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BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



Skin, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish-brown russet, 



so much so, that only 



spots of the ground color 

 are visible ; it has also a 

 varnished redish-brown 

 cheek next the sun which 

 is more or less visible 

 according to the quantity 

 of russet which covers it. 

 Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow and 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yel- 

 lowish, tinged with green 

 tender, crisp, juicy, 

 sugary and briskly 

 flavored. 



A dessert apple of 

 first-rate quality ; it is 

 in use from December 

 to April. 



This excellent apple was raised by James Carel, a nurseryman at Pinner, 

 Middlesex, in 1810. The tree first produced fruit in 1818, and was in- 

 troduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society, in 1820. 



272. POMME GRISE.— Fors. 



Identification. — Fors. Treat. 120. Down. Fr. Amer. 124. 



Synonymes. — Grise, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 305. Gray Apple, ace. Downing. 



Figure. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xvi. f. 6. 



Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and three quarters high ; 

 roundish and inclining to ovate. Skin, rough, with thick scaly russet, 

 green in the shade, and deep orange on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half-an- 

 inch long, inserted in a shallow and small cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk and highly aromatic flavor. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to February. 



The tree is rather a weak grower, but an abundant bearer. 



This apple, according to Forsyth, was first introduced to this country 

 from Canada, by Alexander Barclay, Esq., of Brompton, near London. 



273, 274. POMEROY. 



There are two very distinct varieties of apples, which, in different 

 parts of the country, are known by the same name of Pomeroy. The 

 one is that which is cultivated in Somersetshire and the West of England, 

 and the other is peculiar to Lancashire and the Northern counties. 



The Pomeroy of Somerset, is medium sized, two inches and three 

 quarters wide, and the same in height ; conical. Skin, greenish-yellow, 

 covered with thin grey russet, on the shaded side ; but orange, covered 



