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HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN. 



Winter Pearmain , erroneously, Parmin Royal , 



Royal Pearmain , Old Pearmain , 



Royale d Angleterre. 



Foreign. Tree, hardy&quot; requiring rich, strong soil, when the fruit 

 is of the highest excellence ; shoots slender, diverging, partially droop 

 ing. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish, conical ; color, brownish red, 

 mottled, and slightly striped, on a dull russety green, or when fully 

 matured, yellow ground, with stripes and marblings of russet, 

 from the stem, dotted with greyish specks ; stem, slender ; cavity, 

 acuminate, russeted ; calyx, open ; basin, medium ; flesh, yellow 

 ish, tender, mild, sub-acid, aromatic ; core, medium, Jaying nearest 

 the stem end ; seeds, large, ovate, light brown. Season, December 

 to February. 



BUTTON. 



Hubbardston Nonsuch, 

 Sutton, 1 Sutton Beauty. 



American. Originated in Mass. A superior fruit, succeeding even 

 better when grown West, than in its native locality. Tree, vigorous 

 grower ; shoots, rather slender, very different from the Baldwin, 

 which has often been disseminated as this variety ; spreading ; very- 

 productive. 



