PLATE LXI. 
3. MABBOTT’S PEARMAIN. 
The history of this fruit could not be obtained. 
Description .—Fruit : round, bluntly angular. Skin : bright yellow, tinged with thin red on 
the shaded side, and bright red on the side exposed to the sun ; the whole surface is thickly strewed 
with grey russet dots, like freckles. Eye : closed, with broad connivent segments, set in a shallow 
plaited basin. Stalk : very slender, inserted in a deep russety cavity. Tube : funnel-shaped ; 
stamens marginal. Flesh: yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet and highly flavoured. Cells: open, cell 
walls obovate. 
A valuable dessert apple in season up to Christmas. 
The tree is hardy, but not free in growth. It bears well. 
