The tree is hardy, healthy, and an abundant bearer, attaining about the middle size. It is well adapted for growing on the paradise stock.
357. TEN SHILLINGS—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 824.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half broad, and two inches high; roundish-oblate, with obtuse angles on the sides. Skin, greenish-yellow, almost entirely covered with pale brown russet; but with orange, streaked with red, on the side next the sun. Eye, large, with long narrow segments, which are not convergent, set in an angular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender, sweet, and slightly acid.
A second-rate dessert apple; ripe in November.
358. TENTERDEN PARK.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 825.
Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a half broad, by two inches high; roundish, inclining to ovate. Skin, smooth and glossy, as if varnished, yellowish-green where shaded, and entirely covered with deep red, which is marked with streaks of still deeper red, where exposed to the sun. Eye, large, half open, with broad, flat segments, set in a rather shallow, round, and saucer-like basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a round and shallow cavity, which is slightly marked with russet. Flesh, greenish-white, tender, crisp, brisk, and juicy, but with no particular richness of flavor.
A second-rate dessert apple, of neat and handsome appearance; in use from October to February.