114 BBITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



Hubbard's Pearraain was first introduced to public notice by Mr. George 

 Lindley, at a meeting of the London Horticultural Society in 1820. 

 " This," says Mr. Lindley, "is a real Norfolk apple, well known in the 

 Norwich market ; and although it may be found elsewhere, its great ex- 

 cellence may have caused its removal hence. The merits of Hubbard's 

 Pearmain as a table apple are unrivalled, and its superior, from the com- 

 mencement of its season to the end, does not, I am of opinion, exist in 

 this country." 



182. HUGHES'S GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Hooker. 



Idf.ntification. — Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 26. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 284. Lind. 

 Guide, 18. Eog. Pr. Cult. 85. 



Stnonyme. — Hughes'.s New Golden Pippin, Fors. Treat. 108. Diel Kemobst. 

 X. 97. 



FiGDEES. — ^Pom. Mag. t. 132. Kon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xviii. f. 4.. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches 

 high ; round, and flattened at both extremities. Skin, rich yellow, 

 covered with large, green, and russety dots, which are thickest round the 

 eye. Eye, open, with short, flat, acuminate segments, which are gene- 

 rally reflexed at the tips, and set in a wide, shallow, and~plaited basin. 

 Stalk, very short, and not at all depressed, being sometimes like a small 

 knob on the flattened base. Flesh, yellowish- white, firm, rich, brisk, 

 juicy, sugary, and aromatic. 



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

 February. 



The tree is hardy, and healthy, though not a strong grower, the 

 shoots being long and slender. It is also an excellent bearer. 



183. HUNT'S DEUX ANS.— Hort. 

 Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 201. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, by two inches 

 and a half high ; somewhat conical, irregularly formed, and angular. 

 Skin, greenish, and covered with grey russet on the shaded side ; but 

 redish-brown covered with grey russet, and large russety dots, on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Eye, large, and open, with long, spreading, 

 acuminate segments, placed in a deep, angular, and irregular basin. 

 Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a deep, oblique cavity, and not 

 extending beyond the base. Flesh, yellowish-white tinged with green, 

 firm and leathery, juicy and sugary, with a rich and highly aromatic 

 flavor, very similar to, and little inferior to the Ribston Pippin. 



A dessert apple of the first quality, whether as regards its long dura- 

 tion, or the peculiar richness of its flavor : it is in use from December 

 to March ; but according to Mr. Thompson — no mean authority — it will 

 keep for two years. It may, however, be a question whether or not this 

 is identical with the Hunt's Deux Ans of the Horticultural Society, which 

 Mr. Thompson regards as only a second-rate fruit. If it is the same, the 

 climate of Somersetshire, whence I had both trees and specimens of the 

 fruit, is more adapted for bringing it to perfection than that of Chiswick. 



