90 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



cells are round or oblate, and abaxile ; the fruit is heavy, and is in use 

 from September till December. 



In Waltham Abbey Seedling the eye is larger and open, with erect, 

 somewhat divergent segments, and set in an even basin ; the tube is 

 conical ; the stalk slender and straight ; the cells obovate, axile ; and 

 the fruit is light, and in use from October till January. 



In Dr. Harvey the eye is small and scarcely sunk, and is surrounded 

 with knobbed plaits ; the tube is funnel-shaped ; the stalk is straight 

 and slender ; the cells obovate, axile ; and the fruit is light, and in use 

 from October till January. 



Golden Noble was first brought into notice by Sir Thomas Harr, of Stowe Hall, 

 Norfolk, whose gardener procured it from a tree supposed to be the original, in 

 an old orchard at Downham, and communicated it to the Horticultural Society of 

 London in 1820. 



GOLDEN NONPAREIL. Fruit, below medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches high ; round and somewhat flattened, even 

 and regular in its outline, and having a resemblance in shape to the old 

 Nonpareil. Skin, greenish yellow, with an orange or brownish tinge 

 next the sun, sprinkled over with russet dots and thin patches of russet. 

 Eye, half open, with erect segments, which are reflexed at the tips, set 

 in a shallow plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, short, funnel- 

 shaped. Stalk, over half an inch long, stout, and inserted in a saucer- 

 like cavity. Flesh, greenish, very juicy and tender, with an agreeable, 

 though not a rich flavour. Cells, ovate or roundish ovate ; axile, open. 



A dessert apple, which keeps till January or February. 



GOLDEN PEARMAIN (English Golden Pearmain ; Ruckman's 

 Pearmain). Fruit, small, about two inches and a half in diameter, and 

 the same in height ; abrupt Pearmain-shaped, obscurely ribbed, and 

 narrow at the apex. Skin, pale yellow, strewed with patches of russet, 

 and covered with minute russety dots on the shady side, but deep red- 

 dish orange, streaked with deeper colour, and strewed with minute 

 russety dots, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, large and open, with 

 reflexed segments, and set in a wide, deep, and angular basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, conical. Stalk, slender, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 and obliquely inserted, with frequently a fleshy protuberance on one 

 side of it, in a rather shallow cavity, which is lined with green russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, very juicy, sweet, and lacking acidity, 

 which gives it a sickly flavour. Cells, obovate or ovate ; axile. 



An apple of second-rate quality, suitable either for culinary purposes 

 or the dessert ; in use from November to March. 



The tree is an upright grower and a free bearer, but requires to be 

 grown in good soil. 



This is distinguished from the Golden Winter Pearmain by being 

 more conical in shape, narrow at the apex, having a fleshy protuberance 

 at the base of the stalk, and in having the tube conical instead of funnel- 

 shaped, and the stamens always median. 



