216. LUCOMBE’S SEEDLING.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 416. [Lind. Guide], 52. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 49.
- Figures.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 109. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xiv. f. 3.
Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish, and angular. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, strewed with dark dots, and imbedded green specks on the shaded side; but bright red, which is streaked with crimson, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in an angular and plaited basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and pleasantly flavored.
A culinary apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to February.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attains a large size, and is an excellent and early bearer.
This variety as well as the preceeding was raised in the Exeter nursery.
217. MADELEINE.—Calvel.
- Identification.—Calvel. Traité. iii. 24.
- Synonymes.—Margaret, [Mill. Dict.] Summer Pippin, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3.
Fruit, rather below medium size; roundish. Skin, yellowish-white, with numerous imbedded pearly specks, with an orange tinge next the sun, and sometimes marked with faint streaks of red. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow basin, and surrounded with several unequal plaits. Stalk, short and slender, not extending beyond the base, and inserted in a funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, very crisp and tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored.
An early dessert apple, of good, but only second-rate quality; ripe in the middle and end of August.