14 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



nursery of Messrs. Ronalds, of Brentford, and from growing on a bank by the side 

 of a ditch, it was called the Sank Apple. 



BARCELONA PEARMAIN (Speckled Golden Eeinette ; Speckled 

 Pearmain ; Polinia Pearmain). Fruit, below medium size, two 

 inches and a half wide, and the same high ; ovate. Skin, clear pale 

 yellow, mottled with red in the shade, but dark red next the sun, the 

 whole covered with numerous star-like russety specks, those on the 

 shaded side being brownish, and those next the sun yellow. Eye, 

 small and open, with erect acuminate segments, and set in a round, 

 even, and pretty deep basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, about an inch long, slender, inserted in a rather shallow cavity, 

 which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, very 

 juicy, and with a rich, vinous, and highly aromatic flavour. Cells, 

 roundish oblate ; axile, 



One of the best dessert apples, and equally valuable for culinary 

 purposes. It comes to perfection about the end of November, and 

 continues in use till March. 



The tree is a free grower, but does not attain the largest size. It is 

 very hardy, an abundant bearer, and succeeds well either as a standard 

 or an espalier. 



In the third edition of the Horticultural Society's Catalogue, this is said to be 

 the same as Reinette Kouge. I do not think that it is the Reinette Rouge of the 

 French, which Duhamel describes as being white, or clear yellow in the shade, 

 having often prominent ribs round the eye, which extend down the sides, so as to 

 render the shape angular ; a character at variance with that of the Barcelona 

 Pearmain. But I have no doubt of its being the Reinette Rousse of the same author, 

 which is described at page 302, vol. i., as a variety of Reinette Franche, and which 

 he says is of an elongated shape, skin marked with a great number of russety spots, 

 the most part of which are of a longish figure, so much so, when it is ripe, it 

 appears as if variegated with yellow and red ; a character in every way applicable 

 to the Barcelona Pearmain. 



BARCHARD'S SEEDLING. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish 

 ovate, with broad obtuse angles on the sides, terminating in knobs 

 round the crown. Skin, clear greenish yellow on the shaded side, and 

 lemon yellow, striped and suffused with bright crimson, on the side 

 next the sun and all the exposed parts. Eye, wide open, set in a 

 rather deep plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, half an inch to an inch long, slender, deeply set. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, sweet, and with a fine brisk sub -acid 

 flavour, like that of Manks Codlin. Cells, round or obovate ; axile, 

 slit. 



An excellent culinary or dessert apple ; ripe in October. The tree is 

 a constant bearer. 



It is now much grown in some of the market gardens about London, 

 its fine colour making it attractive in the markets. In shape and in 

 colour it has a resemblance to the Nonesuch. 



This was raised by Mr. Higgs, gardener to R. Barchard, Esq., Putney Heath, 

 Surrey, and was brought into notice by being exhibited by Mr. Alexander Dancer, 

 of Fulham, at a meeting of the British Pomological Society, in 1856. 



