20 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



THE APPLE.— ITS VARIETIES. 



1. ACKLAM'S RUSSET.— Fors. 

 Identification.— Fors. Treat. 92. Liud. Guide, 85. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 733. 

 Stnontme. — Aclemy Eusset, Gibs. Fr. Gard. 359. 



Fruit, below the medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and two 

 inches high ; round and somewhat flattened. Skin, pale yellow tinged 

 with green, and covered with thin grey russet, particularly on the side 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a smooth, round, and 

 shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, 

 white with a greenish tinge, firm, crisp, juicy, and highly flavoured. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; ripe in November, 

 and will keep under favourable circumstances till March. 



The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. It succeeds best in 

 a dry soil, and is well adapted for espalier training. 



This variety is supposed to have originated at the village of Acklam, 

 in Yorkshire. 



2. ADAMS'S PEARMAIN.— Lind. 

 Identification.— Lind. Guide, 60. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 529. 

 Stnontme.— Norfolk Pippin, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 685. 

 FiGUKE. — Pom. Mag. t. 133. 



Fruit, large, varying from two inches and a half to three inches high 



and about the 

 same in breadth at 

 the widest part ; 

 pearmain - shaped, 

 very even, and 

 regularly formed. 

 Skin, pale yellow 

 tinged with green, 

 and covered with 

 delicate russet on 

 the shaded side ; 

 but deep yellow 

 tinged with red, 

 and delicately 

 streaked with live- 

 lier red on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, 

 with acute erect 

 segments, set in 

 a narrow, round, 

 and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, varying from 

 half an inch to an 

 inch long, oblique- 



1 n ., J !,.,„, ^7 inserted in a 



shallow cavity, and generally with a fleshy protuberance on one side of 



