164. HAMBLEDON DEUX ANS.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 202. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 83.
- Figure.—[Ron Pyr. Mal.] pl. xlii. f. 4.
Fruit, large, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish, rather broadest at the base. Skin, greenish-yellow in the shade; and dull red, streaked with broad stripes of deeper and brighter red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a rather shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, not very juicy, but richly and briskly flavored.
One of the most valuable culinary apples, and not unworthy of the dessert; it is in use from January to May, and is an excellent keeper.
This variety originated at Hambledon, a village in Hampshire, where there are several trees of a great age now in existence.
165. HANWELL SOURING.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 219. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 319. [Lind. Guide], 71.
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxx. f. 4.
Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish-ovate, angular, or somewhat five-sided, and narrowing towards the eye. Skin, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with large russety dots, which are largest about the base; and with a faint blush of red next the sun. Eye, closed, set in a deep, narrow, and angular basin, which is lined with russet. Stalk, very short, inserted in an even funnel-shaped cavity, from which issue ramifications of russet. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, with a brisk and poignant acid flavor.
An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality; in use in December and keeps till March, when it possesses more acidity than any other variety which keeps to so late a period.