108 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



PACKHOESE.— Fruit, small in shape, exactly resembling the old 

 Nonpareil. Skin, yellow, covered with a coat of thin pale brown 

 russet, which, however, exposes here and there patches of the clear 

 ground colour, and with a brownish red tinge next the sun. Eye, 

 closed, with large leafy segments, placed in a small angular and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, long and slender, set in a deep, narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, crisp, juicy, and briskly acid. 



A good dessert apple ; in use from November till March. 



PADLEY'S PIPPIN {Padley's Royal George Pippin).— Fruit, small, 

 two inches wide, and an inch and a half high ; roundish-oblate. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow, rather thickly covered with thin grey russet, and 

 faintly tinged with orange next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set 

 in a shallow and rather angular basin. Stalk, three quarters of an 

 inch long, slender, and inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, juicy, sugary, brisk, and richly aromatic. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use during December and 

 January. 



The tree is of small dimensions, but healthy, and a prolific bearer. 

 It is well adapted for dwarf training when grown on the paradise or 

 doucin stock. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Padley, gardener to hia Majesty George HI. at 

 Hampton Court. According to Rogers, Mr. Padley was a native of Yorkshire, 

 and after coining to london and filling a situation of respectability, he was 

 appointed foreman in the kitchen garden at Kew. " On the death of the celebrated 

 ' Capability Brown,' Mr. G. Haverfield was removed from Kew to Hampton Court, 

 and took Mr. Padley with him as foreman. On the death of Haverfield, Padley's 

 interest with his sovereign outweighed all the interests of other candidates, though 

 urged by the most influential persons about Court. ' No, no, no,' said his Majesty, 

 ' it is Padley's birthright.' " 



Paradise Pippin. See White Paradise. 



PAERY'S PEAEMAIN.— Fruit, small; oval, and regular in its 

 shape. Skin, almost entirely covered with dark dull red, and striped 

 with brighter red, except a portion on the shaded side, which is green ; 

 the whole surface is thickly strewed with small russety dots, which 

 give it a speckled appearance. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, sometimes short and fleshy, as represented in the 

 accompanying figure ; and at other times about half an inch long, and 

 woody, but still retaining the swollen boss at its union with the fruit. 

 Flesh, firm in texture, crisp, very juicy and pleasantly acid, with a 

 sweet, brisk, and poignant flavour. 



A nice sharp-flavoured dessert apple, but considered only of second- 

 rate quality ; it is in use from December to March. 



Passe Eose. See Api Gros. 



PASSE POMME D'AUTOMNE.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; round and 

 slightly flattened, with prominent ribs on the sides, which extend into 



