Plate XIV. 
3. ADAMS’ PEARMAIN. 
[Syn : Norfolk Pippin ; Hanging Pear main ; Lady's Finger .] 
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The history of this apple seems lost. The Mr. Adams, who may be presumed to have 
raised it, does not seem to have published any account of it. 
Description .—Fruit, large, varying from two inches and a half to three inches high, and about 
the same in breadth at the widest part; Pearmain-shaped, very even, and regularly formed. Skin, 
pale yellow, tinged with green, and covered with delicate russet on the shaded side ; but deep 
yellow, tinged with red, and delicately streaked with livelier red, on the side next the sun. Eye, 
small and open, with acute, erect segments, set in a narrow, round, and plaited basin. Stalk, 
varying from half an inch to an inch long, obliquely inserted in a shallow cavity, and generally with 
a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, yellowy crisp, juicy, and sugary, with an agreeable 
and pleasantly perfumed flavour. 
A dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; in season from December to February. It is a large 
and handsome variety, and worthy of great attention. The tree grows freely, producing long 
slender shoots, by which, and its cucullated ovate leaves, it is easily distinguished. It is an excellent 
bearer, even in a young state, particularly on the paradise or doucin stock; and it succeeds well as 
an espalier. 
