A most excellent variety, bearing in great abundance
in many situations, ripening in December,
and keeping till May, or even longer. Its flavour
is more rich and agreeable than that of any other
variety of Apple. No garden, however small,
should be without it.
I t is much esteemed as a cider fruit, on account
of the quantity of sugar it contains. The cider
made from it is very strong, but not rich, for which
reason it has acquired the name of the Brandy
Apple. The specific gravity of its juice is said, in
the Pomona Herefordiensis, to be 1085.
Wood weak, erect, downy at the extremities,
olive green, a little spotted.
Leaves ovate, acuminate, finely serrated, appearing
early, but slightly downy in any part.
Stipules subulate, smooth.
F ruit small, quite round, often growing in
clusters, free from angles or irregularities of surface.
S talk short. Eye small, contracted. S kin
dull russet, with a bright yellow ground, often
breaking through the russet in patches. F lesh
firm, breaking, very rich, juicy, spicy, and high-
flavoured.