9.1 



THE HUBBARD'S PEARMAIN APPLE. 



Hubbard's Pearmain. G. Lindley in Hort. Trans, vol. iv. 



p. 68. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 758. 

 Golden Vining, of Devonshire. 



This invaluable table fruit is by no means un- 

 common in Norfolk and Suffolk, but it appears to be 

 little known elsewhere, unless in Devonshire, whence 

 we have seen specimens under the name of the 

 Golden Vining. It was first described in the Trans- 

 actions of the Horticultural Society, by Mr. Lindley. 



It is a great bearer as an open standard, ripens 

 about the beginning or middle of November, and 

 keeps well till March or April. Its usual appear- 

 ance is that of a dull russet, with a little red on one 

 side; but in some seasons all the fruit is smooth and 

 bright yellow, — a circumstance which it is necessary 

 to bear in mind, or otherwise trees may be supposed 

 to be false which are not so. 



The Wood is slender and wiry, of a pale grayish 

 brown, by which the young trees are readily known. 

 Buds very downy. 



Leaves rather small, flat, oval, slightly downy 

 beneath, somewhat irregularly -but finely serrated, 

 with a very red midrib. 



