THE SUMMER PEARMAIN.
Summer Pearmain. Miller’s Dictionary, ed. 8.
Parmain d’é té . Knoop Pomol. p . 17. tab. 2.
Royal Pearmain. Mawe, Abercrombie, and o f the London
Nurserymen. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 766.
One of the best of our autumn apples, prolific,
handsome, high-flavoured, and hardy. It should
form a part of every good collection, although it
will not keep longer than the middle of October :
it is in perfection in September; after that time it
begins to become mealy.
Although this is called the Royal Pearmain
about London, it is clearly not the variety so named
by writers upon orchard fruit, which is a late-
keeping variety, and the same as the Herefordshire
or Winter Pearmain. We therefore think it right
to restore the name of Summer Pearmain, by which
it is mentioned by Miller and Knoop, the latter of
whom speaks highly of it as a stewing sort.
Young W ood strong, dull violet brown, covered
with a few white spots.
Leaves^ small, ovate, acuminate, serrated, a
little folded\ P etioles slender, scarcely an inch
long. S t ipu l e s linear, lanceolate.
F lowers m id d le -s iz e d . P etals roundish-
ovate, cordate at the base, overlapping.
F r u it rather above the middle size, oblong,
tapering slightly towards the ey e, which is open in