. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 20 BRITISH rOMOLOGY, ETC. THE APPLE.—ITS VARIETIES. 1. ACKLAM'S RUSSET.—Fors. Identification.—Fors. Treat. 92. Lind. Guide, 85. Hort. Soe. Cat. ed. 3, n. 733. Synonyme.—Aclcmy Russet, Gibs. Fr. Gard. 359. Fruit, below the medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches high ; round and somewhat flattened. Skin, pale yellow tinged with green, and covered with thin grey russet, particularly on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, se
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 20 BRITISH rOMOLOGY, ETC. THE APPLE.—ITS VARIETIES. 1. ACKLAM'S RUSSET.—Fors. Identification.—Fors. Treat. 92. Lind. Guide, 85. Hort. Soe. Cat. ed. 3, n. 733. Synonyme.—Aclcmy Russet, Gibs. Fr. Gard. 359. Fruit, below the medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches high ; round and somewhat flattened. Skin, pale yellow tinged with green, and covered with thin grey russet, particularly on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a smooth, round, and shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, white with a greenish tinge, firm, crisp, juicy, and highly flavoured. An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality; ripe in November, and will keep under favourable circumstances till March. The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. It succeeds best in a dry soil, and is well adapted for espalier training. This variety is supposed to have originated at the village of Acklam, in Yorkshire. 2. ADAMS'S PEARMAIN.—Lind. Identification.—Lind. Guide, 60. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 529. Synonyme.—Norfolk Pippin, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 685. Figure.—Pom. Mag. t. 133. 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 live- lier 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, oblique- ly inserted in a shallow cavity, and generally with a fleshy protuberance on one side of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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