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but will remain on the tree long after it is ripe, and after 

 its leaves are fallen. 



21 2. STEAD'S KERNEL. Pom. fferef. t. 25. 

 Fruit a little turbinate, or top- shaped, something 



resembling a quince. Eye small, flat, with a short 

 truncate, or covered calyx. Stalk short. Skin yellow, 

 a little reticulated with a slight greyish russet, and a 

 few small specks intermixed. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1 074. 



As a cider apple, this appears to possess great merit, 

 combining a slight degree of astringency with much 

 sweetness. It ripens in October, and is also a good 

 culinary apple during its season. 



It was raised from seed by the late Daniel Stead, at 

 Brierly, near Leominster, in Herefordshire. 



WINTER PEARMAIN, see No. 161. Ray, 1688. 



Parmain d'Hiver. Knoof. Pom. p. 64. t. 11. 



Old Pearmain. Pom. fferef. t. 29. 



Fruit middle-sized, regular in shape, and about one- 

 fourth part more long than broad. Crown a little nar- 

 rowed. Eye small, and closed by the shut segments of 

 the calyx. Stalk short. Skin grass green, with a little 

 colour of a livid red on the sunny side, interspersed with 

 a few dark specks. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1079. 



This was extensively cultivated in the seventeenth 

 century, and is called by Evelyn and Worlidge the 

 Winter Pearmain. Knoop also calls it Pepin Parmatn 

 d'Angleterre, from which it would appear, that on the 

 Continent it was considered of English origin. It is a 

 very good apple, and in a fine season is equally calculated 

 for the press or the dessert. 



213. WOODCOCK APPLE. Pom. fferef. 1. 10. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of an oval shape, tapering a little 



to the crown, which is narrow. Eye flat, with broad 

 segments of the calyx. Stalk three quarters of an inch 



