178 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



PLUM APPLE. Fruit, above medium size, three inches long, and 

 two and a half wide ; long oval, like a large egg plum ; even and 

 symmetrical in its outline. Skin, dull brownish red on the side next 

 the sun, and reddish orange on the shaded side, both sides being also 

 streaked with dark crimson. Eye, small and closed, with erect con- 

 vergent segments, set in a deep, narrow, plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, fleshy, obliquely inserted at right 

 angles with the axis of the fruit. Flesh, greenish white, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and agreeably, though not richly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; 

 axile, slit. 



A remarkable apple from its shape and colour, which are like the 

 Pond's Seedling Plum ; it is in use up till Christmas. 



This I received from Messrs. Cranston, of Hereford. 



Polinia Pearmain. See Barcelona Pearmain. 



POMEKOY. There are two or three very distinct varieties, which , 

 in different parts of the country, are known by the name of Pomeroy. 

 One is that which is cultivated in Somersetshire and the West of 

 England, another is peculiar to Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and 

 the third to Lancashire and the Northern counties. 



POMEROY of Somerset, or The Old Pomeroy, is medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, and the same in height ; conical, and 

 obtusely angular. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with thin grey russet, 

 on the shaded side, but orange, striped with deep red, and marked with 

 patches of russet, on the side exposed to the sun, and strewed all over 

 with numerous large dark russety dots. Eye, half open, set in a 

 plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short, 

 not extending beyond the base, inserted in a round, even, and russety 

 cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, and highly flavoured. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile. 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from October till December. 



POMEROY of Herefordshire (Kirke's Fame; Peach; Sussex Peach; 

 Russet Pine). Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three-eighths 

 wide, and two inches high ; roundish and depressed, angular, especially 

 about the eye. Skin, greenish yellow, with traces of russet where 

 shaded ; on the side next the sun it is covered with a large patch of 

 dense cinnamon-coloured russet, and between this and the shaded side 

 are a few broken streaks of bright crimson ; the whole surface is covered 

 with large russet dots. Eye, closed, with convergent segments, which 

 are reflexed at the tips, set in a pretty deep and angular basin. 

 Stamens, median, inclining to marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short, 

 or half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and of a delicious flavour. Cells, roundish obovate ; axile, 

 open. 



A very richly flavoured dessert apple ; in use during September and 

 the early part of October. 



