This variety is grown to some extent in the North-west. The specimen from which the description is made, was exhibited by Mr. Utters, at a meeting of the North-western Fruit Growers, in 1850.
Fruit medium to large, oblate, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with fine russet; Dots minute, scattered.
Basin medium, regular, wavy; Eye large, closed.
Cavity medium, regular or wavy, brown; Stem medium size and length.
Core small, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds few, plump, brown; Flesh yellow, fine grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality almost best, for table or kitchen; Season, December and January.
Pomme Grise.
Fig. 119.—POMME GRISE.
Supposed to be of French or Canadian origin. Tree sufficiently vigorous, productive; shoots slender.
Fruit small, roundish-oblate, regular; Surface even but hardly smooth, yellow, overspread with fine russet, rarely blushed.