368. VALE MASCAL PEARMAIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 561.
Fruit, below medium size, two inches broad, by two inches high; ovate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, greenish-yellow on the shaded side; but bright red next the sun, and covered with spots of russet. Eye, closed, with broad flat segments, and set in a round, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, crisp, sugary, and richly flavored.
369. VEINY PIPPIN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, p. 44.
Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter broad, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish-oblate. Skin, greenish-yellow, covered with veins, and reticulations of russet. Eye, open, set in a round and deep basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a round, and slightly russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, but wanting both sugar and acidity.
An indifferent and worthless apple, in use from December to February.
The tree is a great bearer.
370. VIOLETTE.—Duh.
- Identification.—[Duh. Arb. Fruit], i. 284. [Mill. Dict.] [Fors. Treat.] 121. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 849.
- Synonymes.—Grosse Pomme Noire d’Amerique, [Cal. Traité]. iii. 44. Violette de Quatres Goûts, [Cours. Comp. d’Agric.] xii. 220. Violet Apple, [West. Bot.] iv. 39. Red Calville, of some, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] but erroneously. Black Apple, acc. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.]
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xx. f. 2.