PLATE LXI. 
4. MOSS’S INCOMPARABLE. 
Who the Mr. Moss was, who produced this fruit, and where he grew it, has not been 
ascertained. 
Description .—PTuit : medium sized, roundish, inclining to oblate, with prominent knobs 
round the crown, where the ribs terminate. Skin : entirely covered with streaks of bright deep 
crimson on a deep yellow ground. Eye : small, and closed with short erect segments set in a deep 
angular and plaited basin. Stalk : very short, inserted in a deep russet-lined cavity. Flesh : 
yellowish, crisp, juicy, sweet and of good flavour. 
A good dessert apple which keeps till April or May. 
The tree is hardy, grows vigorously and forms a handsome pyramid. 
6. RUSHOCK PEARMAIN. 
This excellent apple was raised by Charles Taylor, a blacksmith, at Rushock, in 
Worcestershire, about the year 1821 ; and from him it is sometimes locally called Charles 
Pearmain. 
Description .—Fruit : rather below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and the same in 
height; conical, even and handsomely formed. Skin : of a fine deep yellow colour, almost entirely 
covered with cinnamon coloured russet, with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun. Eye: 
large and open, with broad flat segments, which generally fall off as the fruit ripens. Stalk : a 
quarter of an inch long, stout and inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp 
and juicy, with a brisk, subacid, and sugary flavour. 
A dessert apple of high merit. It is in season from Christmas to April. 
The tree is small but hardy, and bears well. It is much grown for the Birmingham market. 
