APPLES. 



ADAM'S PEARMAIN. Her. Pom., I., 14. F., 

 Rousse de Norfolk ; G., Adam's Parmane. (Hanging 

 Pearmain, Norfolk Pippin.) Dessert, December to 

 March, medium, 2j by 2 J, conical, colour, deep yellow, 

 red stripes and flush, with russet patches. Flesh, firm, 

 yellow, very aromatic. Eye open, tips reflexed in a 

 shallow plaited basin. Stem very short in a shallow 

 even russet cavity. Growth slender, fertile. Leaf, 

 medium, narrow oval, slightly up-cupped, boldly 

 serrate, grey green, nearly smooth below. Origin 

 probably English, brought to notice about 1826, and 

 it was named after the donor of the grafts to the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. This is one of the best late 

 dessert sorts ; it thrives in nearly all soils. 



Akero : see Akero. 



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AKERO. Svensk Pom., 15. (Akera, Okera.) 

 Dessert, September to October, meolium, 2j by 2\, 

 conical. Colour, pale creamy yellow with crimson 

 peach-like flush and bloom. Flesh, white, firm, and 

 juicy. Growth, moderate, fertility moderate. Leaf, 

 rather large, upward folded, much twisted, coarsely 

 crenate. Origin, probably Swedish. This is now 

 rarely grown, but is of interest only from its remarkable 

 coloration. 



Albermarle : see Newtown Pippin. 



ALBURY PARK NONSUCH. Cooking, December 

 to March, medium, 3 by 2|, round coni9al, ribbed, 



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