Fruit, small; roundish, inclining to oblate, regularly and handsomely formed. Skin, smooth, greenish-yellow in the shade; but washed with red, and streaked with deeper red on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with short segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round and rather shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a rich, and brisk sugary flavor, somewhat resembling the Nonpareil.
A most delicious little dessert apple of the first quality; it is in use from December to March.
In some specimens of the fruit there is no red color, but altogether green, and covered with thin brown russet.
262. PENNINGTON’S SEEDLING.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 571. [Lind. Guide], 93. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 127.
Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and two inches and three quarters deep; oblato-ovate. Skin, green at first, changing to yellowish-green, and covered with large russety spots on the shaded side; but with rough brown russet and a tinge of brown on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with long and narrow segments, set in a round, shallow, and undulating basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and straight, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary and brisk; with an excellent aromatic flavor.
A dessert apple of the highest excellence, either as a dessert or a culinary fruit; it is in use from November to March.
263. PETIT JEAN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 581. [Lind. Guide], 79. [Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 525.
Fruit, small; oval, and flattened at the ends. Skin, almost entirely covered with brilliant red; but where shaded, it is pale yellow marked with a few stripes of red. Eye, small, set in a narrow basin. Stalk, very short, and inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, very white and tender, with a mild and agreeable flavor.