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Fruit a little turbinate, or top-shaped, something resem- 

 bling a quince. Eye small, flat, with a short truncate, or 

 covered calyx. Stalk short. Ski7i yellow, a Httle reticu- 

 lated with a shght grayish russet, and a few small specks 

 intermixed. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1074. 



As a cider apple, this appears to possess great merit, com- 

 bining a slight degree of astringency with much sweetness. 

 It ripens in October, and is also a good culinary apple du- 

 ring its season. 



It was raised from seed by the late Daniel Stead, at Bri- 

 erly, near Leominster, in Herefordshire. 



— Winter Pearmain, see No. 161. Ray, 1688. 



Parmain d'Hiver. Knoop. Pom. p. 64. t. 11. 



Old Pearmain. Pom, Heref. t. 29. 



Fruit middle-sized, regular in shape, and about one- 

 fourth part more long than broad. Crown a little narrowed. 

 Eye small, and closed by the shut segments of the calyx. 

 Stalk short. Skin grass green, with a little colour of a livid 

 red on the sunny side, interspered with a few dark specks. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1079. 



This was extensively cultivated in the seventeenth century, 

 and is called by Evelyn and Worlidge the Winter Pearmain. 

 Knoop also calls it Pepin Parmain d'Angleterre, from which 

 it would appear, that on the Continent it was considered of 

 English origin. It is a very good apple, and in a fine sea- 

 son is equally calculated for the press or the dessert. 



213. Woodcock Apple. Pom. Heref. t 10. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oval shape, tapering a little to 

 the crown, which is narrow. Eye flat, with broad segments 

 of the calyx. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, thick, 

 and fleshy, and cui-ved inwards towards the fruit. Skin 

 yellow, nearly covered with a soft red, and much deeper co- 

 lour on the sunny side. 



Specific gravity of the Jmce 107-3. 



The Woodcock apple has been frequently mentioned by 

 writers of the seventeenth century, as a cider apple of great 

 excellence ; but its cultivation seems on the decline. Its 

 name is generally supposed to have been derived from an 

 imaginary resemblance of the form of the fruit and fruit- 

 stalk, in some instances, to the head and beak of a wood- 

 cock. 



214. Yellow Elliot. Pom, Heref, t, 17. 



