68 APPLES. 



152. OXNEAD PEARMAIN. G. Lindl. Plan of an Or- 

 chard, 1796. 



Earl of Yarmouth's Pearmain. 76. 



Fruit small, conically tapering from the base to the crown. 

 Eye very small, surrounded by three or four somewhat ob- 

 scure plaits. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very 

 slender. Skin entirely grass-green, always covered with a 

 thin russet ; sometimes when highly ripened it is tinged 

 with a very pale brown on the sunny side. Flesh very firm, 

 crisp, of a pale green colour. Juice not plentiful, but 

 very rich and highly flavoured. 



A very neat dessert apple from November till April. 



This excellent little sort is supposed to have originated 

 at Oxnead, near Norwich, the seat of the Earl of Yarmouth. 

 It has been known for many years in Norfolk, no doubt 

 prior to the extinction of that peerage in 1733, and I have 

 never seen it out of the county. The tree is a very 

 small grower ; its branches are small and wiry, and of a 

 grass-green colour : it is very hardy, and an excellent 

 bearer. 



153. PETIT JEAN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 525. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 781. 



Fruit small, oval, slightly flattened at both ends. Eye 

 very small, placed in a confined basin. Stalk very short, 

 deeply inserted. Skin, where shaded, of a pale yellow, but 

 the whole nearly covered with brilliant red, which, in less 

 exposed parts, is broken into stripes, through which the 

 ground colour is seen. Flesh very white, extremely tender, 

 with an agreeable juice. 



A dessert apple from November till April. 



This is a very handsome little apple, native of Jersey, 

 which keeps well till the end of the season, and is extensive- 

 ly cultivated in that island. Specimens of the fruit were 

 sent to the Horticultural Society in 1820. 



154. PINNER SEEDLING. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 

 530. 



Carrel's Seedling. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 791. 



Fruit middle sized, slightly angular on the sides. Eye 

 close, very little depressed. Stalk short, in a confined but 

 deep cavity. Skin bright yellow, nearly covered with clear 

 yellow russet. Flesh inclining to yellow, crisp and tender. 

 Juice brisk and saccharine. 



An excellent dessert apple from November till the end 

 of May, 



