PLATE XLVII 
4. PEARSON’S PLATE. 
The authorities do not give any account of the origin of this Apple. 
Description .—Fruit : small, two inches and a quarter broad, and the same in height; 
roundish inclining to oblate ; higher on one side of the apex than the other; regularly and 
handsomely formed. Skin : smooth, greenish yellow in the shade, but washed and mottled with 
red, and streaked with deeper red on the side next the sun ; the whole surface being much covered 
with a very fine, thin and smooth pale-brown russet, and dotted with dark dots. (Sometimes there 
is no red colour, but the fruit is altogether green and covered with thin brown russet.) Eye : open, 
with short segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk: half an inch long, inserted in a 
round and rather shallow cavity. Flesh : greenish yellow, firm, crisp and juicy, with a rich and 
brisk sugary flavour, somewhat resembling the Old Nonpareil. 
A delicious little dessert Apple ; in season from December to March. 
The tree is hardy, with fine wood, and bears well. It makes excellent espaliers, or bushes. 
