20 APPLES. 



red next the sun. Eye small and closed. Stalk short. 

 [Flesh tender, crisp, and brittle ; very juicy, vinous, and 

 perfumed. An excellent dessert apple. January to May. 



OSLIN, D. (Arlroath Pippin, Mother Apple). Medium 

 sized, roundish, flattened. Skin green, changing to lemon 

 yellow, dotted with greyish-green specks. Stalk thick 

 and short. Eye in a shallow, plaited basin. Flesh 

 yellowish, firm, crisp, and highly aromatic. One of the 

 best summer apples. August. 



Owen's Golden Beauty. See Joanneting. 



Ox Apple. See Gloria Mundi. 



Oxford Peach. See Scarlet Pearmain. 



Pearmain. See Winter Pearmain. 



PEARSON'S PLATE, p. Small, roundish, and flattened. 

 Skin greenish yellow, red next the sun. Eye open and 

 shallow. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh greenish yellow, 

 firm, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a fine brisk flavour. 

 A first-rate dessert fruit. December to March. 



PENNINGTON'S SEEDLING, D. Medium sized, flat, and 

 slightly angular. Skin covered with yellow russet, pale 

 brown next the sun. Stalk long, thick, and set in a wide, 

 irregular cavity. Eye with long segments, shallow. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and highly flavoured. No- 

 vember to March. 



Phillipps' Reinette. See Court of WicJc. 



PILES' RUSSET, D. Rather large, irregular. Skin pale 

 green, and covered with thick russet. Stalk short. Eye 

 closed. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, sugary, and aro- 

 matic. March and April. 



PINEAPPLE RUSSET, D. Above medium size, roundish 

 ovate, and angular. Skin greenish yellow, dotted with 

 white spots on one side, and covered with thick yellowish 

 russet on the other. Stalk an inch long. Eye small, set 

 in a shallow, plaited basin. Flesh pale yellow, crisp, very 

 juicy, tender, with a highly aromatic perfume. One of 

 the best dessert apples. September and October. 



PINNER SEEDLING, D. (Carel's Seedling}. Medium 

 sized, roundish ovate, and slightly angular. Skin greenish 

 yellow, -nearly covered with russet, and with a reddish- 

 brown cheek next the sun. Eye small and closed. Stalk 

 short. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, sugary, and brisk. 

 December to April, 



