653. LITTLE BEAUTY.
This is a small table apple, spherical, a little flattened; yellow with a brownish tinge on the sun side, and sprinkled with dark points, it is of a rich flavor, but rather dry. The tree grows upright, and bears so abundantly, as sometimes to cause barrenness the succeeding season.
The fruit has the peculiar good quality of adhering so firmly to the branches, that the wind scarcely ever dislodges it. It will keep through the winter, and is well worth cultivating.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 25, pl. xiii. f. 5.
654. LITTLE HERBERT.
A variety cultivated in the districts round Gloucester, it is a small, round apple, of a brown russety color, and though not of a first-rate quality, is a good flavored dessert fruit. The tree is a shy bearer. In use from December till February.—H.
655. LITTLE HOLLOW CROWN.
- Synonyme.—Diepe Kopjis.
A small apple, of second-rate quality, oval shape, yellow color, and in use during November and December.—[H. S. C.] p. 23.
656. LOCK’S SEEDLING.
A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of an ovate shape, striped with red, and in use during December and January.—[H. S. C.] p. 23.