BOOK OF FRUITS. 65 



No. 29. Slue Pearmain. 



This fruit is large, the form round, the skin 

 red, striped and mottled with darker red, and 

 covered with a bloom like a plum ; the flesh 

 mild and agreeable. This is a most excellent 

 variety. Ripe in October, and keeping till 

 February. 



No. 30. Red Quare.nden. 



Fruit of medium size, of a flat form ; skin a 

 very dark red ; flesh white, juicy and of a 

 pleasant flavour. Ripe in October and No- 

 vember. 



No. 31. Wine Apple. 



Fruit large, round, sometimes oblong ; the 

 skin a bright red, striped with a little yellow, 

 with russet round the stock ; the flesh rich 

 and pleasant ; the form of the tree is spread- 

 ing ; it bears young and abundantly, and rip- 

 ens in the autumn and early winter months. 



No. 32. Fameuse. 



Fruit middle size ; of a flat form, skin light, 

 yellow and green, mixt with pale red and dark 

 red blotches on the side exposed to the sun ; 



