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By some considered as a dessert apple ; but of inferior quality. Mr. 

 Thompson thinks it may, perhaps, do for cider ; it is in use from Novem- 

 ber to March. 



The tree is a very abundant bearer. 



This is a Jersey apple, and has for a long period been cultivated in the 

 orchards of that Island. It was transmitted to the gardens of the London 

 Horticultural Society, by Major General Le Couteur, of Jersey, in the 

 year 1822. 



264. PETWORTH NONPAREIL.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 477. Salisb. Orch. 134. 

 SrNONTME AND FiGtTKE. — Green Nonpareil, Ron. Fyr. Mai. 67, pi. xxxiv. f. 4. 



This variety very closely resembles the old Nonpareil ; but is rather 

 larger ; and though it possesses the flavor of the old variety, it is not 

 nearly so rich. The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer. It was raised 

 at Petworth, in Sussex, at the seat of Lord Egremont. 



265. PIGEON.— Knoop. 



Identification. — ^Knoop. Pom. 62, tab. xi. Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 306, t. xii. f. 3. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 582. 



Synonymes. — Jerusalem, Quint. Inst. i. 201. Lang. Pom. 134. t. Ixxvi. f. 4. 

 Coeur de Pigeon, ace Duhamel. Pigeon Eouge, Diel. Kemobtt. iii. 58. Gros 

 Coenr de Pigeon, Filass. Tab. Passe-Pomme, ace. Knoop. Duif Apfel, Knoop. 

 Eother Taubenapfel, Mayer. Pom. Franc. No. 28, tab. xviii. Eothe Tauben- 

 apfel, Siclder. Obstgdrt. y. 323. t. 16. Arabian Apple, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 



FiGUEES. — Jard. Finit, ed. 2. pi. 98. Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiii. f. I. 



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

 three quarters high ; conical and angular. Skin, membranous, shining, 

 pale yellow with a greenish tinge, which it loses as it attains maturity ; 

 but covered with fine clear red on the side next the sun, and strewed all 

 over with minute russety dots and imbedded white specks ; the whole 

 surface is covered with a bluish bloom, from which circumstance it receives 

 the name of Pigeon, being considered similar to the plumage of a dove. 

 Eye, open, with erect segments, prominently set in a narrow and plaited 

 basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a deep and russety cavity. Flesh, 

 white, tender, soft and juicy, pleasantly flavored, but not at all rich. 



A dessert apple of second-rate quality ; but excellent for all culinary 

 purposes ; it is in use from November to January. It is necessary in stor- 

 ing this apple that care should be taken to prevent fermentation, by which 

 its pleasant acidity is destroyed. 



The tree, though vigorous in its young state, never attains a great size. 

 Its shoots are long, slender and downy. It is an abundant and regular 

 bearer. 



This apple is called Pomme de Jerusalem, from, as some fancy, the 

 core having four cells, which are disposed in the form of a cross, but 

 this is not a permanent character, as they vary from three to five. 



Diel erred in applying the synonymes of Knoop's Pigeon bigarre to 

 this variety, which is very distinct from the Pigeonnet. 



