137. GANGES.—Lind.
- Identification.—[Lind. Guide], 69. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 262.
Fruit, large; oblong and irregular. Skin, green, with a few specks of darker green interspersed; and dashed with red on the sunny side. Eye, hollow. Stalk, half-an-inch long, deeply inserted, quite within the base. Flesh, pale yellowish-green, sub-acid, and of good flavor.
A culinary apple; in use from October to January.—Lindley.
138. GARTER.—Knight.
- Identification.—[Pom. Heref.] t. 26. [Lind. Guide], 105. [Salisb. Or.] 125.
- Figure.—[Pom. Heref.] t. 26.
Fruit, medium sized; oblong, tapering from the base to the crown, perfectly round in its circumference, and free from angles. Skin, pale yellow on the shaded side; but when exposed to the sun of a bright lively red, shaded with darker streaks and patches quite into the crown.
Specific gravity of its juice 1066.
Though this contains but a small portion of saccharine matter, it contributes to afford excellent cider when mixed with some of the older varieties.