WINTER APPLES. CLASS I. 79 



93. PICKMAN. R. M., Esq. 



A fruit of a globular form, and of a straw color; its 

 flavor, combined with a good portion of acidity, is very 

 rich and good. A winter fruit, fine for the table or for 

 cooking; very productive, and deserving of cultivation 

 This is much cultivated by Mr. Ware, at or near Salem 

 who thinks it a native. 



94. POWNAL SPITZENBERG. Judge Buel 



So named from its native place, Pownal, in Vermont, 

 where the original tree is now growing also from its 

 resemblance to the yEsopus Spitzeriberg. It is esteemed 

 a very superior winter fruit. 



95. PRIESTLEY. Coxe. 



This fruit is large ; the skin smooth, of a dull red color, 

 striped and spotted with pale green; of an oblong form; 

 the flesh is white, of a pleasant, aromatic flavor. An excel 

 lent fruit for the dessert or cooking. The tree is a great 

 bearer, and the fruit ripens in December, and keeps all win- 

 ter. This variety originated, according to Mr. Coxe, in 

 Pennsylvania, and was first cultivated by a Mr. Priestley. 

 190. *POUND ROYAL. 



A most superior fruit, which originated in Connecticut. 

 Large, round, with some few small specks of red next the 

 sun ; color pale greenish white, changing to yellow in 

 March ; flesh white or yellowish, tender, breaking : juice 

 of an aromatic and delicious flavor, with a just proportion 

 of acid. The pericarp is large. The tree bears well, and 

 the fruit keeps till April. 



97. *RAMSDEL'S RED PUMPKIN SWEET. 



A beautiful fruit, over medium size ; round or oblong ; 

 of a dark and beautiful red, covered with a dense blue 

 bloom ; flesh tender, very rich, and sweet. The trees bear 

 prodigious crops. A highly salable and profitable fruit, 

 introduced to notice by the Rev. Hezekiah Ramsdel, of 

 West Thomson, Conn. Some, he observes, have set out 

 whole orchards of this fruit for swine, so great is its pro- 

 ductiveness. It ripens in November, and keeps till January. 



98. *RHODE ISLAND GREENING. 



JERSEY, OR BURLINGTON GREENING of Coxe. 

 A very large fruit, flattened at its base and summit ; at 

 maturity of a yellowish green color, covered with dark 

 clouds or blotches : the flesh yellow, tender, rich, juicy, of 



