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Eye, small, with short connivent segments, placed in a shallow, plaited 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted half its length in an uneven cavity. 



Flesh, very pale yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, sugary, brisk and 

 richly aromatic. 



A very valuable dessert apple ; in use during September and October. 

 Mr. Lindley says the juice of this apple is more abundant than in any he 

 had ever met with. The oldest tree remembered in Norwich was grow- 

 ing a century ago (1830) in a garden belonging to a Mr. Hardinghara, 



269. PITMASTON NONPAREIL.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iii. p. 265. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 478. 



Fors. Treat. 117. Lind. Guide, 95. Bog. Fr. Cult. 67. 

 Synonymes. — St. John's Nonpareil, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 669. Pitmaston Eusset 



Nonpareil, ace. Hort. Trans. 

 Figure. — Hort. Trans, vol. iii. t. 10. f. 4. 



Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a half 

 high ; roundish and flattened. Skin, pale green, almost entirely covered 

 with russet, and with a faint tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 open, set in a broad, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in 

 a shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, rich, and highly aromatic. 



A dessert apple of the greatest excellence. It is in use from December 

 to February. 



This variety was raised by John Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, St. John's, 

 near Worcester, and was first communicated to the London Horticultural 

 Society in 1820. 



270. PITMASTON GOLDEN WREATH.— M. 



Identification and Figure. — Maund. Fruit, pi. 16. 



Fruit, very small, half-an-inch wide by half-an-inch high ; conical and 

 undulating round the eye. Skin, of a fine deep rich yellow, strewed with 

 russety dots. Eye, large and open, with long, spreading, acuminate seg- 

 ments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, very slen- 

 der, inserted in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, rich yellow, crisp, 

 juicy and sugary. 



A pretty little apple ; in use from September to Christmas. 



This beautiful variety was raised by J. Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, 

 from the Golden Pippin, impregnated with the pollen of the Cherry apple, 

 or what is usually called the Siberian Crab. 



271. PINNER SEEDLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. p. 530. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 587. 



Lind. Guide, 79. 

 Synonyme. — Carel's Seedling, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 791. 



Fruit, medium sized, roundish-ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. 



