44 APPLES. 



Calville Blanche d'Hiver. DuhameU No. 3. t. 2. Jard. 

 Fruit, t. 49. 



Bonnet Carrd. 76. 



Frwi7 large, of a flattish figure, with broad, uneven ribs on 

 its s'des, about three inches and a half in diameter, and two 

 inches and a quarter deep. Eye small, in a wide, deep, ob- 

 tuse-angled basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slender, deeply inserted. Skin smooth, yellowish green ; 

 when fully ripe, it is of a bright yellow, and tinged with a 

 lively red on the sunny side. Flesh white and tender, with 

 a very pleasant juice. 



A culinary apple from December till March. 



114. Yorkshire Greening. Forsijth, Ed. 3. No. 197. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. 1191. 



Fruit pretty large, of a flattish figure, two inches and a 

 half deep, and three inches and a half in diameter, having a 

 few slight undefined ribs on its sides. Eye flat', closed by 

 the calyx, seated in a very shallow, unequally plaited basin. 

 Stalk short, thick, woolly, inserted in a wide, flat, uneven 

 cavity. Skin dull, dark green, slightly tinged with muddy, 

 pale brown, interspersed with broken stripes and dashes of 

 dull red quite round' the upper part of the fruit, and partly 

 covered with a meally white all over the base. Flesh green- 

 ish white, firm. Juice plentiful, smart acid, without perfume. 



A most excellent culinary apple from November till April. 



Sect. YI. — Winter. Conical or Oblong. 



115. Adams's Pearmain. Pom. JMag. t. l'S3. 

 Norfolk Pippin, of Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 685., according 



to the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit above the middle size, very handsome, Pearmain 

 shaped, somewhat conical, not angular, about two inches and 

 three quarters deep, two inches and a half diameter at the 

 base, and one inch and a quarter at the crown. Eye rather 

 small, with a closed calyx, placed in a very narrow, regular, 

 slightly plaited basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slender, one half projecting beyond the base. Skin pale 

 greenish yellow, covered with a thin gray russet ; on the 

 sunny side of a deeper yellow, tinged with salmon colour, 

 having a few thin, slightly striped patches of a deeper colour, 

 sprinkled with whitish spots near the base. Flesh yellowish, 

 firm, crisp. Jtiice saccharine, rich, with a very high aroma- 

 tic flavour. 



