OF APPLES. 99 



One received from the State of La Vilherie, near 

 Morlaix, in Lower Brittany, by L'Abbe Joffrin, 

 exactly corresponds with this description. 



139. Pearson's Pippin. This is a nice apple, 

 about the size of a large Golden Pippin, of a yel- 

 lowish colour, and the form a little flat. In De- 

 vonshire they put these pippins into the ov^en just 

 after the bread is drawn, laying a weight over 

 them to flatten them, in the same manner as they 

 do the Beaufin in Norfolk, and bring them to table 

 as a sweetmeat, I brought some cuttings of this 

 tree from Nutwell, near Exeter, which I grafted 

 on some trees in Kensington-gardens. This is a 

 very good dessert apple, and keeps till March. 



140. PoMME Grise. * This is a fine apple, 

 from Canada, of a flattish form and russet colour, 

 streaked beautifully with red. It ripens late, and 

 keeps till March. This is an excellent eating 

 apple. 



141. PoMME d'Api. Duham, n, 30. ^.11. Poit, 

 €t Turp, Fr, t, 113. This is much valued for its 

 colour, being of a bright red. The tree is a good 

 bearer, and the fruit is not subject to be shaken 

 with high winds. The fruit should be suffered to 

 hang on the tree till October or November, if the 

 frost do not set in. It comes into eating in February 



* The Pomme Grise was introduced into this country by 

 Mr. Alexander Barclay, of Brompton, well known for his in- 

 genuity in bleaching of wax. He is a great lover of horticul- 

 ture, and has raised several new sorts of Gooseberries from 

 seed. 



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