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256. PARRY'S PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. .554. Ron. Pyr. Mai. 41. 

 Figure.— Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxi. f. 3. 



Fruit, small ; oval, and regular in its shape. Skin, almost entirely 



covered with dark dull red, and 

 striped with brighter red, except 

 a portion on the shaded side, 

 which is green; the whole surface 

 is thickly strewed with small 

 russetj^ dots, which give it a 

 speckled appearance. Eye, small 

 and open, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, sometimes short andfleshy 

 as represented in the accompany- 

 ing figure ; and at other times, 

 about half-an-inch long, and 

 woody, but still retaining the 

 swollen boss at its union with 

 the fruit. Flesh, firm in texture, 

 crisp, very juicy and pleasantly 

 acid, with a sweet, brisk, and 

 poignant flavor. 



A nice sharp-flavoi'ed dessert apple ; but considered only of second- 

 rate quality ; it is in use from December to March. 



257. PATCFFS RUSSET— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. eJ. 3, n. 747. Lind. Guide, 92. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches 

 and a quarter high ; oval, and slightly angular on its sides. Skin, green- 

 ish-yellow, entirely covered with thin grey russet. Eye, small, with long 

 acuminate segments, set in a narrow and irregular basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, very slender, inserted in a round, even, and deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, cris^D, brisk and aromatic. 



A good dessert apple of second-rate quality ; in use during November 

 and December. 



258. PASSE POMME D'AUTOMNE.— Duh. 



Identification. — Duh. Arb. Fr. i. 278. Dahuron. Traite. 115. Chart. Cat. 50. 

 Rog. Fr. Cult. 39. 



Synonymes. — Passe Ponime Rouge d'Autoiiine, Diel. Kemobst ii. 50. Ge'ncrale, 

 ace. Duhamel. Poninie d'Outre passe, Ibid. Passe Pomme Cotellee, Merlet. 

 Abreye. Heibststrich Apfel, Mayer. Pom. Franc. Tab. iii. f. 3. Rother Herbst- 

 stricliapfel, Diel Kemobst. ii. 50. 



Figures. — Mayer. Pom. Franc, t. iii. f. 3. Sicklcr Obstgart. xv. t. 7. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a 

 quarter high ; round and slightly flattened, with prominent ribs on the 

 sides, which extend into the basin of the eye. Skin, pale straw-colored, 

 almost white, with a few stripes of red on the shaded side ; but entirely 



