Fruit, growing in clusters of two or three together, very small, not much larger than a good sized cherry; roundish, and sometimes a little flattened, and narrowing towards the crown. Skin, deep, rich, golden yellow on the shaded side; and bright redish-orange on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, not depressed, and surrounded with a few knobs. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellow.
Specific gravity of the juice 1080.
A valuable cider apple.
This variety was raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., from the Cherry Apple, impregnated with the pollen of the Golden Pippin. It was named Foxley from the seat of the late Uvedale Price, Esq., in whose garden, where it had been grafted, it first attained maturity. Mr. Knight says, “there is no situation where the common Wild Crab will produce fruit, in which the Foxley will not produce a fine cider.”
133. FOX-WHELP.—Evelyn.
- Identification.—[Evelyn Pom.] [Lind. Guide], 105. [Fors. Treat.] 101. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 146. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 112. [Worl. Vin.] 162.
- Figure.—[Pom. Heref.] t. 3.
Fruit, medium sized; ovate, and irregularly shaped, with prominent angles on the sides. Skin, yellow and red, mixed with a good deal of deeper red streaked all over the fruit.
Specific gravity of the juice 1076 when the fruit is healthy; and when small and shrivelled it is 1080.
The juice of this variety is extremely rich and saccharine, and enters in a greater or less proportion into the composition of many of the finest ciders in Herefordshire, to which it communicates both strength and flavor.