LORD STRADBROOK. Card. Chron., 1905, p. 20. 

 (Fenn's Wonder.) Culinary, till February, large. 

 Colour, crimson on greenish ground. Growth, free ; 

 very fertile. Leaf, rather long, upfolded, shallow 

 crenate. Origin, a chance seedling found in Henham 

 Gardens, Wangford, about 1900. Certificated as Fenn's 

 Wonder. 



LORD SUFFIELD. Her. Pom., p. 6. (Lady 

 Sufneld, Livesay's Imperial.) Culinary, August to 

 September, medium to large, 3j by 3, oval, conical, 

 irregular. Colour, pale lemon-yellow. Flesh, tender, 

 white, acid. Eye, small, closed, in a shallow plaited 

 basin. Stem, slender, in a rather narrow cavity. 

 Growth, moderate, making a compact twiggy tree ; 

 very fertile. Leaf, medium, oval, held out, slightly 

 upfolded, coarsely bi-serrate. Origin, raised by Thomas 

 Thorpe, Middleton, near Manchester, about 1820. It 

 cankers badly and is very apt to rot on the tree. Now 

 superseded by Early Victoria. 



LUCOMBE'S PINE. Her. Pom., 47. (Pine Apple.) 

 Dessert, November to December, small, 2| by 2, 

 round-conical, regular. Colour, yellow with faint 

 orange flush. Flesh, tender, white, with pine apple 

 flavour. Eye, open in a shallow plaited basin. Stem, 

 fairly stout, in a shallow round cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility rather poor. Origin, raised by 

 Messrs. Lucombe Pince & Co., of Exeter, about 1800. 

 Now almost out of cultivation. 



MABBOTT'S PEARMAIN. Her. Pom., 61. F., 

 Pearmain de Mabbott ; G., Parmane von Mabbott. 

 Dessert, November to January, medium, 2j by 2j, 

 oval, regular. Colour, golden-yellow almost covered 

 with rich crimson flush. Flesh, tender, juicy, yellowish, 

 of good flavour. Eye, closed in a shallow ribbed basin. 

 Stem, slender in a narrow russet cavity. Growth, 

 compact ; fertile. Leaf, rather small, pea green, little 

 upfolded, curved serrate, sharply pointed. Origin, 

 uncertain ; known around Maidstone for many years. 



