OF WINTER APPLES. 
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51. HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN. 
Royal Pearmain. 
Fruit of the medium size; sides approaching to parallelism, oblong. Color red, arranged 
in indistinct or nebulous stripes upon a yellow ground. Stem short; depression small. 
Calyx large, open ; depression narrow, plaited. Flesh yellowish white, fine grained, 
subacid ; flavor fine. 
52. CLAYGATE PEARMAIN. (Hort. Trans, vol. v. p.402.) 
Fruit of the medium size ; ground colors dull yellow, painted with carmine in broad stripes. 
Flesh yellowish white, rather dry, but sugary and rich. English. 
53. FLUSHING SPITZENBURGH. 
Fruit rather large, base rounded, tapering only moderately to the apex. Ground color 
yellowish green, ornamented with red stripes. Calyx small. Flesh white, more sweet 
than sour ; pleasant, but ranking only as second rate. 
54. RED RAUNCE. Plate 57. Fig. 45. 
Fruit of the medium size, elongated ; 
subcircular; one side lengthened. 
Color, carmine stripes, with distinct 
dots of gray. Dots elongated on 
the base. Stem slender, equaling 
the base. Calyx small, depression 
shallow, plaits few. Flesh white, 
or white and stained reddish ; ten¬ 
der ; core small. Apple allied to the 
Spitzenburgh. Exhibited by E. T. 
Headley, in New-York, 1848. 
55. BLENHEIM PIPPIN. 
Fruit large, tapering. Ground color yellowish, stained on the sunny side with a dull red 
and intermixed with deeper stripes. Flesh yellowish, sweet, juicy and high flavored. 
English dessert apple. 
