The tree is a great bearer, but tender and subject to canker.
It is well adapted for dwarf training when worked on the paradise stock.
This variety was raised by Thomas Seton Forman, Esq., Pennydarron Place, near Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire.
131. FOULDEN PEARMAIN.—Lind.
- Identification.—Lind. in [Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 69. [Lind. Guide], 69. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 541.
- Synonyme.—Horrex’s Pearmain, acc. Lind. in [Hort. Trans.]
Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half high, and about the same broad; ovate. Skin, yellow in the shade, and clear thin red on the side exposed to the sun, strewed all over with small russety dots. Eye, small and open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a round and moderately deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, very juicy, and briskly acid.
An excellent culinary apple, and suitable also for the dessert; in use from November to March.
This variety originated in the garden of Mrs. Horrex, of Foulden, in Norfolk, and was first brought into notice by Mr. George Lindley, who communicated it to the Horticultural Society, March 7, 1820.
132. FOXLEY.—Knight.
- Identification.—[Pom. Heref.] t. 14. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 258. [Lind. Guide], 104.
- Figure.—[Pom. Heref.] t. 14.