THE HUBBARD’S PEARMAIN A P P L E .
Hubbard’s Pearmain. G. Lindley in Hort. Trans, vol. iv.
p . 68. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 758.
Golden Vining, o f Devonshire.
This invaluable table fruit is by no means uncommon
in Norfolk and Suffolk, but it appears to be
little known elsewhere, unless in Devonshire, whence
we have seen specimens under the name of the
Golden Vining. I t was first described in the Transactions
of the Horticultural Society, by Mr. Lindley.
I t is a great bearer as an open standard, ripens
about the beginning or middle of November, and
keeps well till March or April. Its usual appearance
is th a t of a dull russet, with a little red on one
sid e ; b u t in some seasons all the fruit is smooth and
bright yellow,—a circumstance which it is necessary
to bear in mind, or otherwise trees may be supposed
to be false which are not so.
The W ood is slender and wiry, of a pale grayish
brown, by which the young trees are readily known.
B uds very downy.
L eaves rather small, fiat, oval, slightly downy
beneath, somewhat irregularly but finely serrated,
with a very red midrib.
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