IDENTIFICATION AND FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. 31, pl. xvi. f. 1.
Fruit, below medium size; ovate, broadest at the base and narrowing obtusely towards the apex, a good deal of the shape of a Scarlet Nonpareil. Skin, yellow, tinged with green on the shaded side; but flushed with faint red on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with thin pale brown russet, particularly round the eye and the stalk. Eye, small and open, with erect segments, set in a narrow, round, and even basin. Stalk, very long, inserted in a round and wide cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, tender, very juicy, brisk, and sugary, and charged with a peculiarly rich and highly aromatic flavor.
A most delicious and valuable dessert apple of the very first quality; it is in use from December till February.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 454. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 480. Lind. Guide, 96. Down. Fr. Amer. 95.
FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 90. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxiv. f. 7.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches high, and two inches and a half broad; roundish, even, and regularly formed, narrowing a little towards the eye. Skin, entirely covered with thin russet, and faintly tinged with red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow and even basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted half its length in a round and even cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, brisk and sugary, charged with a rich and aromatic flavor, which partakes very much of that of the varieties known by the name of Fenouillet, or Fennel-flavored apples.
This is one of the best dessert apples; it is in use from November to February.
The tree is an excellent bearer, hardy, and a free grower, and succeeds well on almost any description of soil.
IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 491.
Fruit, large, over three inches wide, and two and a half high; roundish and very considerably flattened, or somewhat oblate; uneven in its outline, caused by several obtuse and unequal, though not prominent ribs on the sides. Skin, thick and membranous, smooth, pale yellow slightly tinged with green on the shaded side; but on the side exposed to the sun, it is marked with broken stripes and spots of beautiful deep crimson, thinly sprinkled all over with a few russety dots. Eye, large and closed, so prominently set and raised above the surface as to appear puffed up, and set on bosses. Stalk, very short, inserted in a round funnel-shaped cavity, and not protruding beyond the base. Flesh, greenish-white, tender, sweet, juicy, and pleasantly flavored.