THE SCARLET NONPAREIL.

Several very distinct varieties of Apple are now known in the nurseries and gardens by the name of Nonpareil: the Green, the Summer, the Golden, and the Scarlet, have already been communicated to the HORTICULTURAL COMMITTEE: and of these the Scarlet seems to possess the strongest claims to preference. The original tree is said to have been raised, within the last forty years, in the garden of a public-house at Esher, in Surrey, and from thence to have been removed to the Nursery of GRIMWOOD and WYKES, (now MALCOLM's), at Kensington; from whence plants in great abundance have been dispersed. The trees closely resemble the common Nonpareil in habit, in foliage, and the form of their fruit, the colour of which is brilliant red, on the side next the sun, with streaks or blotches of russet : these, however, disappear, when the fruit has been grown in a favourable soil and aspect: a few streaks of deeper red are perceptible on the ground colour: the shaded part of the fruit is green, with a tinge of russet brown: the eye small, not deeply inserted, surrounded by a few plaits or wrinkles: the flesh is firm, and highly charged with the flavour peculiar to the Nonpareil. It is in season from January till the end of February, and with care may be preserved much later.

The specimen represented in our Plate, was communicated by JOHN TREVELYAN, Esq. of Wallington, Northumberland; but specimens, of a much finer colour, grown on espaliers, have been produced by THOMAS REYNOLDS, Esq. of Wallington, Surrey : and others, surpassing even these in beauty, from a wall in the garden of DANIEL BEALE, Esq. at Edmonton. It may be observed, however, that the Apples so matured have not so fine a flavour, nor can they be preserved so late as those from standard trees.