234. MORRIS’S COURT OF WICK.—H.
Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter broad, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped, very closely resembling its parent, the old Court of Wick. Skin, pale green on the shaded side; but washed with light red next the sun, which is covered with darker red spots, and marked with thin grey russet, round the eye. Eye, open, with reflexed segments, equally as characteristic as that of the old Court of Wick, and placed in a wide, shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, firm but tender, with a profusion of rich, vinous, and highly flavored juice.
A delicious dessert apple, excelling even the old Court of Wick; it is in use from October to February.
This variety was raised some years ago, by Mr. Morris, a market gardener at Brentford, near London.
235. MORRIS’S NONPAREIL RUSSET.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 743?
- Synonyme and Figure.—Nonpareil Russet, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 25, pl. xiii. f. 3.
Fruit, small; conical and irregularly formed, being generally larger on one side than the other, and having the eye placed laterally. Skin, green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, strewed with silvery scales, and marked with green dots. Eye, small and open, with segments reflexed at the tips, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, short, and deeply inserted in an oblique cavity. Flesh, greenish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, briskly flavored, and charged with a pleasant aroma.
An excellent dessert apple, of the first quality; in use from October to March, and will keep even as long as May and June.