7^ APPLE. 



The fruit is less tapering than other pearmains, but 

 there is a family likeness in the eye and stalk. It is 

 of the middle size ; mottled with red on the sun side 

 and green on the other. The pulp is crisp, and 

 breaks ; yielding much fine and particularly well-fla- 

 voured juice. They are often good in March. The tree 

 is a free grower, and suitable for either orchard or 

 garden. 



80. Herefordshire Pearmain. — Is in perfection from 

 December to March. The fruit is about the middle 

 size, oval, tapering towards the stalk, the eye and 

 stalk like the other pearmains ; colour a dingy green 

 faintly streaked with red. The pulp is firm, and 

 abounds with a pleasant juice, and may be used in the 

 dessert instead of better. The tree is not a willing 

 bearer when young, but becomes prolific in age. It 

 may be made earlier fruitful by uniting it with the 

 paradise stock. 



This apple has been confounded with the Royal 

 Pearmain, a very different fruit. Gray of Fulham, 

 Grimwood of Kensington, and other judges, always 

 cultivated and considered them as distinct varieties ; 

 and the author, who has attended to the habits of both 

 for these forty years, is perfectly convinced of their 

 distinct characters. 



81. Winter Pearmain — This w^ell-known variety 

 is fit for the table from December to April, and is 

 one of our best keeping sorts. That it has been 

 long a favourite, is evident from its having been re- 

 commended by both Langley and Millar a century 

 back. The fruit is of the middle size, somewhat 



