Plate II. 
2. WINTER POMEROY. 
Description. —Fruit; medium sized, roundish, inclining- to ovate, flattened at the base, and 
distinctly five-sided, especially towards the apex, where the angles form distinct ridges. Skin ; 
smooth, deep yellow on the shaded side, when ripe, and strewed with large russet dots ; on the side 
next the sun, it is coloured with a bright red cheek. Eye; open, set in a moderately deep basin 
with somewhat connivent segments ; the tube is short conical, and the stamens are inserted 
in the middle of the tube. Stalk upwards of half an inch long, very slender, and inserted in a deep 
narrow cavity, which is lined with a patch of pale brown russet. Flesh yellowish, firm and crisp in 
texture, with a pleasant subacid flavour. The cells of the core are open and regular. 
This is an excellent culinary apple, in season from October to December. 
The tree is hardy and bears well. Both these Pomeroys are to be found in most of the 
leading garden-orchards of Herefordshire, though for the most part their names are forgotten. 
The Winter Pomeroy is the most frequent, which may perhaps be accounted for by the fact that 
a tree exists in the old Nursery grounds of the late Mr. Godsall at Hereford, with whom this 
variety was a great favourite, and who propagated it extensively. It is always brought to the 
Christmas market, and sold under the absurd name of “ Green Blenheim,” which is of course merely 
a tribute to the popularity of the Blenheim Orange. 
