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ADAMS'S PEARMAIN. 



Norfolk Pippin. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 685. 



This very little known, but most superior fruit, 

 was received some years since by the Horticultural 

 Society, from Robert Adams, Esq. under the name 

 of the Norfolk Pippin. But as it is either not a 

 native of that county, or so little cultivated there 

 as by no means to warrant the application of the 

 original name, it has been called Adams's Pippin. 



Its merit consists in its being a very healthy, 

 hardy sort, a particularly free bearer, extremely 

 handsome, by no means subject to speck or de- 

 formity, a good keeper, and one of those rich fruits 

 in which the proportions of sugar and acid are so 

 intimately blended as to form the most perfect 

 flavour of which the Apple is susceptible. 



The fruit becomes fit for use in November, and 

 will keep till the end of the winter. 



The following description has been made by 

 Mr. Thompson : — 



Shoots moderately strong, chestnut-coloured, 

 thinly sprinkled with distinct whitish spots. 



Leaves middle-sized, ovate, acuminate, doubly 

 and sharply serrated. Petioles about an inch in 

 length, somewhat erect, rather slender. Stipules 

 lanceolate, about half the length of the petiole. 



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