Brith Llancarfan, Brith ag aur, Brith Morganwg, Eurel, orel, a very fine apple. Brith y dyffryn, the pome de rambour, apparently; a very fine large apple. Blas y gwin, Dugoch Morganwg, Cyfaill goreu, cat's brains; an excellent apple, peculiar to Glamorgan. Coch y gwenyn, pome d'api. Afal tingwydd, lemon apple. Gwledd i frenin, } lady's fingers, stubbard. Pen y melinydd, rawling, it has a fine dust, or bloom, like a plum, a very fine tasted baking and cider apple, common in Glamorgan and Gwent, but scarce everywhere else. Cawr y berllan, glory of the west. Afal y botten, pudding apple; a large fine fruit, peculiar to Glamorgan. Balch y berllan, Portugal rennet. Brith y gwenyn, a large, sweet, flattish, red-streaked apple, common in Glamorgan and Devon. Glog från, a large green apple that will keep all Bola hollt, winter, Milford apple. Afal mawr y Dyffryn, a fine large apple; at Carion's Pool. Afal Arthur, query, a large apple, very much like in shape, taste, and colour to the golden rennet, but a little sharper, and much larger,-drummer? Llwyd newydd, Famagust, or large nonpareil. Pen tarw, lincot, a large whitish apple, peculiar to Gwyn mawr, S Glamorgan. Coch mawr, loggerhead, a large red apple. Twm gibwn, a red streaked, flattish, winter apple, common in Glamorgan, delicious in the opinion of those who dislike sharp, brisk-flavoured fruit. Afal Mair, Brith bach Hywel, } St. Mary apple. Gwyn y berth, query, a very good cider apple? in Glamorgan often planted in hedge-rows round the orchard, along hedges of fields, &c., and raised from slips most commonly. Chiblyn brith, Hereford red streak, excellent for cider. Chwiblyn surlas, Devonshire wilding, a very good cider fruit. Afal y marchog, Afal Syr Philip, golden rennet. Pippin Caerloyw, Holland pippin. Pippin dulas, forest pippin, a very long keeping and good baking fruit; in other respects ordinary. Cydodyn, called also Kedodin in Herefordshire, a fine cider apple. Coch Cumcidi, red must, Gwyn Cwmcidi, white must, Rhobin Rhydog, Hervey russet. good for cider. Llwyd agenog, a small, fine flavoured russet. Bys yn y mel, long tailed sweeting. Y fuwch goch, red stiar. Y fuwch wen, white stiar. Pippin y gwin, orange pippin. Afal Mr. Price, query, at Ham, a fine autumn apple? } Afal Madog, summer pearmain, excellent for mild cider. Cyfaill hirnos, winter pearmain. Afal yr hen ŵr, a fine tender eating apple. Melus cynhauaf, a small, flattish, early sweeting, peculiar to Glamorgan. Afal Robin, summer blanchet. Blas y cwrw, bitter sweeting, delicious when long kept for eating, and will keep very long. Melus y gwiail, a sweet apple peculiar to Glamorgan. The trees that bear it grow in twigs. A fine fruit, but not a good bearer. 1 Sir Phillip Basset, probably. Afal y Iarll, a large apple of a brisk flavour, ripe in September, of a pippin form.-Goodwell and Westre. Afal basset, Bewper pearmain. Afal y brenin, the yellow pomeroy. Afal Elsbeth, an early, white, flat, summer apple.— Gwledd y fedel, a fine, very large, juicy, summer apple. Gwyn cynhauaf, broadling, peculiar to Glamorgan and Coes y dryw, woodcock, very good for cider, an excellent bearer. It has a very small and long stem, hence the Welsh and English names, the first from its smallness, the other from its length. Pippin bach llydan, Kerton pippin. Pippin Llanilldud, Š at Flimston. Afal yr haul, transparent apple. Afal glan y mór, a fine, white, summer apple.Fonmon Orchards. It is said that it thrives best near the sea. Gwledd y bugail, shepherd's feast, a fine summer apple, very early, and has a fine acidity. Pippin gwyrddlydan, flat green pippin at Flimston, a delicious fine flavoured fruit. The tree very dwarfish. Pippin y meddyg, specked pippin, said to be very good in fevers, pleurisies, inflammations of the lungs, &c., eaten raw, roasted, boiled, baked, &c., or used in a posset. Afal Dewi, a fine, brisk flavoured, flattish and red streaked apple that keeps long, the tree large.-Fonmon Orchards. Afal Nón. Afal gwraig y tŷ, good housewife, in some places the codling, in others the broadling. Afal y bastai, Bernard apple. Hen Forgan, query? Afal Robin, summer blanchet. Afal gwyn Hydref, autumn blanchet. Yr Hen Lassog, a good, green, winter apple. Afal Martin, query? Afal yr 'lwyddes, lady apple. Afal y llaeth, codling, used with milk. Cydymaith da, Minswyn gauaf, Devonshire apple; a large apple Cock's pippin.-Devon. Lady Jane. Coeshir y gwin, woodcock. Coeshir y gauaf, French longstem. Calon garreg, stone pippin, good for nothing till a year old at least. Melus y dryw, a sweet tender apple. Afal y fedel, a fine, sharp, juicy, eating apple. Magi wen, Blanchet. Llingod, lincot. Gwledd i frenin, furze pippin. Penbwla, none such in some places, cat head in others. Dugoch hir, cat's brain. Dugoch crunn, a small deep red apple, round pippin, formed in the eye, a good winter eating apple. Blas y beren, a pear-tasted apple, small and red streaked, in Fonmon Nursery; fine flavoured, will keep pretty long. Clog y milwr, scarlet queening. Glassog hen, an old greenling. Cawr glas, cat head. Cawr brith, Portugul. Brychlaw mawr, cat head. Cochlwyd, Hervey russet. Yr Hen Gymro, Welsh, or little greenling, an excellent apple. This list was compiled with especial reference to Glamorgan; hence the local allusions. We shall be glad if some of our readers will furnish us with additional names, if any are known to exist, in other parts of the Principality. TALIESIN AND CATTWG. (From the Book of Sion Philip of Treëos.) Taliesin fardd yn ymgyflwyn a Chattwg Ddoeth yn Llanfeithin ai cyfarches fal hynn. TALIESIN. Fy Athraw Gwyn, dyfod attoch ydd wyf, gan ymolwyn arnoch fy iawnhau yn fy Lladin mal ai gwypwyf er daioni, ag ar ol fy iawnhau yn fy Nghymraeg mal ai deallwyf o gyfiawn wybod er dywenydd a diddanwch immi, boed i'ch hynawsder ddangos a fo'n deilwng immi. CATTWG. Fy Maccwy penfelyn serchogwen, yn gyntaf ymgais a'th Gymraeg, ag ymiawnhau ynddi er lles dy wlad a'th genedl, ag er daioni dy hun a'th gyfagosiaid gwlad a chenedl, gan ymlenogi ynddi, a gwedi hynny ymbwyll a'th Ladin er lles a daioni a fedrod Taliesin the Bard, presenting himself before Cattwg the Wise at Llanveithin, accosted him thus. TALIESIN. My Blessed Teacher, I have come hither to beseech you to set me right as to my Latin, that I may know it profitably; and afterwards to set me right as to my Welsh, that, knowing it properly, I may understand it for my pleasure and consolation. May your kindness teach me what is fit. CATTWG. My yellow-haired Pupil, affectionate and bland-in the first place apply thyself to Welsh, and set thyself right in it for the benefit of thy country and nation, and for thy own good, and that of thy neighbouring country and nation--becoming a scholar in it. |