THE MARGIL A P PL E .
Margil. Forsyth. Hooker’s Pomona Lond. no. 33. Hort.
Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 589.
This excellent Apple has long been known to the
Gardens of this country, but whether of foreign or
domestic origin is uncertain: I t is not to be recognised
in any of the continental sorts of the present
day.
In quality it ranks near the Ribston Pippin,
small specimens of which it resembles in colour
and form, and also .in its spicy flavour ; but it is not
upon the whole so good a fruit.
Ripens late in the Autumn, and will keep well
till March. It is an abundant bearer, either on an
open standard, or upon dwarf trees.
Tree of the smallest size among apples.
Wood wiry, deep brown. Leaves remarkably
narrow, with little colour, but a good deal of downiness
beneath.
Flowers very pale pink, like those of the Ribston
Pippin, but rather smaller.
F ruit small, ovate, about 2 or 2^ inches long,
and 1 | or 2 inches broad. Eve small, angular, as
are also the sides. S talk short. Skin light
bright orange, striped and mottled with rich red and
brown, occasionally a little russetty. F lesh yellow,
firm, breaking, juicy, sweet, with a high spicy
flavour.
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