254. OXNEAD PEARMAIN.—Lind.
- Identification.—[Lind. Guide], 78.
- Synonyme.—Earl of Yarmouth’s Pearmain, [Lind. Pl. Or.] 1796.
Fruit, small and conical. Skin, entirely grass green, always covered with a thin russet; sometimes when highly ripened it is tinged with a very pale brown on the sunny side. Eye, very small, surrounded with a few obscure plaits. Stalk, very slender, three quarters of an inch long. Flesh, pale green, very firm and crisp, not juicy, but very rich and highly flavored.
A dessert apple; in use from November to April.
I have never seen this apple. It was first noticed by Mr. George Lindley whose description of it I have given above. He says “it is supposed to have originated at Oxnead, near Norwich, the seat of the Earl of Yarmouth. It has been known many years in Norfolk, no doubt prior to the extinction of that Peerage in 1733, and I have never seen it out of the county. The tree is a very small grower; its branches are small and wiry and of a grass green color; it is very hardy and an excellent bearer.”
255. PADLEY’S PIPPIN.—Fors.
- Identification.—[Fors. Treat.] 119. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 516. [Lind. Guide], 21. [Gard. Chron.] 1847, 36. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 83.
- Synonymes.—Compôte, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3. Padley’s Royal George Pippin, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 32.
- Figures.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 151. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xvi. f. 5.
Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and a half high; roundish-oblate. Skin, pale greenish-yellow rather thickly covered with thin grey russet, and faintly tinged with orange next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a shallow and rather angular basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, juicy, sugary, brisk and richly aromatic.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use during December and January.
The tree is of small dimensions, but healthy, and a prolific bearer. It is well adapted for dwarf training, when grown on the paradise or doucin stock.