ASTRACHAN RED. Ronalds, p. V. (American 

 Red, Anglesea Pippin.) Dessert, early August, medium, 

 2 i by 2j, flattened round, fairly regular. Colour, 

 deep crimson, unstriped. Flesh, crisp, white, sweet. 

 Eye, closed in a shallow basin. Stem, short in a scaly 

 russet cavity. Growth, moderate, fertility poor. Leaf, 

 long oval, pale green, held flat, crenate. Origin, pro- 

 bably from the country of its name. Introduced to 

 England in 1816. A most attractive fruit but too poor 

 a cropper for general use. 



ATALANTA. Card. Chron., 1893. Culinary or 

 dessert, November to January, small, 2f by 2}, conical, 

 irregular. Colour, lemon yellow with red streaks. 

 Flesh, firm, flavour moderate. Growth, moderate, 

 very fertile. Origin, raised by Mr. Chas. Ross, from 

 Scarlet Nonpareil, and introduced by Messrs. Cheal 

 and Sons, in 1893. It has now dropped out of cultiva- 

 tion, presenting no marked advantages over other 

 varieties of the same season. 



AUTUMN PEARMAIN. Ronalds, p. 22. (as 

 Royal Pearmain). F., Pearmain d'Ete. G., Sommer 

 Parmaene. [American Pearmain, Royal Pearmain (in 

 error).] Dessert or culinary, September to October 

 medium, 2,\ by 2, conical, fairly regular. Colour, 

 golden-yellow, partly covered with russet which is 

 netted, and slight flush. Flesh, firm, yellow, highly 

 flavoured. Eye, open in a very shallow, faintly ribbed 

 basin. Stem, slender in a moderate cavity, always 

 with a fleshy bump on one side, forcing the stem side- 

 ways. Growth, vigorous, upright, fertile. Leaf, 

 roundish, pale, upfolded, undulated, finely serrate. 

 Origin, an Old English variety mentioned by Parkinson, 

 in 1629. It is the Summer Pearmain, of Hogg, but 

 not of Continental Authors. It makes a fine standard 

 tree. 



AUTUMN ROUGE. Culinary. September, med- 

 ium, 2j by 2j, round, conical, slightly flattened at eye. 

 Colour, bright yellow, flushed with dull red faint stripes. 



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