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DESCEIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



lowish white, breaking, tender, juicy ; Flavor eub-acid, 

 aromatic, peculiar, not agreeable to some palates ; Quality 

 only good ; Use, kitchen, market, drying ; Season, Octo- 

 ber to December. 



Herefordshire Pearmain. 



This is supposed to be an old English variety ■which has 

 reached certain portions of the Western States from the 

 East, though now rarely seen there, as its place has been 

 taken by other Pearmains of American origin and more 



Fig. 319.1— HEBBFORDSHIBE FEABMAIN. 



vigor, such as the Ziong Island Pear-mam, described on 

 another page. Tree slender and slow grower, medium 

 size, very productive. 



Fruit small to medium, roundish, slightly conic, trun- 

 cated sharply ; Surface smooth, deep red, splashes dark or 

 maroon on rich yellow, which only shows where the fruit 

 has been shaded by a leaf; Dots numerous, small, yellow. 



Basin wide, regular, abrupt ; Eye mediuin,open, reflexed. 



Cavity medium, regular or wavy, green ; Stem mostly 

 short, stout, sometimes quite thick. 



