Plate II. 
i. POMEROY. 
Synonyms. —Herefordsh ire Pomeroy . 
There arc several varieties of Apples distributed throughout the country that are known by 
the name of Pomeroy and which differ in many respects from one another. In the third edition of 
the “ Catalogue of Fruit cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London published 
in 1842, three varieties are mentioned. The Early Pomeroy, the New Pomeroy and the Old 
Pomeroy, the first of three appears from the descriptions to be the Pomeroy of Herefordshire. 
The first is described to have the fruit conical, striped, and ripe in October; the second ovate, 
russet, and in use from November to December; and the third, which is also called the Taunton 
Pomeroy, is said to be conical, brownish yellow, and in use from November to February. The one 
which comes nearest to our Pomeroy in respect of season is the first or Early Pomeroy, and it aiso 
agrees in shape and in colour, ours being both conical and striped. The second is evidently our 
Winter Pomeroy; and the third may be the variety recorded in a MS. description of Forsyth’s, 
which he had from Kirke of Brompton, and which he says is “a middle-sized apple, pretty pleasant 
flavour, rather sharp. Ripe in January.” But in his “ Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit 
Trees,” Forsyth describes the Pomeroy as “ ripe nearly as soon as the Juneting; and though not so 
beautifully coloured, is larger and much better tasted. I here is a variety which is a Winter 
Apple.” He cites Langley’s figure as identical with this description, but upon what other ground 
than the mere name it is difficult to imagine, for Langley gives neither description nor the season of 
ripening. This description of Forsyth’s is identical with that of Switzer’s which was published 80 
years previously, and excites a suspicion that the one is a mere copy of the other, and not made 
from original observations. 
