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TH E FORMAN’S CREW A P PL E .
Forman’s Crew. Hort. Soc. Cat. no. 342.
This was raised in Glamorganshire, by Thomas
Seton Forman, Esq., at Pennydarron Place, near
Merthyr Tidvill. I t is one of the best table Apples
we have, combining the excellence of the Old
Golden Pippin and Nonpareil. I t keeps as late as
any variety we know, and the tree is among the
most healthy.
I t bears abundantly as an open standard, and is
especially well adapted for cultivating as a dwarf,
either upon Paradise or Crabstock. The Hubbard’s
Pearmain, already figured in this work, is
very like it; but Forman’s Crew is less aromatic
than th a t variety.
Tree remarkably healthy.
Wood straight, reddish chestnut colour, without
much down, sprinkled with small yellowish-white
spots.
Leaves middle-sized, ovate acuminate, doubly
and rather unequally serrated. P etioles about an
inch long. Stipules lanceolate.
Fruit like a large Golden Pippin, b u t russety.
Eye small, a little open, placed in a shallow depression.
S talk short, not deeply inserted. Skin
nearly covered with a yellowish russet brown.
F lesh greenish yellow, juicy, rich, very high flavoured,
and excellent.
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