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254. OXNEAD PEARMAIN.— Lind. 



Identification. — Lind. Guide, 78. 



Synonyme. — Earl of Yarmouth's Pearmain, Lind. PL Or. 1796. 



Fruit, small and conical. Skin, entirely grass green, always covered 

 with a thin russet ; sometimes when highly ripened it is tinged with a 

 very pale brown on the sunny side. Eye, very small, surrounded with 

 a few obscure plaits. Stalk, very slender, three quarters of an inch long. 

 Flesh, pale green, very firm and crisp, not juicy, but very rich and 

 highly flavored. 



A dessert apple ; in use from November to April. 



I have never seen this apple. It was first noticed by Mr. George 

 Lindley whose description of it I have given above. He says " it is sup- 

 posed to have originated at Oxnead, near Norwich, the seat of the Earl 

 of Yarmouth. It has been known many years in Norfolk, no doubt prior 

 to the extinction of that Peerage in 1733, and I have never seen it out 

 of the county. The tree is a very small grower ; its branches are small 

 and wiry and of a grass green color ; it is very hardy and an excellent 

 bearer." 



255. PADLEY'S PIPPIN.— Fors. 



Identification. — Fors. Treat. 119. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 516. Lind. Guide, 

 21. Gard. Gliron. 1847, 36. Rog. Fr. Cult. 83. 



Synonymes. — Compote, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. Padley's Royal George Pippin, 

 Roti. Pyr. Mai. 32. 



Figures. — Pom. Mag. t. 151. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xvi. f. 5. 



Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and a half high ; roundish- 

 oblate. Skin, pale greenish-yellow rather thickly covered with thin grey 

 russet, and faintly tinged with orange next the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, set in a shallow and rather angular basin. Stalk, three quarters 

 of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, juicy, sugary, brisk and richly aromatic. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use during December and 

 January. 



The tree is of small dimensions, but healthy, and a prolific bearer. It 

 is well adapted for dwarf training, when grown on the paradise or doucin 

 stock. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Padley, gardener to his Majesty George 

 III., at Hampton Court. According to Rogers, Mr. Padley was a native 

 of Yorkshire, and after coming to London and filling a situation of re- 

 spectability, he was appointed foreman in the kitchen garden at Kew. 

 " On the death of the celebrated ' Capability Brown ' Mr. G. Haverfield 

 was removed from Kew to Hampton Court, and took Mr. Padley with him 

 as foreman. On the death of Haverfield, Padley's interest with his sover- 

 eign out-weighed all the interests of other candidates, though urged by 

 the most influential persons about Court. ' No, no, no, ' said his Majesty, 

 ' it is Padley's birthright.' " 



