- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. p. 530. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 587. [Lind. Guide], 79.
- Synonyme.—Carel’s Seedling, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 791.
Fruit, medium sized, roundish-ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish-brown russet, so much so, that only spots of the ground color are visible; it has also a varnished redish-brown cheek next the sun which is more or less visible according to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tinged with green tender, crisp, juicy, sugary and briskly flavored.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from December to April.
This excellent apple was raised by James Carel, a nurseryman at Pinner, Middlesex, in 1810. The tree first produced fruit in 1818, and was introduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society, in 1820.
272. POMME GRISE.—Fors.
- Identification.—[Fors. Treat.] 120. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 124.
- Synonymes.—Grise, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 305. Gray Apple, acc. Downing.
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xvi. f. 6.
Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish and inclining to ovate. Skin, rough, with thick scaly russet, green in the shade, and deep orange on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a shallow and small cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk and highly aromatic flavor.
A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to February.
The tree is rather a weak grower, but an abundant bearer.