THE APPLE. 219 



Fruit below medium size, roundish, a little ovate, and flat- 

 tened. Skin greenish-yellow, thinly coated with pale russet. 

 Flesh firm, crisp, with a rich, acid, poignant flavour. 



Old Field. 



Origin, Connecticut, a good grower, bears well, an old 

 variety. 



Fruit medium, oblate, oonic. Skin yellow, with a slight 

 blush. Flesh yellowish, tender, pleasant, mild, sub-acid. Janu- 

 ary to April. 



OsLiN. Thomp. Lind. 



Arbroath Pippin. Forsyth. 



An excellent Scotch apple, ripening early in August. Form 

 oblate, below medium size. Skin rather tough, clear lemon yel- 

 low when quite ripe, and sprinkled with a few greyish, green 

 dots. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, with a spicy aromatic 

 flavour. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Pearson's Plate. Thomp. 



A new variety fi'om England, and not yet tested here, but 

 which has a very high reputation. 



Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, regularly 

 formed, flat. Skin greenish-yellow, becoming yellow, with a little 

 red in the sun. Flavour first rate in all respects. Mr. Thom- 

 son says this is a good bearer, and a remarkably handsome des- 

 sert fruit. 



Pearmain, Blue. Man. Ken. Thomp. 



Fruit of the largest size, roundish, regularly formed, very 

 slightly conical. Skin covered with stripes and blotches of 

 dark purplish-red, over a dull ground — and appearing bluish 

 from the white bloom. Flesh yellowish, mild, rather rich and 

 good. The tree grows strongly, and bears moderate crops. 

 October to February. 



Pearmain, Adams. Thomp. Lind. 



Norfolk Pippin. 



Fruit of medium size, conical, yellow, striped and shaded with 

 crimson, and a few grey dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, firm, rich, 

 aromatic. October to November. 



Pearmain, Claygate. Thomp. Lind. 



English, not yet tested. 



