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its beautiful fruit. It is perfectly hardy, and may be grown in almost 

 any description of soil. It forms a beautiful object when grown as an 

 ornamental tree on a lawn or in a shrubbery. 



67. CHESTER PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 30. Lind. Guide, 65. Eog. Fr. Cult. 73. 

 Diel Kernobst. iv. B. 43. 



Fruit, medium sized, three inches broad, and two inches and a half 

 high ; oblate, narrowing from the base to the crown. Skin, pale yellow, 

 but pale red striped with crimson where exposed to the sun, and covered 

 with large russety spots. Eye, small, and partially closed with broad 

 segments, and set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, three quarters of an 

 inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped, and russety cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, tender, soft, and juicy, with a pleasant, sugary, 

 and perfumed flavor. 



A dessert apple of second-rate quality ; in use from October to 

 Christmas. 



The tree is hardy, a free grower, a good bearer, and attains a consider- 

 able size. It is said to be extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood 

 of Chester. 



68. CHRISTIE'S PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 10. Lind. Guide, 12. Eog. Fr. Cult. 84. 

 FioniiE. — Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xli. f. 3. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches high ; 

 oblate, without angles, and handsomely shaped. Skin, yellow, tinged 

 with green on the shaded side ; but streaked and mottled with red next 

 the sun, and speckled all over with large russety dots. Eye, partially 

 closed, set in a round, even, and rather shallow basin. Stalk, short and 

 slender, not protruding beyond the margin, inserted in a deep cavity, 

 which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, brisk, juicy, 

 sugary, and pleasantly flavored. 



A dessert apple of the first quality ; in use from December to 

 February. 



The tree is an abundant bearer, but constitutionally weak, a delicate 

 grower, and subject to canker and mildew. On the paradise stock it 

 forms a beautiful, compact, and handsome little pyramid. 



It was raised by a Mr. Christie, at Kingston-on-Thames. 



69. CLAYGATE PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



Identification.— Hort. Trans, vol. v. p. 402. Lind. Guide, 65. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 ed. 3, n. 538. Down. Fr. Amer. 122. 



Fruit, medium sized ; pearmain-shaped. Skin, dull yellow mixed 

 with green, and a thin coating of russet and numerous dots on the 

 shaded side ; but marked with broken stripes of dark red, on the side 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, large and open, with long segments set m a 

 deep basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a smooth and rather deep 



