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APPLES. 



Stalk slender, half an inch long. Calyx with wide-spread, re- 

 flexed segments, and set in a shallow, narrow, slightly plaited 

 basin. Flesh pale yellow, very mellow and tender, with a 

 pleasant, aromatic flavour. A moderate bearer, but often pro- 



Fig. 47. Herefordshire Pearmain. 



duces large crops on light soils, which are well adapted to this 

 sort. November to February. 



The Winter Pearmain of some, is a rather rounder apple, 

 strongly resembling this, but inferiour in flavour. 



129. PEARMAIN, BLUE. Man. Ken. Thomp. 



The Blue Pearmain is a large and very showy fruit, and is 

 therefore popular in the New-England markets. The nume- 

 rous large russetty yellow dots which are sprinkled over the 

 skin, and the bloom which overspreads it, mark this apple. 



Fruit of the largest size, roundish, regularly formed, very 

 slightly conical. Skin covered with stripes and blotches of 

 dark purplish-red, over a dull ground and appearing bluish 

 from the white bloom. Stalk short, slender, sunk in a deep 

 hollow, rather uneven. Calyx small, pretty deeply sunk in an 

 even basin. Flesh yellowish, mild, rather rich and good. The 

 tree grows strongly, and bears moderate crops. October to 

 February. 



130. PEARMAIN, CLAYGATE. Thomp. Lind. 



This is a new kind of Pearmain, lately received from Eng- 

 land, which has not yet fruited with us, but bears the highest 

 character abroad. 



