bronze russet, occasionally with red flush. Flesh, 

 tender, pale yellow, russet flavour. Eye, open in a 

 shallow ribbed basin. Stem, rather short in a round, 

 even cavity. Growth, compact, upright ; fertile. Leaf, 

 little upfolded, long oval, deeply serrate. Origin, 

 raised by John Williams, of Pitmaston, near Worcester, 

 and introduced to notice in 1818. A very good fruit 

 of the flavour usually found in " russets " : now very 

 little grown. 



PITMASTON PINE APPLE. Dessert, till December, 

 small, 2 by 2, oblong, conical, shape of Adam's Pear- 

 main. Colour, golden-yellow, almost covered with 

 very fine cinnamon russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 juicy with a most deliciously scented and honeyed 

 flavour. Eye, closed, in a very shallow basin or level 

 with surface surrounded by many minute ribs. Stem, 

 rather stout, half-inch, in a narrow, shallow, very round 

 cavity. Origin, this was first shown at the Royal 

 Horticultural Show, in 1845, and the origin then given 

 was that it was raised from the Old Golden Pippin, 

 more than sixty years ago, by Mr. White, of Witley, 

 steward to Lord Foley. Hogg says it was raised by 

 Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, but this is evidently wrong 

 as it was only sent to London by him. This is one of 

 the old fruits which have been neglected on account 

 of their small size, but its distinct and delicious flavour 

 should give it a place in the gardens of connoisseurs. 



Pitmaston Russet : see Pitmaston Nonpareil. 



Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil : see Pitmaston Non- 

 pareil. 



Plumderity : see Venus Pippin. 

 Pomme de Cuir : see Pomme Grise. 

 Pomme de Laak : see Dutch Migonne. 



POMME GRISE. Ronalds, 16. (Gray Apple, 

 Leather Coat of Turic, Pomme de Cuir.) Dessert, 



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