. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 158 BRITISH POMOLOGY, Skin, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish-brown russet, so much so, that only spots of the ground color are visible ; it has also a varnished redish-brown cheek next the sun which is more or less visible according to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yel- lowish, tinged with green tender, crisp, juicy, sugary and briskly flavored. A des
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. 158 BRITISH POMOLOGY, Skin, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish-brown russet, so much so, that only spots of the ground color are visible ; it has also a varnished redish-brown cheek next the sun which is more or less visible according to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yel- lowish, tinged with green tender, crisp, juicy, sugary and briskly flavored. A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from December to April. This excellent apple was raised by James Carel, a nurseryman at Pinner, Middlesex, in 1810. The tree first produced fruit in 1818, and was in- troduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society, in 1820. 272. POMME GRISE.—Fors. Identification.—Fors. Treat. 120. Down. Fr. Amer. 124. Synontmes.—Grise, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 305. Gray Apple, ace. Downing. Figure.—Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xvi. f. 6. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish and inclining to ovate. Skin, rough, with thick scaly russet, green in the shade, and deep orange on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half-an- inch long, inserted in a shallow and small cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk and highly aromatic flavor. A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to February. The tree is rather a weak grower, but an abundant bearer. This apple, according to Forsyth, was first introduced to this country from Canada, by Alexander Barclay, Esq., of Brompton, near London. 273, 274. POMEROY. There are two very distinct varieties of apples, which, in different parts of the country, are known by the same name of Pomeroy. The one is that which is cultivated in Somersetshire and the West of England, a
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