APPLES. 95 



Mr. Hardingham, who died but a few years ago. The 

 garden now belongs to Mr. William Youngman. It is 

 undoubtedly one of the best apples of its season, and is 

 highly deserving of cultivation. 



181. PITM ASTON NONPAREIL. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 267. 1. 10. f. 4. 



Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil. Id. 



Saint John's Nonpareil. Hort. Soc. Cat. 669. 



Fruit middle-sized, flatly compressed, rather nar- 

 rowest at the crown, near three inches in its widest, and 

 two inches and a half in its shortest diameter. Eye 

 rather open, in a broad shallow basin, surrounded by 

 slight irregular plaits. Stalk short, not deeply inserted. 

 Skin of a dull green, nearly covered with russet, a little 

 mixed with yellow, and faint red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh greenish, rather more inclined to yellow than 

 that of the Nonpareil. Juice rich, with a high aromatic 

 flavour, and the peculiar perfume of the Nonpareil. 



A dessert apple of great merit in November and De- 

 cember. 



Raised by John Williams, Esq. in his garden at 

 Pitmaston, Saint John's, near Worcester. 



182. POWELL'S RUSSET. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 994. 

 Fruit rather small, about two inches in diameter, 



and an inch and three quarters deep, somewhat flat at 

 both ends, and quite free from angles on its sides. Eye 

 small, open, slightly sunk in a shallow narrow bason. 

 Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted in a very regular 

 round cavity, twice as deep as the crown. Skin pale 

 yellowish green, partially covered with a thin pale 

 russet, but wholly covered round the crown, and shaded 

 with brown on the sunny side. Flesh firm, of a clear 

 pale yellow. Juice plentiful, saccharine, and approach- 

 ing in flavour to a well-ripened Nonpareil. 



A very neat dessert apple from November till January. 



This a good deal resembles the Acklam's Russet, 

 except in the crown, which is narrower, and the depres- 



