- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 545.
- Synonymes.—Arundel Pearmain, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 744. Hormead Pippin Ibid. 462.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and the same in height; of the true pearmain-shape, regular and handsome. Skin, of an uniform clear yellow, strewed with brown russety dots. Eye, large and closed, with long segments, and set in a shallow and uneven basin. Stalk, very short and stout, deeply inserted. Flesh, white, tender, very juicy, and pleasantly acid.
An excellent apple, of first-rate quality for culinary use, and suitable also for the dessert; it is in season from October to March.
180. HORSHAM RUSSET.—Lind.
- Identification.—Lind. in [Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 69. [Lind. Guide], 89.
Fruit, about the size of the Nonpareil, but not so regular in its outline, generally about two inches and a quarter in diameter, and two inches deep. Eye, small and closed, in a small depression without angles. Stalk, short, rather thick, rather deeply inserted in a wide, uneven cavity. Skin, pale green, covered with a thin, yellowish-grey russet round its upper part, with a pale salmon-colored tinge on the sunny side. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp. Juice, plentiful, of a high aromatic Nonpareil flavor.
A dessert apple; in season from November till March.
Raised from the seed of a Nonpareil about thirty years ago (1821), by Mrs. Goose, of Horsham St. Faith’s, near Norwich. It is a very hardy tree, and a good bearer.
180. HOSKREIGER.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 343.
- Synonyme.—Heidelocher, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.]
- Figure.—[Maund. Fruit.] pl. 51.