Fruit, large; conical, and distinctly four-sided, with four prominent angles, extending from the base to the apex, where they terminate in four corresponding ridges. Skin, deep sulphur-yellow, tinged in some spots with green, and thinly strewed with brown russety dots. Eye, closed, with broad ragged segments, set in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped cavity, and only just protruding beyond the base. Flesh, greenish-white, very juicy, crisp, brisk, and perfumed.
A first-rate culinary apple, peculiar to the orchards of Clydesdale, and the Carse of Gowrie; it is in use from November to February.
The tree is an excellent bearer.
362. TRANSPARENT CODLIN.—Lind.
- Identification.—[Lind. Guide], 35. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 169.
Fruit, large and conical. Skin, smooth, clear yellow, tinged with pale crimson, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, with short segments, placed in a deep and angular basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a deep, round, and wide cavity. Flesh, tender, almost transparent, juicy, sugary, and well flavored.
A culinary apple, in use from September to November.
363. TRUMPETER.—H.
- Synonyme.—Treadle-Hole, in Lancaster.