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TH E BEACHAMWELL SE ED L IN G A P PL E .
Beachamwdl Seedling . . 7
Motteux’s Seedling . . . . 3
A most valuable table-fruit, raised several years
ago by John Motteux, Esq. a t Beachamwell, in
Norfolk, where the original tree still exists.
I t is a good bearer, and very hardy; and the
fruit keeping well, and being of the smaller size,
it is particularly well adapted to a select but not
extensive collection. No good Garden ought to
be without either this, the Golden Harvey, or the
Court of Wick — all excellent substitutes for the
delicate and unhealthy Golden Pippin.
Wood bright chestnut colour, sprinkled with
whitish spots.
Leaves flat, ovate, sometimes oblong, pointed
at the apex, and evenly serrated.
F lowers middle-sized, rose-coloured. P etals
oblong, not imbricated when fully expanded.
Fruit rather below the middle size, the shape
of a small Golden Reinette, Eye small, open,
slightly sunk. S talk rather more than half an
inch long, and moderately thick. Skin pale yellow,
with a slight indication to red on the exposed side,
sprinkled with uneven brown spots. Flesh yellow,
tender, juicy, sweet, and p le a san t; in excellent
condition at the end of March,
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