A small, ovate apple, green and red, suitable either for cider or the dessert use; it is in season from October till March, and is a good bearer.—[H. S. C.] n. 606.
487. COW’S SNOUT.
A large kitchen apple, of second-rate quality, it is of oblong shape, green and yellow color, and ripe during August and September.—[H. S. C.] n. 189.
488. CREDE’S QUITTENREINETTE.
- Synonymes.—Credos Gütten Reinette, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 646.
Rather below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish. Skin, smooth, of an uniform fine lemon color, when ripe, and strewed with star-like russety dots. Eye, open, with long green segments, set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, thin, half-an-inch long, inserted in a wide, deep, and funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, of a beautiful white, very fine and juicy, with a sugary, vinous, and quince flavor. It is in use from December till spring.—[Diel Kernobst.] xxi. 105.
489. CRIMSON QUEENING.
- Synonymes.—Scarlet Queening; Summer Queening; Red Queening; Herefordshire Queening.
A medium sized apple, of conical shape, red color, and second-rate quality, suitable either for the dessert or culinary use; and in season from December till March. It is not so rich as the Cornish Gilliflower, but resembles it both in flavor and appearance.—[H. S. C.] n. 609.