of selecting the best shoot of the two in
the winter pruning ; and in case of any accident happening
to one, the other will supply its place, so that a full number
of branches will thus be secured to furnish every part of the
tree.
This being accomplished, the branches must be continued
at their full length, as before directed, and the superfluous
shoots and spurs treated accordingly.
BY THE EDITOR.
It is evident that Pear Trees are more tender than they
are generally imagined to be, and the cause of their decay in
sections of the country at some seasons more than others
may be attributed to a mild protracted autumn, succeeded
by severe cold weather. I have lost seedling Pears and
young Grape Vines by a frost in November, when at other
seasons they have stood the severity of a very cold winter
without injury. In the former instance the fall was mild,
warm, and protracted ; the stocks full of sap and vigorous ;
the frost came suddenly, and the young stocks were killed
almost to the bottom, apparently as tender as Geraniums.
In the latter case, the autumn came on gradually cold, the
wood ripened hard and firm ; and when winter set in, they
* The preparation and application of this composition is given at the end of th ia
work.
PEARS.
377
were able to stand it without injury. Pear trees, as well as
Peach trees, within the last twenty-five years have suffered
injury from some cause or other. Let us examine the matter
by facts which have come underourown observation. During
the period specified, we find that a decay about Peach trees
first showed itself in Pennsylvania, afterwards in New- York,
and finally extended over all the country ; within the same pe-
riod, in certain districts of France, their finest kinds of Pears
failed, decayed, and in some parts were destroyed ; in Eng-
land the same effects were observed in certain districts on
their Apples. Certain Pomologists, with Mr. Knight at their
head, undertook to explain the whole mystery, by asserting
that the old and fine sorts of fruit had run out, and were, in
a manner, extinct by age. This theory sounded well, and
was believed by many to be the case. Two of their most
celebrated apples, the Golden Pippin and the Nonpareil,
were according to this theory absolutely defunct twenty
years ago. But this is not the case, even at this day, ac-
cording to Mr. Lindley ; he says of the Golden Pippin :
" This Apple is considered by some of our modern -writers
on Pomology to be in a state of decay, its fruit of inferor
quality, and its existence near its termination." " I cannot
for a moment agree with such an opinion, because we have
facts annually before our eyes completely at variance with
such an assertion," aad " so far from this being a fact, the
fruit in Co vent Garden and the Borough Markets during
the fruit season, and indeed every other large market in the
southern or midland counties of England will be found spe-
cimens of fruit, as perfect, and as fine, as any which have
been either figured, or described by any writer whatever,
either in this, or in any other country," and " instead of the
trees being in a state of ' rapid decay,' they may be found
of unusually large size, perfectly healthy, and their crops
abundant ; the first perfect in form, beautiful in colour, and
excellent in quality."
Of the next Apple run out by age, according to this theory,
the Nonpareil, (See No. 175, page 67,) Lindley observes,
(in 1831,) " The trees are regularly good bearers, and when
grafted on the Doucin stock, upon good soil, and under ju-
dicious management, their fruit is as perfect as the best of
our newest productions." I may here just observe, that the
Peaches are fine and plenty now in the Philadelphia markets ;
that large orchards of them may be be found near New-
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PEARS.
York, and all the young plantations made in favourable
circumstances are doing well about here ; and I may also
add, that every one of the kinds that I had twenty-five years
ago, I have ,yet. And as we find that the apples are re-
covered in England, so the Pears, and the same old kinds,
are found to do well in France. As for pears in this coun-
try, if Mr. K.'s theory were true, I ask how long it might
take before the Pears would run out by age ? About 1000
feet from my house stands a Pear tree planted out by Go-
vernor Stuyvesant more than two hundred years ago, and
looks likely enough to overrun another century. If Mr.
Knight should be willing to 'allow from two to three hun-
dred years as the period of existence of a tree under the most
favourable circumstances, and as this tree may be consider-
ed as a seedling, that his theory is still correct, I answer
that it is not a seedling : it is evidently a grafted tree, and
might have been taken from an old sort at that time. But
what will the theory do when applied to the Autumn Berga-
mot Pear? Mr. Lindley says, (see No. 42, page 231,) "it
is now [1831] one of the best Pears of the season, and it is
one of the most ancient . supposed to have been in England
ever since the time of Julius Csesar ;" that is, one thousand
eio-ht hundred and eighty-seven years ago ! ! I can only
add of this same Autumn Bergamot Pear, that the young
trees of it are as healthy, and grow as free in my nursery as
any of the new Flemish Pears, at this present time. The
theory is therefore not true, and some other cause must be
found for the occasional decay of fruit trees. As it relates
to this country, according to the opinion of many, our cli-
mate has experienced a change within the period alluded to :
the winters are not so severe or. so long generally as they
used to be ; and yet trees that once stood the cold winters
uninjured, have since, in milder winters, been killed by the
cold, the milder and longer falls causing the sap to remain
in the trees to a later period. When cold weather sets in
suddenly before the wood is well ripened and hardened, the
cold penetrates to the medulla, or pith, whereby it receives
a mortal injury, which, although it does not kill the tree at
once, it generally dies the next summer, or summer follow-
ing. The tree thus injured may be discovered, on cutting
the shoots in the spring, by a blackness in the pith ; and al-
though I do not think that a tree once injured as above stated
can ever be recovered, yet the sort may be preserved by
pudding from it on a healthy young stock ; if the bark is un-
injured, the bud will take and thrive on the young stock. I
have taken buds from Peaches in this injured state, when I
wished to keep the sort, and although the old tree had ac-
tually died in the fall following, the young shoot has done
well, showing no symptom of disease.
After all, the philosophy about trees running out by age,
and a regeneration to be accomplished only by new seedling
sorts, I know not but budding is as much a renovation in
the sort as seedlings are — the seed is but a bud in a smaller
compass ; both the buds and the seeds are perfect indivi-
duals, and each of them capable, under proper circum-
stances, to form a new tree.
A word or two more on cultivating Pears. In order to
have tiiem of the finest quality, and in the greatest state of
perfection, I would recommend the espalier mode of train-
ing for this purpose. The direction I believe to be very
correct, and easy to be practised. I have made a selection
of fine sorts, and marked with an asterisk those that will do
well on the Quince stock for dwarf sorts ; they will all take
well, of course, on Pear stocks. A change of stocks will
often have a great effect. I have observed, that French
Pears (I mean trees imported directly from France) are ge-
nerally grafted on Quinces ; in some of the trees, when they
have appeared to be in a decaying state, by taking off buds
rom, and putting them on free Pear stocks, they have done
well, being quite renovated. I would recommend when any
fine kind of Pear shows any tendency to decay on Pear
stocks, to bud the sorts on fine free Quince stocks, and a
similar effect will be produced.
SELECTION OF PEARS.
Those marked with an asterisk * are adapted for Espalier or
Quenouille Training.
Early, or Summer Fruit.
Cuisse Madame 17 *Early Bergamot 3
*Early Rousselet 4 *Epine d'E'te 18
*Fondante de Brest 5 Governor Stuyvesant 163
Green Chisel 6 Jargonelle 20
Long-Stalked Blanquet 24 Little Muscat 22
Madeleine 25 Mansuette 26
Musk Robine 8 *Prince's Pear 29
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PEARS.
*Robine 10
*Summer Bonchretien 36
* Summer Bergamot 13
Williams's Bonchretien 38
Sabine d'E't£
Summer Francreal
^Summer Rose
Windsor
33
37
14
39
Autumnal Fruit.
* Autumn Bergamot 42
*Bezy de la Motte 46
Bezy Vaet 68
Capiaumont 73
*Crasanne 48
JDelices d'Ardenpont 76
*Echassery 50
Flemish Beauty 82
Gray Doyenn^ 54
Hacon's Incomparable 85
*Marie Louise 91
Napoleon 94
*Seckle 101
Urbaniste 103
43
67
71
47
79
*Belle et Bonne
*Bezy de Montigny
*Brown Beurre
Charles d'Autriche
Doyenne Santilete
*Duchess of Angouleme 80
Elton
*GansePs Bergamot
* Green Sylvange
*Louise-bonne
Moor-fowl Egg
Poire Neill
Swan's Egg
* White Doyenne
51
52
53
90
57
98
102
107
Winter Fruit.
Ambrette 108
*Beurre d'Aremberg 119
Beurre Ranee 121
*Colmar 124
*Easter Bergamot 110
Forelle 128
Gilogil 113
Passe Colmar 137
*Saint Germain 142
*Angelique de Bordeaux 117
*Beurre Diel 120
*Chaumontel 123
D'Aush 125
*Glout Morceau 129
*Easter Beurre 126
*Holland Bergamot 1 14
Royale d'Hiver 140
^Spanish Bonchretien 144
231
c H A P x 2 n ::n.
OK THE CULTnMTIOH 01? PLUMS.
Propagation*
Plums are propagated by budding and grafting upon the
Brussels and the Common Plum stock. The former is
principally employed for such sorts as are intended to be
worked standard high; it is used also for dwarfs.
The Common stock is used likewise for both standards
and dwarfs ; but then the former are worked below, the same
as for dwarfs, and the strongest of the plants are allowed to
run up for standards.
In raising standard Plums, however, I have found it the
best way to bud them upon the Common stock, nine inches
from the ground. If the stocks are strong and in health, and
upon a good soil, they will throw up the vigorous growing
sorts standard high the first year; those which are of a more
moderate growth will attain that height the following year.
For dwarfs, as I have observed before, those which are ob-
tained by grafting are to be preferred.
Pruning and Training.
SECT. I. — Open Standards.
1
Open standards of Plums should be chosen, such as are
straight and clean in their stems, with regular heads of four
equally strong well-placed shoots. If the trees have been
planted in the autumn, they will, by the following April, have
made fresh roots, and their buds will begin to push ; they
must at this time be headed down to three or four inches,
after which they will furnish three or four others from each
shoot.
If, however, at the next winter pruning a sufficient num-
ber cannot be selected to form the head, the best must be
selected and cut down again as before, which, if the tree be
in a state of health, must furnish abundance for the purpose.
The best of those being selected, they must be allowed to
grow at their full length, without ever shortening them again,
unless through some accident there should be a vacancy in
the head which requires to be filled up.
882 PLUMS.
Standards, when thus fully established, require nothing
further than to be looked over from time to time, in order to
remove any superfluous shoots, or such others as may, by
their further growth, be likely to injure others.
SEC. II. — Espaliers.
Espalier Plums are to be formed precisely upon the same
principle as espalier Pears, having a central upright stem
with horizontal branches issuing from each side; these should
be trained at nine inches .apart, except in such sorts as are
of a very slender wiry growth, in which they may be some-
what nearer.
The branches of Plums require to be continued at length,
without ever shortening the leading shoot, and their spurs
should be managed as directed for Pears, except in the first
pruning in the summer, when the foreright and side shoots
must be shortened to one inch instead of two, as they are not
so likely to throw out additional shoots from these artificial
spurs in the same season.
Some of the strongest, however, of these spurs will be
likely to make a second shoot, which must, in the second
pruning, be cut off below the eye whence it originated ; never
.shortening a second shoot like the first, as a repetition of
this alone causes the spurs, in every description of espalier
and wall tree, to be what are termed bushheaded, instead of
having any tendency to acquire a more natural character :
they are at all times unsightly, and never productive of fruit.
A SELECTION OF PLUMS BY THE EDITOR.
Those marked with an asterisk * are adapted for Espalier or
duenouille Training.
Ripe in July and August.
Blue Gage 1 *Blue Perdrigon 2
*Early Amber 48 Early red Primordian 17
Great Damask of Tours 3 *Green Gage 10
*Jaune Hative 49 *Morocco 6
Precoce deTours 7 Violette native 9
Wilmot's Early Orleans 41 *Kirk's Plum 5
QUINCES. 383
Ripe in August and beginning of September.
*Brignole
44
*Drap d'Or
47
Bolmar's Washington
53
Early Orleans
16
Flushing Gage
62
*Fotheringham
18
*La Royale
25
Little Queen Claude
11
Luccomb's Nonesuch
12
*Mirabelle
51
Monsieur
28
New York Purple
61
Orleans
29
*Purple Gage
31
*Royale de Tours
36
Violet Diaper
38
*Wheat Plum
40
* White Perdrigon
60
Ripe September to October.
*Apricot Plum
43
Cooper's Plum
63
Coe's Plum
45
*Diaper
15
Domine DulPs Plum
64
Downton Imperatrice
46
Goliath
20
* German Prune
19
*La Delicieuse
24
*Mimm's Plum
26
^Imperatrice
21
Prune Damson
8
Prune Suisse
30
Red Perdrigon
34
*Red Magnum Bonum
33
Saint Catherine
52
Violet Perdrigon
39
Wiaesour
42
*Wentworth
54
* White Imperatrice
58
White Damson
57
*White Bullace
55
White Magnum Bonum
59
Wentworth
54
CHAPTER XIII.
CULTIVATION OF QUINCES.
Propagation.
The Quince is propagated by layers at any time during
the winter months. When the young shoots are laid down,
there should not be more than two eyes left above ground,
and when those have grown five or six inches long, one of
them should be cut clean off, leaving the other to form the
plant, which by the autumn will be three feet high.
The layers must be taken off the stools as soon as the
leaves are fallen, and planted out in rows at three feet apart
384 RASPBERRIES.
from row to row, and ten or twelve inches from plant to plant
in the row. At the end of one or two years they will be fil
to bud or graft with the different sorts of Pear, for quenouille
or espalier training ; or they may be allowed to grow up and
form standards for orchard planting.
Those, however, which are intended for budding or graft-
ing, should be shortened to eighteen inches, as soon as quar-
tered out in the rows, which will keep them upright, firm, and
steady : but those intended for standards should be staked
and tied up as soon as planted, and at the end of three yeare
they ought to be fit to be planted out where they are intended
to remain.
Cultivation.
The Quince is cultivated as an open standard. Its ma-
nagement is the same as that of the Plum.
The Quince may very safely be planted out in the orchard,
without any fear of its degenerating either the Apple or the
Pear, an erroneous idea entertained both by Miller and
Forsyth.
CHAPTER XIV.
CULTIVATION O~ RASPBERRIES.
Propagation*
The propagation of Raspberries is so well known to every
gardener to be by suckers, that nothing need be said under
this head ;* but the raising of a new plantation of stools is
not by every one accomplished in the shortest space of time,
and a collection is scarcely ever arranged so as to give all
the sorts of which it may consist an equal advantage. In
order to this, it is necessary that the respective heights
should be known, to which the different varieties attain.
This will enable the planter to arrange them to the greatest
advantage.
* Cane Raspberries may be propagated by layers.as follows : in the month of Jtjff
bend down the tops and with a dibber make a hole in the ground, stick in the topi
and fasten them down with the foot. £<*.
RASPBERRIES. 385
This will be by placing the tallest growers at the back,
the middle growers next, and the shortest growers in front.
By this mode of arrangement, the shorter and middle grow-
ers will receive their due proportion of sun, without being
interrupted by those which attain the greatest degree of ele-
vation. The necessity of such an arrangement as this must
be obvious to those who are aware of the advantage to be
derived, in wet and cloudy seasons, in having this delicate
and tender fruit fully exposed to the sun, and receiving a
free and plentiful admission of air.
In making such a plantation as this, it will be advisable,
if possible, to have the rows extend from east to ivest. These
should be four feet at least from each other ; and supposing
one row only can be allotted to each sort, and that six rows
are to form the extent of the plantation, then the first or
north row may be planted with the Cornish, No. 9 ; the
second with Woodward's Red Globe, No. 22 ; the third with
Red Antwerp, No. 3 ; the fourth with Yellow Antwerp, No. 4;
the fifth with Cane, No. 6, 7, or 8 ; the sixth with Double
Bearing, No. 10 or 11.
The stools in the first and second row should be four feet
apart; those in the third and fourth, three feet and a half;
and those in the fifth and sixth, three feet. In planting,young
suckers should be made choice of; and if in plenty, three of
these should be allowed to each stool, placing them in a tri-
angle of six inches apart. If fruit are not wanted the first
year, the plants will gain considerable strength by being cut
down within six inches of the ground as soon as planted,
instead of leaving them three or four feet high in order to ob-
tain from them a crop of fruit.
In selecting the sorts for the above six rows, it is inten-
ded only to show their arrangement as far as regards their
relative heights, not as a proper proportion of each ; because
a single row of yellow-fruited will not, by many, be deemed
sufficient for five rows of red.
When a larger collection is intended to be planted out, the
additional varieties may readily be placed so as to corre-
spond with those which I have selected as a specimen.
After the stools are established, and fruit of the largest
size acquired, care must be taken to select the strongest
canes, and a few of these only from each plant, in proportion
to its strength, shortening each to about four-fifths of its
original height : these should be supported singly by a small
stake to each. For general purposes stakes are unneces-
33
386 STRAWBERRIES.
sary, as three, four, five, or six canes from the same stool
may be tied together on their tip-ends : this may be done
so as to give each cane a bow-like direction, which will give
much more room for their laterals to grow than if tied up in
a more perpendicular manner.
As a succession of this very favourite fruit must always
be desirable in the dessert, it may be prolonged considerably
beyond its usual time by cutting down some of the stools
wholly to within a few inches of the ground, instead of leav-
ing the canes at four fifths of their length.
This operation may be practised upon both the Red and
the Yellow Antwerp, as well as upon several of the other
varieties, from which good crops of fruit may be obtained in
August.
The double-bearing varieties should have every alternate
stool cut down annually : these will furnish an abundance
of fruit so late as September, and in a fine warm autumn even
to a later period.
As the finest and best of these fruits are, in all cases, the
produce of strong and well-ripened canes, it becomes neces-
sary that the stools should have every advantage afforded
them. This may be readily effected by causing all the for-
mer year's canes to be cut down to the ground as soon as
they have produced their crop, instead of allowing them to
stand till the winter or spring : this removes an unnecessary
encumbrance, and at a season when sun and air are of in-
finite importance to the young canes, consequently to the
succeeding crop of fruit.
CHAPTER XV.
CULTIVATION OF STRAWBERRIES.
Cultivation.
As early in the summer as the young runners of Straw-
berries have taken root, they should be taken up and planted
out in nursery beds, at a distance of five or six inches from
each other. These, in the course of the summer and au-
tumn, will make fine, large, well-rooted plants, and many of
the kinds will be sufficiently strong to produce fruit the fol-
lowing summer
STRAWBERRIES. 387
In preparing the ground for the reception of these plants,
it should be trenched two spades deep (twenty inches), with
a quantity of half-rotten dung mixed with the first spit. In
planting them out, the most economical method perhaps will
be, to plant in beds of four rows each, with intervals of two
and a half or two feet between the beds, according to the
sorts to be planted.
The strongest growers, such as WilmoVs Superb, and all
the varieties of the third Class, may be fifteen inches from
row to row, and fifteen inches between each plant ; the next
strongest may have the rows fifteen inches apart, and the
plants twelve inches : the third size, comprising all those of
the sixth and seventh Classes, may have the rows twelve in-
ches apart, and the plants twelve inches ; the fourth size,
those of Class I. and V., may have the rows twelve inches
apart, and the plants nine inches.
During the first year, all the runners should be cut ofHhe
plants some time before they have taken root, which will
give the stool plants full possession of the soil. Such sorts
as show fruit should have the ground covered, when coming
into blossom, with either short grass or with straw, which
will keep the blossoms clean, and the fruit free from soil
when ripe ; besides, the surface of the ground will be pro-
tected from the scorching rays of the sun, and in case of
heavy showers, the rain will thus be prevented from running
off. As soon as the fruit is gathered, however, this covering
should be removed, and the ground kept clean by the hoe.
In the winter, and not before, as the plants will not have
finished their growth", the leaves must be cut off, and the
spaces among the plants, as well as the alleys, dug carefully
over, so as not to injure their roots : this will be best done
with a three-pronged fork, instead of the spade. The second
summer, the plants will bear their best crop and finest fruit ;
the beds and outside of the alleys should be covered with
mown grass or with straw, as before, three or four inches
thick : by this method I have found the fruit not only more
abundant, but much finer than by any other.
In cultivating the Hautbois Straw berry plants from bad col-
lections produce a number of what some gardeners call male
or sterile plants ; and many are of opinion, that because
they are males, it is necessary they should be preserved in
their beds, in order to fertilize the others ; and some have
gone so far as to plant them with a rather numerous regular*
388 STRAWBERRIES.
ity for this purpose. The consequence has been, that their
beds have proved more fertile in leaves than in fruit, and the
stock has at length been condemned as bad ; whereas its
sterility has proceeded from those favourite males, the stools
of which having no crop of fruit to support always produce a
superabundance of runners, which being also much stronger
than the fertile ones have consequently overrun and over-
powered them, and literally annihilated the only ones capable
of producing fruit.
Having had a parcel of Hautbois plants given to me some
years ago, I planted them out, and suspecting there were
many sterile plants among them, I did not suffer a runner to
remain the first year. The second year, five plants out
of six proved to be so, which I immediately destroyed ;
and as soon as the runners of the fertile ones became rooted,
I planted out the bed afresh : these produced me one of the
m»st fertile crops I ever saw, and the runners from them
produced the successive crops the same.
I selected a few of the finest of the first berries of those
which bore the first year, and sowed the seeds ; these produ-
ced, as might be expected, both fertile and sterile plants, the
latter of which I again destroyed, and saved a few only of
those which produced the finest fruit, and of similar size,
figure, and quality ; the runners from these I planted out as
before, and they produced me a perfect crop of fruit, without
a single sterile plant being found among them : thus was my
first stock of prolific Hautbois obtained.
After stating thus much relative to this class of Strawber-
ries, it can hardly be necessary for me to point out the neces-
sity of closely examining all new-made beds of them, and of
entirely extirpating those worse than useless sterile plants.
Jllpine Strawberries have been recommended by some to
be always raised from seed. I have raised many this way,
and I have found myself disappointed, in having a portion of
them produce inferior fruit to those from which the seeds
were obtained. Thus a mixture of Alpines is the result,
which in my opinion is no way desirable, as in all cases a
crop of the best fruit can never be equalled by a mixture of
the best with inferior varieties.
In propagating the Alpine Strawberry by the runners from
one single plant, all its offspring must be the same ; it there-
fore becomes necessary to select the very finest kind for the
purpose ; the fruit large, broad at its base, and sharply coni-
cal.
FORSYTH'S COMPOSITION. 389
If the runners are planted out in August or the beginning
of September, the beds will be covered with runners by the
spring ; these should not be removed, as directed for the
other classes, because the first and strongest of them will
produce fruit during .the autumn, and continue in succession
to a late period of the season. But a succession of finer
fruit than these is produced by cutting off all the flower
stems as soon as they begin to blossom, from their com-
mencement in the spring till the end of June. By this means
a most abundant supply of the very finest fruit is produced
from the end of July till the frost sets in.
In pursuing this latter mode of management, it would be
most advisable, perhaps, to plant a small-sized bed for the
purpose, allowing the plants a space of six or eight inches
from each other, instead of more, which will ensure a thicker
crop ; and in all cases with Alpines, it would "be still better
to have some of both Red and White planted upon a north
aspect, and that these plantings should be removed annu-
ally.
The Wood Strawberry requires the same management,
except in this, that as it does, not produce its fruit in the au-
tumn, its flower stems must not be cut down in the spring,
in expectation of a succession crop.
Mr. Forsytes Composition.
Mr. Forsyth, May 11, 1791, gave the following directions
** for making a composition for curing diseases, defects and
injuries in all kinds of fruit and forest trees, and the method
of preparing the trees and laying on the composition:
" Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of
lime rubbish of old buildings (that from the ceilings of rooms
is preferable,) half a bushel of wood ashes, and a sixteenth
part of a bushel of pit or river sand ; the three last articles
are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them
well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden
beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used
for ceilings of rooms.
" The composition being thus made, care must be taken
to prepare the tree properly for its application, by cutting
33*
390 FORSYTH'S COMPOSITION.
away all the dead, decayed, and injured part, till you come
at the fresh sound wood, leaving the surface of the wood
very smooth, and rounding off the edges of the bark with a
draw-knife or other instrument, perfectly smooth, which must
be particularly attended to ; then lay on the plaster about
an eighth of an inch thick, all over the part where the wood
or bark has been so cut away, finishing off the edges as thin
as possible. Then take a quantity of dry powder of wood-
ashes mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the
ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box with holes in the
top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster till
the whole is covered with it, letting it remain for half an hour
to absorb the moisture ; then apply more powder, rubbing
it on gently with the hand, and repeating the application
of the powder till the whole plaster becomes a dry, smooth
surface. * * k
" If any of the composition be left for a future occasion,
it should be kept in a tub or other vessel, and urine poured
on it so as to cover the surface, otherwise the atmosphere
will greatly hurt the efficacy of the application.
" When lime rubbish of old buildings cannot be easily got,
take pounded chalk or common lime, after having been
slaked a month at least, "'iv* -
" As the growth of the trees will gradually affect the plas-
ter, by raising up its edges next the bark, care should be
taken, when that happens, to rub it over with the finger when
occasion may require, (which is best done when moistened
by rain,x, that the plaster may be kept whole, to prevent the
air and wet penetrating into the wound."
Mr. Forsyth says, farther on, " As the best way of using
the composition is found by experience to be in a liquid state,
it must, therefore, be reduced to the consistence of a pretty
thick paint, by mixing it up with a sufficient quantity of urine
and soap-suds, and laid on with a painter's brush. The
powder of wood-ashes and burnt bones is to be applied as
before directed, patting it down with the hand."
Although I do not feel disposed to go the length of ad-
mitting all that has been said of the virtues of this compo-
sition, I believe it to be a very excellent one to be applied to
trees where their limbs have been amputated, or their bark
injured by wounds. I have therefore inserted its prepa-
ration here, verbatim, from Mr. Forsyth's Treatise, and re-
. ..
A WASH FOR THE STEMS, &C. 391
commend its application in the manner he has directed, par-
ticularly in a liquid state.
A Wash for the Stems of Fruit Trees.
Take a peck of fresh cow-dung, half a peck of quick-lime,
half a pound of flour of sulphur, and a quarter of a pound of
lamp-black. Mix the whole together with as much urine
and soap-suds in, a boiling state as will form the ingredients
into a thick paint. $&?•*%&
This composition may be applied to the stems of young
standard trees when planted out into the orchard, to prevent
their being injured by the depredations of hares and rabbits.
Jl Wash for the Stems and Branches of Fruit Trees.
Take half a^peck of quick lime, half a pound of flour of
sulphur, and a quarter of a pound of lamp-black. Mix the
whole together with as much boiling water as will form the
ingredients into a thick paint. This composition is recom-
mended to be applied to the stems and limbs of apple trees
which are infested with the White Mealy Insect, having pre-
viously removed the moss and loose bark by scraping them
off with a strong knife, or some other instrument adapted to
the purpose.
In using the composition, it will be most efficacious if ap-
plied in a warm state, or something more than blood heat.
On young trees, strong vinegar will effectually destroy
this insect, and I have for many years, in my own nursery,
used it for this purpose : but this would be too expensive to
be applied when the trees are large.*
* A solution of potash to wash the stems of the trees early in the spring before
the buds expand, will effectually destroy them.
INDEX
TO THE DIFFERENT FRUITS.
ALMONDS.
No. Page No.
1. Jlmande commune 1 1.
2. Jlmande douce d, coque duri 2
3. Jlmande douce & coque tendre 2
4. Jlmande des Dames 2
5. Jlmande Sultana 2 6.
6. Jlmande Pistache 2 7.
7. Jlmande Princesse 2
8. Jlmande Jlm&re 2
8. Bitter Almond 2
Common Almond
Hard-shell Sweet Almond
Ladies' Finder Sweet Al-
mond
Pistachia Almond
Princess Paper-shell Al-
mond
Sultana Almond
Pago
1
163. Acklam's Russet 62
115. Adams's Pearmain 44
116. ^Esopus Spitzemberg 45
22. Alexander 11
46. Alfriston 20
103. Jlmerican Newtown Pip-
pin 40
169. Jlnis 65
22. Jlporta 11
6. Jlrbroath Pippin 4
164. Aromatic Russet 63
165. Ashmead's Kernel 63
93. Jlurore 37
194. Bached Kernel 75
117. Baltimore 45
118. Barcelona Pearmain 45
88. Bardin • 35
119. Baxter's Pearmain 46
67. Beachamwell Seedling 27
47. Beauty of Kent 20
120. Bedfordshire Foundling 46
121. Belle Bonne 46
68. Belledge 27
69. Belle Grideline 27
69. Belle Grisdeline 27
62. BelVs Scarlet 25
§9. Belvoir Pippin 28
193. Bennett Apple 75
122. Benwell's Pearmain 47
17. Bere Court Pippin 8
194. BestBache 75
70. Biggs's Nonesuch 28
71. Birmingham Pippin 28
72. Blenheim Orange 29
72. Blenheim Pippin 29
113. Bonnet Carrt 44
1. Borovitsky 3
73. Borsdorff 29
73. BorsdOrjfer 29
123. Bossom 47
166. Bowyer's Russet 63
394
APPLES.
No.
215. Bough Apple
223. Bell Flower
167. Braddick's Nonpareil
91. Brandy Apple
124. Bredon Pippin
74. Brickley Seedling
75. Bringewood Seedling
109. Broad-end
169. Brown Apple of Burnt
Island
71. Brummage Pippin
73. Bursdo/ff
113. Calville Blanche d'Hiver
130. Calville d'Angleterre
14. Calville ffiEtt
162. Calville Rouge
14. Calville Rouge cFEtt
162. Calville Rouge d'Hiver
18. Calville Rouge de Mi-
coud
120. Cambridge Pippin
229. Campfield
76. Canadian Reinette
80. Capendu
169. Caraway Russet
154. CarreVs Seedling.
77. Caroline Apple
125. Catshead
125. Caffs-Head
99. Charles Apple
126. Chester Pearmain
19. Christie's Pippin
83. Claremont Pippin
127. Claygate Pearmain
159. CobbeWs Fall Pippin
20. Cobhara Apple
195. Cocagee
195. Cockagee
128. Cockle Pippin
53. Codling
21. Cole Apple
129. Col. Harbord's Pippin
159. Concombre ancien
77. Contin Reinette
78. Cornish Aromatic
130. Cornish Gilliflower
130. Cornish July Flower
125. Costard
130. Coul Blush
79. Court de Wick
79. Court of Wick Pippin
80. Court Pendu
88. Courtpendu de la Qwin
tinye
Page No.
84
80.
86
125.
64
196.
36
48.
47
28.
29
131.
30
159.
42
159.
8.
65
35.
28
165.
29
140.
44
12.
49
16.
7
49.
62
50.
7
84.
62
51.
8
81.
46
81.
88
52.
30
82.
32
152.
65
58
3.
30
2.
48
168.
48
13.
39
13.
48
13.
9
216.
33
83.
48
50.
61
84.
10
22.
75
156.
75
. 48
53.
22
93.
10
13.
49
85.
61
86.
31
218.
31
159.
49
159.
49
24.
48
36.
50
132.
31
132.
31
87.
32
169.
84.
35
Courtpendu plat
Coustard
Cowarne Red
Cray Pippin
Dainty
Darling Pippin
D'Espagne
De Ratteau
Devonshire Quarenden
Ditchingham Pippin
Dr. Ashmead's Kernel
Dr. Harvey' s Apple
Dr. Helsham's Pippin
Dolgoi Squosnoi
Dowell's Pippin
Downton Pippin
Drap d'Or
Duke of Beaufort's Pip-
pin
Dumelow's Crab
Dumelow's Seedling
Dutch Codlin
Dutch Mignonne
Earl of Yarmouth's Pear-
main
Early Crofton
Early Julien
Early Nonpareil
Early Red Juneating
Early Red Margaret
Early Striped Juneating
Early Harvest
Easter Pippin
Elton Golden Pippin
Embroidered Pippin
Emperor Alexander
Engelsche Konings or
King's-Pippin
English Codlin
English Pippin
Eve Apple
Eyer's Greening
Fail-me-never
Fall Pippin
Fall Pippin
Fall Pippin, CobbeWs
Fall Pippin, Sudloic's
Fameuse
Farleigh Pippin
Farley Pippin'
Fearn's Pippin
Fenouillet Gris
Fenouillet Jaune
Page
32
48
76
20
14
50
61
61
5
16
63
53
6
8
21
21
34
21
32
32
22
33
58
3
3
64
7
7
7
84
33
21
34
11
59
22
37
7
34
34
85
61
61
11
16
50
50
35
65
34
APPLES.
395
No. Page No. Page
88. Fenouillet Rouge
35
168. Hicks':S Fancy
64
97. Five-crowned Pippin
23. Flower of Kent
38
11
28. Hoary Morning
95. Holland Pippin
13
37
197. Forest Styre
76
141. Hollow-crowned Pippin
53
133. Forman'sCrew
50
134. Horrex's Pearmain
51
155. Formosa Pippin
59
171. Horsham Russet
66
134. Fouldon Pearmain
51
142. Hubbard's Pearmain
54
198. Foxley Apple
199. Fox Whelp
77
77
29. Hughes's Golden Pippin
29. Hughes's New Golden
'14
24. Franklin's Golden Pip-
Pippin
14
pin
11
172. Hunt's Duke of Glou-
25. Frank Rambour
12
cester
65
52. French Codlin
22
172. Hunt's Nonpareil
66
83. French Crab
33
3. Irish Peach Apple
3
59. Frith Pitcher
24
59. Irish Pitcher
24
200. Friar
77
186. Irish Russet
71
79. Fry's Pippin
89. Fulwood
31
35
83. Iron-stone Pippin
206. Isle of Wight Orange
33
80
135. Ganges
51
206. Isle of Wight Pippin
80
80. Garnon's Jlpple
32
76. Janurea
30
201. Garter.
78
55. Jubilee Pippin
23
11. Glace de Zdlande
6
130. July Floioer
49
118. Glace Rouge
45
216. July Pippin
84
52. Glory of the West
22
4. Juneating
3
155. Glory of York
90. Gogar Pippin
79. Golden Drop
59
36
31
143. Kentish Pippin
30. Kerry Pippin
56. Keswick Codlin
54
14
23
91. Golden Harvey
36
144. Kinellan Apple
54
136. Golden Lustre
92. Golden Noble
51
36
57. King- of the Pippins
31. Kirfee's Golden Pippin
23
14
137. Golden Pearmain
52
96. Kirke's Lord Nelson
38
26. Golden Pippin
12
118. Kleiner Casseler Rein-
93. Golden Reinette
37
ette
45
170. Golden Russet
65
43. Knight's Codlin
19
142. Golden Fining
54
50. Knight's Golden Pippin
21
202. Grange Apple
230. Granniwinkle
78
89
50. Knight's Pippin
79. Knightwick Pippin
21
31
138. Gravenstein
52
173. Knobby Russet
66
54. Gray Lcadington
94. Green Newtown Pippin
22
37
227. Lady Apple
144, Lamb Abbey Pearmain
86
54
175. Grilne Reinette
67
32. Langton Nonesuch
15
71. Grummas'e Pippin
28
159. Large Fall Pippin
61
76. Grosse Reinette d'Jlngle-
145. Lemon Pippin
55
terre
30
204. Loan Pearmain
79
203. HagloeCrab
79
97. London Pippin
38
57. Hampshire Yellow
23
58. Longville's Kernel
24
139. Han well Souring
52
98. Lucombe's Seedling
38
180. Hardingham's Russet
69
5. Magdalene
4
140. -Harvey Apple
53
99. Malcarle
39
27. Hawthornden
13
59. Mank's Codlin
29
231. Hewes's Crab
89
5. Margaret
4
224. Hay's Winter
87
13. Margaret
7
156. Herefordshire Pearmain
59
13. Margaretha Apfd
7
228. Harrison
88
100. Margil
39
396
APPLES.
No. Page No. Page
174. Martin Nonpareil
66
178. Pennington's Seedling 68
206. Marygold
80
26. Ptpin d'Or 12
104. Matchless
40
161. P6pin Parmain d?Jlngle-
99. Mela Carla
39
terre 62
76. Mela Janurea
30
153. Petit Jean 58
102. Mincer's Dumpling
40
35. Philadelphia Pippin 16
101. MinchallCrab
39
79. Phillip's Reinette 31
101. Minshul Crab
39
179. Pile's Russet 68
222. Monstrous Pippin
86
180. Pine Apple Russet 69
67. Motleux's Seedling
27
154. Pinner Seedling
60. Nelson's Codling
24
181. Pitmaston Nonpareil 69
86. Never-fail
34
181. Pitmaston Russet Non-
146. New Rock Pippin
55
pareil 69
103. Newtown Pippin
40
84. Pomme de Caract&re
104. Newtown Spitzemberg
40
82. Pomme de Laak 33
147. New- York Pippin
66
227. Pomme tfApi 87
222. New- York G loria Mundi
86
36. Pomme de Neige 16
175. Non-par eil
67
76. Portugal tipple 30
32. Nonesuch
15
73. Postdoff 29
32. Nonsuch
15
73. Postophe d'Hiver 29
175. Nonpareil
175. Non-pareille
67
67
37. Potter's Large 17
182. Powell's Russet' 70
105. Norfolk Beaufin
41
190. Pyrager 74
105. Norfolk Beefin
41
188. Pride of the Ditches 72
110. Norfolk Colman
42
1 1 . Pyrus Jlstracanica 6
148. Norfolk Paradise
56
73. Queen's Apple 29
115. Norfolk Pippin
44
25. Rambour Franc 12
110. Norfolk Storing
42
25. Rambor Gros 12
149. Northern Greening
56
7. Red Jlstracan 4
128. Nutmeg Cockle Pippin
48
14. Red Calville 7
128. Nutmeg Pippin
48
38. Redlngestrie 17
33. Oake's Apple
15
38. Red Ingestrie Pippin 17
175. Old Nonpareil
67
13. RedJuneating 7
161. Old Pearmain
62
208. Red Must 81
205. Old Quining
80
8. Red Quarenden 5
176. Old Royal Russet
67
209. Red Streak 81
206. Orange Pippin
150. Ord's Apple
80
57
197. Red Slyre 76
73. Reinette Bdtarde 29
6. Orgeline
4
159. Reinette Blanche d'Es-
6. Orjeline
4
pagne 61
152. Ortley Apple
57
76. Reinette de Caen 30
6. Oslin Apple
4
76. Reinette de Canada 30
6. Oslin Pippin
4
76. Reinette de Canada d,
152. Oxnead Pearmain
58
Cdtes • 30
34. Padley's Pippin.
16
76. Reinette de Canada
64. Pearmain d'Etd
26
Blanche 30
161. Pearmain d1 Hirer
52
185. Reinette de Canada Grise 71
156. Parmain Double
59
118. Reinette des Carmes 46
156. Parmain Royal
59
183. Reinette d'Hongrie 70
156. Parmain Royal de long
82. Reinette Dorde 33
durde
59
106. Reinette Tranche 41
185. Passe Pomme de Canada
71
76. Reinette Grosse de Canada 30
177. Patch's Russet
68
175. Reinette Nompareille 67
82. Paternoster dpple
33
118. Reinette Rouge 46
207. Pawsan
80
APRICOTS.
397
»o. Page
227. Pommed'Api 87
118. Reinette Rousse 46
15. Revelstone Pippin 7
221. Rhode Island Greening 86
155. Ribston Pippin 59
107. Robinson Pippin 41
63. Rode WynAppel 25
121. Holland Apple 46
169. Rook's Nest 65
184. Ross Nonpareil 70
13. Rother Jacobs Apfel 7
156. Royal Pearmain 59
64. Royal Pearmain 26
157. Royal Reinette, 60
186. Royal Russet 71
137. Ruckman's Pearmain 52
61. Rymer 25
8.- Sack Apple .5
181. St. John's Nonpareil 69
186. Sam Young 71
58. Sam's Crab 24
39. Scarlet Crofton 17
187. Scarlet Nonpareil 72
62. Scarlet Pearmain 25
21. Scarlet Perfume 10
210. Siberian Bittersweet 82
211. Siberian Harvey 82
188. Siely's Mignonne 72
150. Simpson's Pippin 57
150. Simpson's Seedling 57
63. Sops in Wine 25
63. Sops of Wine 25
118. Speckled Golden Reinette 46
169. Spice Apple 65
9. Spring Grove Codlin 5
168. Stagg's Nonpareil 64
212. Stead's Kernel 82
158. Stone Pippin 60
108. Striped Beaufin
40. Striped Holland Pippin 17
24. Sudlow's Fall Pippin 1 1
16. Sugarloaf Pippin
41 . Summer Broaden
41. Summer Colman
10. Summer Golden Pippin
9. Abricot Angoumois
14. Abricot Blanc
11. Abricot Commun
2. Abricot de Hollande
5. Abricot de St. Jean
It
No
168, Summer Nonpareil
64. Summer Pearmain
220. Swaar Apple
189. Sweeney Nonpareil
226. Sweet arid Sour
190. Stykehouse Russet
158. Tarvey Codlin
65. Transparent Codlin
11. Transparent de Moscovie
6
59
155. Traver's Apple
222. Van Dyne 86
42. Waltham Abbey Seed-
ling 18
81. Wellington 32
191.- Wheeler's Russet 74
11. White Astracan 6
128. White Cockle ^ 48
27. White Haiothornden 13
158. White Pippin 80
192. White Russet 74
159. White Spanish Reinette 61
158. White Stone Pippin 60
160. Whitmore's Pippin 62
66. Williams's Pippin 26
224. Wine Apple 86
109. Winter Broaden, 42
110. Winter Colman 42
111. Winter Majetin 43
161. Winter Pearmain 62
112. Winter dueening 43
102. Winter Red Calville 62
113. Winter White Calville 43
213. Woodcock 83
79. Wood's Huntingdon 31
79. Wood's Transparent
Pippin 31
72. Woodstock Pippin 29
43. Wormsley Pippin 19
44. Wyken Pippin 19
93. Wyker Pippin 37
214. Yellow Elliot 83
93. Yellow German Reinette 37
45. Yellow Ingestrie . 10
114. Yorkshire Greening 44
33. Young's Long Keeping 33
APRICOTS.
94
95
95
91
92
5. Abricot de St. Jean Rouge 92
8. Abricot de Nancy 94
5. Abricot Gros d'Alexandrie 92
5, Abricot Grose Prtcoce 92
10. Abricot HdtifMusqud 95
1, Abricot MacuM .. 91
34
398
CHERRIES.
No.
Page No.
•
Page
8.
JJbricot P&che
94
5.
Large Early Apricot
92
10
Mricot Prdcoce
95
13.
Large Turkey
96
12.
Jlbricot Royale
95
10.
Masculine
95
9.
Mricot Violet
94
6.
Moorpark
93
9.
Alexandrian
94
7.
Orange
93
2.
Jlmande Jlveline
91
8.
Peach Apricot
94
6.
Jlnson's
93
9.
Purple
94
9.
Black
94
10.
Red Masculine
95
I.
Blotched-leaved Roman 91
11.
Roman
95
I.
Blotched-leaved Turkey
91
12.
Royal
95
2.
Breda
91
2.
Royal Persian
91
3.
Brussels
92
6.
Temple's
43
6.
Dunmore''s Breda
93
13.
Turkey
96
7.
Early Orange
• 93
1.
Variegated Turkey
91
4.
Hemskirke
92
9.
Violet
94
8.
Imperial Onsen's
94 14.
White Masculine
96
CHERRIES.
1
. Amree
97
20.
Downton
104
2.
Archduke
97
5.
Early May
98
3.
Belle de Choisy
98
21.
Elton
104
14.
Bigarreau
102
8.
Flemish
99
27.
Bigarreau & feuilles de
22.
Florence
105
Tabac
107
27.
Four to the Pound
107
17.
Black Circassian
103
17.
Fraser's Black Heart
103
15.
Black Eagle
102
17.
Fraser's Black Tartarian 103
16.
26.
Black Heart
Black Mazzard
103
106
18.
11.
Gascoign's Heart
Gobet a courte queue
104
101
26.
Black Polstead
106
14.
Graffion
102
17.
Black Russian
103
2.
Griotte de Portugal
97
17.
Black Tartarian
103
11.
Gros Gobet
101
18.
Bleeding Heart
104
16.
Guignier d, fruit noir
103
4.
Carnation
98
28.
Guignier a Gros fruit
11.
Cerise & court e queue
101
blanc
107
11.
Cerise d, courte queue
23.
Harrison's Heart
105
de Provence
101
19.
Hertfordshire
104
1.
Cerise Jlrnbrde
97
6.
Holman's Duke
99
9.
3.
Cerise Jlngloise tardive
Cerise de la Palembre
100
28
7.
8.
Jeffrey's Royal
Kentish
99
99
3.
Cerise Doucette
£8
24.
Knight's Early Black
105
12.
Cerise du Nord
10!
9.
Late Duke
100
27.
Cerise du quatre d, la
25.
Lukeward
106
livre
107
10.
May Duke
100
5.
Ceresiernoir ct fruit rond
19.
Merisiercb gros fruit noir
104
7.
prdcoce
Cherry Duke
C8
99
26.
26.
Merisier a petit fruit
Merry Cherry of Che-
106
26.
Common Black of Buck-
shire
10«
inghamshire
106
12.
Milan
101
19.
Coronne
104
11.
Montmorency
101
19.
19.
Coroun
Couronnt
104
104
11.
12.
Montmorency ft gros fruit
Morello
101
101
FIGS.
399
No.
Page No.
Pago
2. Portugal Duke
97
5. Small Early May
98
27. Quatre & la litre
107
26. Small Wild Black
106
17. Ronald's large Black
17. Superb Circassian
103
Heart
103
• 27. Tobacco-leaved
106
29. Remington Heart
107
14. Turkey Bigarreau
103
7. Royale
99
13. Waterloo
101
26. Small Black
106 28. White Heart
107
FIGS.
18. Angelique
112 5. Little Blue
109
1. Black Genoa
109
26. Little Green
114
2. Black-Ischia
109
10. Long Brown Naples
111
3. Black Italian
109
10. Long Naples
111
6. Bordeaux
110
8. Madonna
110
9. Brown Ischia
110
11. Malta
nr
7. Brown Italian
110
23. Marseilles
113
13. Brown Naples
111
18. .miitte
112
7. Brown Turkey
110
12. Minion
111
8. Brunswick
110
13. Murrey
111
9. Chestnut
110
24. Nerii
113
9. Chestnut-coloured Ischia
110
23. Pocock
113
4. Common Blue
109
14. Pregussata
111
18. Coucourelle Blanche
112
4. Purple
109
27. Cyprus
ri4
15. Purple Genoa
111
25. Early White
114
13. Round Naples
111
23. Figue Blanche
113
5. Small Blue
104
6. Figue Poire
110
11. Small Brown
111
17. Figue Violette
112
1C. Small Brown Ischia
112
19. Gentile
112
25. Small Early White
114
4. Great Blue
109
26. Small Green
114
20. Green Ischia
112
25. Small White
114
26. Green, red within
114
25. Small White Early
114
8. Hanover
110
17. Violette
112
4. Large Blue
109
6. Violette de Bordeaux
110
4. Large Purple
109
23. White Marseilles
113
21. Large White
113
27. Yellow Ischia
114
22. Large White Genoa
113
GRAPES.
€2. Aleppo
151 24. Black Damson
137
41. Alexandrian Ciotat
143
4. Black Frontignac
131
1. Alicant
120
4. Black Frontignan
131
9. Jluvcrgne
132
2 1 . Black Grape from. Pales-
9. Jluverna
133
tine
136
2. Black rfscalon
130
5. Black Grape from Tri-
9. UZacfc Chasselas
133
poli
131
30. UZacfc Constantia
2. Black Corinth
140
130
6. Black Hamburgh
7. Black Lisbon
131
132
3L Black Damascus
130 8. Black Lombardy
132
400
GRAPES.
No. Page No.
Pag*
9. Black Morillon 132
9. Le Bourgignon
133
10. Black Muscadel 133
27. LeCoeur
139
11. Black Muscadine 133
22. LeMeunier
136
1. Black Portugal 129
28. Lombardy
139
12. Black Prince 133
16. Madeleine
134
13. Black Raisin 134
16. Madeleine noir
134
1. Black Spanish 129
59. Malaga
149
14. Black Sweetwater 134
20. Malmsey Grape
136
4. Blue Frontignac 131
47. Malmsey Muscadine
145
20. Blue Tokay 136
20. Malvoise
136
15. Blood 134
47. Malvoise Musquee
145
42. Bordelais 143
16. Maurillon hdtif
134
35. Brown Hamburgh 141
57. Melier blanc
147
42. Bourdelais 143
22. Miller's Burgundy
136
9. Burgundy 133
22. Miller Grape
136
23. Cambridge Botanic Gar-
10. Mogul Grape
133
den 137
16. Morillon hdtif
134
11. Chasselas noir 133
22. Morillon Taconnl
136
32. Chasselas Rouge 140
27. Morocco
139
43. Ciotat 144
54. Muscat blanc
147
43. Cioutat 144
59. Muscat d'JJlexandrie
149
15. Claret 134
59. Muscat d'Mex. blanc
149
58. Common Muscadine 197
37. Muscat tfJllex. rouge
141
53. Corinth blanc 147
26. Muscat gris
138
2. Corinth noir 130
4. Muscat noir
131
44. Cornichon 144
33. Muscat rouge
140
44. Cornichon blanc 144
59. Muscat of Jllexandna
149
2. Currant 130
61. Pareldruyf
150
24. Damask 137
43. Parsley-leaved
144
24. Damson 137
43. Parsley-leaved Musca-
49. D'Moyce 145
dine
144
16. Early Black July 134
59. Passe-longue Musque
149
58. Early White Grape from
9. Pineau
133
Teneriffe 147
48. Pitmaston White Clus-
17. Esperione 135
ter
145
28. Flame-coloured Tokay 139
29. Poonah
139
18. Frankendale 135
6. Pofier Met*
131
18. Frankenthal 135
30. Purple Constantia
140
59. Frontignac of Alexan-
30. Purple Frontignac
140
dria 149
30. Purple Frontignan
140
45. Genuine Tokay 144
43. JJaism d'Jlutriche
144
35. Gibraltar 141
31. Raisin de Cabo
140
46. Greek 145
31. Raisin des Carmes
140
25. Gray Auvernat 138
2. .Ram'n de Corinth
130
46. Green Chee 145
16. Raisin de la Madeleine
135
26. Grizzly Frontignac
13. Raisin Grape
134
26. Grizzly Frontignan 138
1. Gros noir d'Espagne 130
55. Raisin Muscat
16. Raisin Precoce
147
135
17. Hardy Blue Windsor 135
62. Raisin Suisse
151
59. Jerusalem Muscat 149
32. Red Chasselas
140
20. LaMalvoisie 136
33. Red Chasselas
140
26. Langford's Incompara-
ble 138
33. .feed Frontignac
33. Red Frontignan
140
140
19. Large Black Cluster 135
NECTARINES.
401
No. Page No. Pag«
37. Red Frontignac of Alex-
4. Violet Frontignac 131
andria 141
6. Warner's Black Ham-
34. Red Grape from Syra-
cuse 140
burgh 131
35. Warner's Red Hamburgh 141
35. Red Hamburgh 141
8. West's. Black St. Peter's 132
37. Red Jerusalem Muscat 141
8. West's St. Peter's 132
32. Red Muscadine 140
52. White Auvernat 147
36. RedMuscadel 141
53. White Corinth 147
37. Red Muscat of Alexan-
54. White Frontignac 147
dria 141
54. White Frontignan 147
28. Red Rhenish 139
55. White Hamburgh 147
28. Rhenish Grape 139
56. White Kishmish 147
49. Royal Muscadine 145
55. White Lisbon 147
58. Royal Muscadine 147
57. White Melie 147
38. St. Augustine 142
45. White Morillon 144
21. Saint Peter's - 136
58. White Muscadine 148
31. Saint Peter's, Black 136
49. White Muscadine 145
9. Small Black Cluster J33
59. White Muscat of Alex-
62. Switzerland Grape 151
andria 149
50. Syrian 146
60. White Muscat of Lunel 150
1. Teinturier 130
55. White Portugal 147
22. The Miller's Burgundy 136
55. White Raisin 147
59. Tottenham Park Muscat 149
61. White Sweetwater 160
9. True Burgundy 133
3. Worksop Manor Grape 150
17. Turner's Black 135
40. Wortley Hall Grape 143
39. Variegated Chasselas 142
2. Zante 130
51 .* Verdelho 146
2. Zante Currant 130
AMERrCAN GRAPES.
Alexander's Grape 154
Vitis Cordifolia 152
Eland's 154
Incisa 1 52
Clifton's 154
JEstivalis 152
Clifton's Constantia 154
Vulpina 152
Elkton 154
Labrusca 152
Gilbert's White Shonga . 154
Labrusca 151
Isabella 153
Taurina 151
Luffborough 154
Fox Grape 151
Red Scuppernon 153
Riparia 152
Schuyler's Muscadel 154
Odoratissiwa 152
Tasker's Grape 154
Rotund ifolia 152
White Scuppernon ] 53
Palmata 152
Vitis Bianda 152
NECTARINES.
7 Aromatic 193
20. Black Newington 198
21. Brugnon Violet'Musque 199
9. Claremont 194
8. Brinion 193
8. Brinion, red at stone 193
10. Common Elruge 194
11. Due du Tellier's 1%
24. Brugnon 200
11. Due de Tello 195
21. Brugnon Musque 199
11. Du Tellier's 195
34*
402
PEACHES.
No. Page No.
Page
11. Dutitty 195
27. Newington
201
22. Early Black Newington 199
4. Neate's White •
192
12. Elrouge 195
4. New White
192
12. Elruge 195
5. Old White
193
22. Early Newington 199
4. Emmerton's New White 192
14. Ord's
6. Peterborough
196
193
1. Fairchild's 191
19. Petite Violette Hdtive
197
1. Fairchild's Early 191
15. Pitmaston Orange
196
4. Flanders White 192
25. Red Roman
200
23. Golden 200
25. Roman
200
3. Hunt's Early Tawny 192
25. Roman Red
200
2. Hunt's Large Tawny 191
26. Saint Omer's
201
3. Hunt's Small Tawny 192
16. Scarlet
197
24. Italian 200
27. Scarlet Newington
201
19. Large Scarlet 198
28. Tawny Newington
201
6. Late Green 193
17. Temple
197
19. Lord Selsey's Elruge 197
17. Temple's
197
22. Lucombe's Black 199
18. Vermash
197
22. Lucombe's Seedling 199
19. Violet
197
8. Marbled 193
19. Violet Hative
197
12. Miller's Elruge 195
8. Violet, red at stone
193
13. Murry . 196
4. White
192
13.. Murrey 196
PEACHES.
19. Acton Scot 164
36. Brentford Mignonne
172
24. .Admirable 166
63. Brevoort's Seedling
183
3. Admirable Tar dive 158
68. Boyce Peach
185
45. Alberge Jaune. BON JAR-
14. Brown Nutmeg
162
DIN. 175
21. Buckingham Mignonne
165
42. Alberge Jaune. DUHAM. 174
54. Catherine
179
1. Almond Peach 157
22. Chancelli&re
165
53. American Clingstone 179
22. Chancellor
165
6. Anne 159
64. Congress
183
61. Astor Peach 183
39. Double de Troyes
173
18. Avant Pdche Blanche 164
5. Double Montagne
159
14. Jlvant P6che Rouge 162
23. Double Swalsh
166
21. Barrington 165
24. Early Admirable
166
2. Belle Chevreux 157
6. Early Anne
159
20. Bellegarde 165
7. Early Downton
159
10. Belle de Paris 160
20. Early Galande
165
3. Belle de Vitry. DUHA-
39 Early Mignonne
173
MEL 158
60. Early Netoington
181
24. Belle de Vitry. BON
35. Early Purple
171
JARD. 166
70. Early Orange
187
3. Bellis 158
65. Early Sweet Water
184
63. Blood Clingstone 183
4. Bourdin 158
25. Early Vineyard
66. Emperor of Russia
166
184
4. Bourdine 158
8. Flat Peach of China
160
53. Braddick's American 179
9. Ford's Seedling
160
53. Bradd. North American 179 27. French Mignonne
168
PEACHES.
403
No. Page No. Pago
20. Galande 165
17. Montague Blanche 163
26. George the Fourth 167
34. Montaubon 171
27. GrimiooocPs Royal
56. Monstrous Pavie of
George 168
Pomponne 180
27. Griimvood's Neiv Royal
56. Monstrous Pavy of
George 168
Pomponne 180
56. Gros Melecoton ISO
76. Morrisania Pound Peach 189
27. Grosse Mignonne 168
56. Gros Persique Rouge 180
74. Morrison's Pound 189
74. Morris's White Free
71. Heath 187
Stone 189
71. Heath Clingstone 187
78. Morris's Red Free Stone 189
28. Hemskirke 168
58. Myrecoton 181
28. Hemskirk 168
4. Narbonne 158
76. Hoffman's Pound 189
35. deal's Early Purple 171
69. Hogg's Malacotan 186
55. Incomparable 179
35. Neil's Early Purple 171
36. New Belle Garde 172
10. Italian 160
11. New Noblesse 161
8. Java Peach 160
36. New Galande 172
35. Johnson's Early Purple 171
66. New Cut-leaved 184
35. Johnson's Purpla^flvant 171
72. Kennedy's Carolina 188
37. New Royal Charlotte 172
57. Newinglon 180
72. Kennedy's Lemon Cling-
6/. New- York White
stone 188
Clingstone 185
37. Keur Early Purple 172
38. Nivette 172
27. Large French Mignonne 168
38. Nivette velout6e 172
69. Lady Gallatin 186
12. Noblesse 161
72. Large Yellow Pine Ap-
20. Noir de Montr eutt 165
ple 188
14. Nutmeg 162
29. Late Admirable 169
57. Old Ne win o-ton 180
71. Late Heath 187
13. Old Royal Charlotte 162
71. Late October 187
72. Lemon Clingstone 188
35. Padley's Early Purple 171
55. Pavie Admirable 179
72. Lemon Clingstone,
58. Pavie Blanc 181
Hoyte's 188
56- Pavie Camue 180
30. Lockyer's Mignonne 169
53. Pavie Madeleine 181
30. Lockyer's Peach 169
56. Pavie Monstrueux 180
31. Lord Fauconberg's
56. Pavie Rouge 180
Mignonne 169
56. Pavie Rouge de Pom-
31. Lord Falconbridge's
ponne 180
Mignonne 169
10. P6che de Malte 160
74. Luscious White Rare
39. F&che de Troyes 173
Ripe 189
35. PSche du Vin 171
17. Madeleine Blanche 163
45. P&che Jaime. BON JAR. 175
33. Madeleine de Courson 170
42. P&che Jaune. DUHAMEL 174
33. Madeleine Rouge . 170
10. Ptche Malte 160
10. Malta 160
56. Persique ct Gros Fruit
10. Malte de Normandie 160
Blanc 181
73. Mammoth Peach • 183
39- Petite Mignonne 173
58. Melecoton 181
45- Petite Roussanne 175
12. Mellish's Favourite 161
72. Pineapple 188
53. Merlicoton 181
72. Pine Jlpple Clingstone 188
27. Mignonne 168
74. Philadelphia Free Stone 189
39. Mignonette 173
59. Portugal 181
33. Millet's Mignonne 170
40. Pourpres Hative 173
404
PEARS.
No.
Page No. Page
41. President
173
60. Smith's Early Newing-
42. Purple Alberge
174
ton 181
35. Purple Avant
171
60. Smith's Newington 181
37. Queen Charlotte
172
49. Smooth-leaved Royal
43. Rambouillet
174
George 177
42. Red Alberge
174
50. Spring Grove 177
44. Red Magdalen
175
15. Sulhampstead 163
32. Red Magdalen
170
51. Superb Royal 178
14. Red Nutmeg
162
23. Swalze 166
32. Rouge Paysanne
170
23. Sioolze 166
45. Rossanna
175
52. Tetonde Venus 178
45. Rossanne
175
66. Unique . 184
29. Royal
169
16. Vanguard 163
29. Royale
169
27. Veloutte de Merlet 168
37. Royal Charlotte
172
38. Vdouiit Tar dive 173
46. Royal George
176
35. Writable Pourprte Hdt. 171
47. Royal Mignonne
48., Royal Kensington
176
176
40. Vineuse. DUHAMEL 173
27. Vineuse. LELIEUR 168
51. Royal Sovereign
178
20. Violet Hdtive 165
70. Rare Ripe Early Yellow
187
67. Washington Peach 163
75. Red Rare Ripe
189
17. White Magdalen 163
43. Rumbullion
73. SaarleMout
174
188
18. White Nutmeg 164
64. White Rare Ripe 189
45. Saint Laurent Jaime
175
67. Williamson's New-
66. Serrated
184
York 185
5. Sion
159
70. Yelloiv Malacotan 180
39. Small Mignonne
173
PEARS.
61. Ah Mon Dieu
238 13. Bergamotte d'Ett 220
62. Alexandre de Russie
239
110. Bergamolte d'Hiver 257
108. Ambrctte
257
1 14. Bergamotte de Hollande 259
108. Jlmbrette driver
257
126. Berg, de la Pentecdte 265
1. Ambrosia
216
110. Bergamotte de Pdques 257
117. Ang61ique de Bordeaux
118. Angelique de Rome
260
260
109. Bergamotte de Soulers 257
2. Bergamotte Rouge 217
12. Jlrchiduc d'Ett
220
59. Bergamotte Suisse 238
41. Aston Town
230
53. Bergamotte Sylvange 236
15. August Muscat
221
124. Bergamotte Tardive 264
42. Autumn Bergamot
231
107. Beurrt Blanc 256
63. Antuinn Colmar
239
137. Beurrt Colmar Gris,fyc. 269
157. Barland
277
81. Beurrt d'Jlngleterre 246
20. Beau Present
222
71. Beurrt d'Jlnjou 242
156. Belle de Jersey
277
119. Beurre d'Aremberg 261
43. Belle etBonn3
231
1 1 9. Beurrt d'drembert 26 1
64. Belle Lucrative
239
73. Beurr6 de Capiaumont 243
65. Bellissime d'Automne
240
123. Beurrt d'Hiver 263
30. Bellissime d'Et6
226
71. Beurr6 d'Or 243
151. Bellissime d'Hiver
275
71. BevrrA de Roi 242
1 10. Bergamotte Bugi
257
120. Beune Diel 261
44. Bergamotte Cadette
232 I
121. Beurre Epine 263
PEARS.
405
No. Page No.
Page
71. Beurre Gris 242
126. Doyenne d^Hiver
265
66. Beurre Knox 240
54. Doyennf Gris
236
48. Beurre Plat 233
78. Doyenne Panache
244
121. Beurre Ranee 262
79. Doyenne Santilete
245
71. Beurre Rouge 242
119. Due d'Jlremberg
261
122. Bezy de Caissoy 263
80. Duchess of Angouleme
245
123. Bezyde Chaumotitelle 263
3. Early Bergamot
217
45. Bezyd'Heri 232
1. Early Beurre
216
46. Bezy de la Motte 232
4. Early Rousselet
217
67. Bezv de Montigny 240
68. Bezy Vaet 241
110. Easter Bergamot
126. Easter Beurre
257
265
69. Bishop's Thumb 241
131. Easter Saint Germain
267
152. Black Pear of Worcester 275
50. Echassery
234
24. Blanquet CL longue queue 224
51. Elton
235
144. Bonchretien de Espagne 272
81. English Beurr6
246
36. Bonchretien d'Ete 228
20. Epargne
222
27. Bonch. d'Ete Musque 225
18. Epine d'Ete
222
147. Bonch. ffHiver 273
150. Epine d'Hiver
274
70. Bonchretien Fondante 240
14. Epine Rose
220
148. Bonne Malinoise 273
82. Flemish Beauty
246
52. Bonne Rouge 235
127. Flemish Bonchretien
265
82. Bouche Mmvette 246
64. Fondante d'Automne
239
7. Bourdon Musque 218
5. Fondante de Brest
217
52. Brocas Bergamot 235
137. Fondante de Panisel
239
71. Brown Beurre 242
18. Fondante Musque
222
72. Calebasse 242 .
128. Forelle
266
72. CabelasseMusquee 242
128. Forellen-birn
26S
73. Capiaumont 243
S3. FranchTpanno
247
107. Carlisle 256
111. Francreal
258
16. Cassolette 221
37. Francreal, Summer
228
153. Catillac 275
83. Frangipane
247
137. Chapman's 269
52. Gansel's Bergamot
235
47. Charles d'Autriche 233
84. Gendeseim
247
74. Chat-brule 243
112. German Muscat
258
123. Chaumontel 263
113. G-ilogil
259
25. Citron de Carmes 224
113. Gile-o-Gile
259
124. Colmar 264
129. Glout Morceau
267
137. Colmar Epineux 269
129. Gloux'Morceaux
267
42. Common Bergamot 231
71. Golden Beurre
242
48. Crasanne 233
1,52. Grand Monarque
275
60. Crasanne Panachee 238
19. Great Blanquet
222
17. Cuisse Madame 221
12. Great Onion
220
105. Culotte Suisse 255
6. Green Chisel
218
75. Darimont 243
86. Green Sugar
247
125. D'Auch 264
163. Governor Stuyvesant
279
56. Dauphine 237
53. Green Sylvange
236
76. Delices d'Ardenpont 244
1 . Gray Beurr^
216
120. DiePs Butterbirne 261
54. Gray Doyenn6
236
120. Dorothee Royale 262
152. Groote Mogol
275
154. Double-blossomed 276
19. Grosse Blanquet
222
49. Double d'Automne 234
20. Grosse Cuisse Madame
222
107. Doyenne 256
117. Gros Francreal
260
107. Doyenne Blanc 256
37. Gros Micet d'Ete
228
54. Doyenne d'Momne 236
31. Gros Rousselet
826
406
PEAE3.
No. Page No.
Pago
130. Grumkower 267
27. Musk Summer Bonchr.
225
130. Grumkoioer Winlerbirne 267
135. Naples
268
85. Hacon's Incomparable 248
94. Napoleon
251
13. Hamden's Bergamot 220
148. JVrfw d'Hiver
273
121. Hardenpont du Print-
emps 263
95. New Bridge
136. Oak-leaved Imperial
252
269
86. Hazel 243
161. Oldfield
279
87. Henri Quatre 248
116. Orange d'Hiver
260
87. Henry the Fourth 248
114. Holland Bergamot 259
158. Holmore 278
9. Orange Musquee
28. Orange Tulipee
110. Paddington
218
225
258
159. Huffcap 278
152. Parkinson's Warden
275
82. Imperatrice de la France 246
137. Passe Colmar
269
88. Incommunicable 249
137. Passe- Colmar Epineux
269
124. Incomparable 264
138. Pastorale
270
*71. Isambert 242
122. Petit Beurre d'Hiver
263
52. Ives's Bergamot 235
22. Petit Muscat
223
55. Jalousie 237
32. Petit Rousselet
227
20. Jargonelle 222
107. Poire & courte queue
256
107. Kaiserbirne 256
8. Poire a la Reine
218
89. Keiser 249
117. Poire Jlngelique
260
82 La Belle de Flandres 246
28. Poire aux Mouches
226
148. L'd Bonne Malinoise 273
61. Poire d'Jlmour
238
88. L' Incommunicable 249
125. Poire ffAuch
264
8. LaPrincesse 218
115. Poire de Jardin
259
21. Lammas 223
107. Poire de Limon
256
£Q4 Lansac 237
96. Poire de Louvaine
252
130. Lent St. Germain 267
120. Poire de Melon
261
22. Little Muscat 223
107; Poire de Neige
256
152. Livre 275
23. Poire de Prince
226
23. London Sugar 224
14. Poire de Rose
220
160. Longland 278
143. Poire de Saint-pere
271
24. Long- stalked Blanquet 224
139. Poire de Vitrier
270
90. Louise-bonne 250
97. Poire Figue
252
25. Madeleine 224
107. Poire Monsieur
256
25. Magdalene 224
98. Poire Neill
252
26. Mansuette 225
35. Poire sans peau
228
92. Marchioness 250
152. Pound '
275
91. Marie Louise 250
58. Princesse d' Orange
237
92. Marquise 250
58. Princess of Orange
237
132. Martin Sec 268
29. Prince's Pear
226
133. Martine Sire • 268
8. Q,ueen's Pear
219
134. Merveille d'Hiver 268
71. RedBeurr6
242
93. Messire Jeaa 251
54. Red Doyenne
236
13. Milan Blanc 220
30. RedMuscadel
226
57. Moor-fowl Egg 237
99. Riche Depouille
253
104. Mouille-bouche 255
10. Robine
219
100. Muscat & longue queue 253
31. Roi d'Ete
226
15. Muscat d'^out 221
19. Roi Louis
222
112. Muscat d'Jlllemagne 258
8. Muscat Robert 218
14. Rosenbirne
149. Rousselet d'Hiver
220
274
16. Muscat-vert 221
32. Rousselet de Rheims
227
7. Musk Drone 218
4. Rousselet H&tif
217
8, Musk Robine 218
100. Rousseline
253
PLUMS.
407
JTo.
Page No.
10. RoyaletfEte
219
145.
140. Royal d'Hiver
270
155.
33. Sabine d'Et6
227
155.
141. Saint Augustin
271
103.
142. Saint Germain
271
156.
143. Saint Pere
271
107.
20. Saint Samson
222
60.
11. Salviati
219
104.
101. Seckle
254
105.
34. Seigneur d'Ete
227
106.
35. Skinless
228
146.
144. Spanish Bonchretien
272
107
12. Summer Archduke
219
107.
1 3. Summer Bergamot
36. Summer Bonchretien
226
228
122.
38.
37. Summer Francreal .
228
39.
14. Summer Rose
220
110.
30. Supreme
226
147.
102. Swan's Egg
254
148.
59. Swiss Bergamot
238
116.
53. Sylvange-vert
236
149.
110. Tarling
253
150.
162. Teinton Squash
279
40.
14. Thorny Rose
220 42.
PLUMS.
43. Mricoiee
295 10.
10. Mricot-Vert
283
15.
49. Jlmber Primordian
297
' 15.
43. Apricot
295
58.
1. Azure Native
280
31.
6. Black Damascus
282
58.
6. Slack Morocco
282
64.
68. Beach Plum
303
46.
66. Black Damson
303
47.
1. Blue Gage
280
48.
2. Blue Perdrigon
53. Bolmar's Washington
2SO
298
16.
44. Brignole
295
17.
44. Brignole Jaune
295
7.
45. Bury Seedling
295
9.
28. Caledonian
290
59.
49. Catalonian
297
45.
13. Cherry
285
52.
14. Cheston
285
18.
67. Chickasaw Plum
303
19.
47. Cloth of Gold '
297
27.
45. Cot's Golden Drop
295
3.
53. Cooper's Large
302
10.
63. Cooper's Plum
302
3.
23. Damas d1* Italic
288
4.
37. Damas Violet
293 10.
Page
Tillington 272
Tresor 276
Tresor ffJUmour 276
Urbaniste / 255
Uvedale's St. Germain 277
Valencia 256
Variegated Crasanne 238
Verte Longue 255
Verte Longue Panachee 255
Vigne 256
Virgouleuse 272
White Beurrt 256
White Doyenne 256
Wilding of Caissoy 263
Williams's Bonchr6tien 229
Windsor 229
Winter Bergamot 258
Winter Bonchretien 273
Winter Nelis 273
Winter Orange 260
Winter Rousselet 274
Winter Thorn 274
Yat 230
York Bergamot 231
10. Dauphine 283
' »er 285
15. Diapree Rouge 285
58. Diapree Violette 293
31. Die Violette KOnigin 291
58. Die Weisse Kaiserpflaume 301
64. Domine Dull's Plum 302
46. Downton Imperatrice 296
47. Drapd'Or 297
48. Early Amber 297
Early Morocco 282
16. Early Orleans 286
17. Early Red Primordian 286
7. Early Tours 282
9. Early Violet 283
301
45. Fair's Golden Drop 296
52. Flushing Gage 303
18. Fotheringham 286
19. German Prune 286
27. Goliath 287
3. Great Damask Violet 281
10. Green Gage 283
3. Gros Damas de Tours 281
4. Grosse Noire Hative 281
10. Grosse Reine Claude 288
408
PLUMS.
No.
Page No.
Cage
16. Hampton Court
286
31. Purple Gage .
291
65. Horse Plum
303
32. Glueen Mother
291
28. Howeirs Large
290
19. Q,uetsche
286.
21. Imperatrice
287
19. Quetzen
286
58. Imperatrice Blanche
287
29. Red Damask
290
21. Imperatrice Violette
287
15. Red Diaper
285
59. Imperial Blanche
301
33. Red Magnum Bonum
292
22. Imperial Diadem
287
34. Red Perdrigon
292
33. Imperials Violette
292
17. Red Primordian
286
2 3. Italian Damask
288
31. Reine Claude Violette
291
49. Jaune Hative
297
15. Roche- Corbon
285
5. Kirke's
281
25. Royale
288
24. La Delicieuse
288
35. Royal Dauphin
292
25. La Royale
11. Little Glueen Claude
288
284
36. Royale de Tours
52. Saint Catharine
292
298
12. Lucombe's Nonsuch
284
20. Saint Cloud
287
50. Maitre Claude
298
18. Sheen
286
14. Matchless
285
30. Simiana
290
26. Mimms
288
62. Superior Gage
303
51. Mirabelle
298
10. Verte-bonne
283*
47. Mirabelle Double
297
•9. Violet
283
13. Mirabolan
285
37. Violet Damask
293
27. Mpnsieur
289
38. Violet Diaper
293
28. Monsieur Hatif
289
9. Violet Hative
283
30. Monsieur Tardif
290
39. Violet Perdrigon
293
6. Morocco
282
53. Washington
298
28. Nectarine
290
54. Wentworth
299
53. New Washington
298
40. Wheat
293
61. New- York Purple
301
55. White Bullace
300
40. Nutmeg
294
56. White Damask
300
29. Orleans
290
57. White Damson
300
2. Perdrigon
280
58, White Imperatrice
300
60. Perdrigon Blanc
34. Perdrigon Rouge
301
292
69. White Magnum Bonum
51. White Mirable
301
298
39, Perdrigon Violet
293
60. White Perdrigon
301
56. Petit Damas Blanc
300
49. White Primordian
297
11. Petite Reine Claude
284
57. White Prune Damson
300
7. Prceoce de Tours
283
41. Wilmot's Early Orleans
294
8. Prune Damson
282
41. Wilmot's Late Orleans
294
44. Prune de Brignole
295
41. Wilmot's Orleans
294
28. Prune Piche
290
42. Winesour
294
30. Prune Suisse
290
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