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green at first, changing to yellowish green, and covered with large 

 russety spots on the shaded side, but with rough brown russet and a 

 tinge of brown on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with long and 

 narrow segments, set in a round, shallow, and undulating basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long, stout, and straight, inserted in a wide and shallow 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, and brisk, with an 

 excellent aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple of the highest excellence, either as a dessert or a 

 culinary fruit; it is in use from November to March. 



PENNOCK {Pennock's Red Winter). — Fruit, oblate, even, and 

 regular in its outline. Skin, golden yellow on the shaded side, marked 

 with a few broken streaks of pale red ; on the sunny side it is covered 

 with streaks of bright crimson. Eye, large and open, with distant 

 segments, the centre filled with stamens set in a wide, shallow basin, 

 which is sometimes russety. Stalk, a quarter to half an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a deep round cavity. Flesh, yellowish, very tender, 

 with a fine flavour and agreeable perfume. 



A first-rate dessert apple, which keeps well till May. 



This is one of the few American apples which succeed well in this country. It 

 was raised in the State of Pennsylvania. 



Petersburg Pippin. See Newtown Pippin. 



Petit Api Rouge. See Api. 



PETIT JEAN. — Fruit, small ; oval, and flattened at the ends. 

 Skin, almost entirely covered with brilliant red, but where shaded, it 

 is pale yellow marked with a few stripes of red. Eye, small, set in a 

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

 Flesh, very white and tender, with a mild and agreeable flavour. 



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 

 November 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. 



PETWORTH NONPAREIL (areen Nonpareil).— This variety very 

 closely resembles the old Nonpareil, but is rather larger ; and though 

 it possesses the flavour 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. 



Phillips' Reinette. See Court of Wick. 



PICKERING'S SEEDLING.— Fruit, conical, rather uneven and 

 angular, with several ribs causing a pucker round the eye, where it has 

 a contracted appearance. Skin, smooth, pale greenish yellow, be- 

 coming sometimes lemon yellow, streaked on the side next the sun 



