This is a beautiful little apple, extensively grown in Somersetshire, where in the present day it is considered the most valuable cider apple. It keeps till Christmas.
201. KIRKE’S LORD NELSON.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 414.
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xiv.
Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish, and narrowing a little towards the apex. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, streaked all over with red. Eye, open, with short reflexed segments, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short and slender. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy and aromatic, but wants acidity.
An inferior variety, neither a good dessert apple, nor at all suitable for culinary purposes; It is in use from November to February.
202. KNOBBED RUSSET.—H.
- Synonymes.—Knobby Russet, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 741. [Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 219. [Lind. Guide], 90. Winter Apple, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 1167. Old Maid’s, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.]
Fruit, medium sized; roundish-oval, and very uneven on its surface; being covered with numerous knobs, or large warts, some of which are the size of peas. Skin, greenish-yellow, and covered with thick scaly russet. Eye, set in a deep basin. Stalk, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, sweet, and highly flavored; but not very juicy.
A singular looking dessert apple, of first-rate quality. It is in use from December to March.
This variety was introduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society in 1819, by Mr. Haslar Capron, of Midhurst, in Sussex.