Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and the same in height; of the true pearmain-shape, regular and handsome. Skin, of an uniform clear yellow, strewed with brown russety dots. Eye, large and closed, with long segments, and set in a shallow and uneven basin. Stalk, very short and stout, deeply inserted. Flesh, white, tender, very juicy, and pleasantly acid. An excellent apple, of first-rate quality for culinary use, and suitable also for the dessert; it is in season from October to March. 180. HORSHAM RUSSET.--Lind. IDENTIFICATION.--Lind. in Hort. Trans. vol. iv. p. 69. Lind. Guide, 89. Fruit, about the size of the Nonpareil, but not so regular in its outline, generally about two inches and a quarter in diameter, and two inches deep. Eye, small and closed, in a small depression without angles. Stalk, short, rather thick, rather deeply inserted in a wide, uneven cavity. Skin, pale green, covered with a thin, yellowish-grey russet round its upper part, with a pale salmon-colored tinge on the sunny side. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp. Juice, plentiful, of a high aromatic Nonpareil flavor. A dessert apple; in season from November till March. Raised from the seed of a Nonpareil about thirty years ago (1821), by Mrs. Goose, of Horsham St. Faith’s, near Norwich. It is a very hardy tree, and a good bearer. 180. HOSKREIGER.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 343. SYNONYME.--Heidelocher, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ FIGURE.--Maund. Fruit. pl. 51. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and two inches and three quarters high; roundish and considerably flattened, almost oblate. Skin, of a fine grass-green, which changes as it ripens to yellowish-green, and marked with broad streaks of pale red, on the side next the sun, which is strewed with rather large russety freckles. Eye, small and open, with erect, acute segments, and placed in a rather deep, narrow, and undulating basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a round, funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with pale brown russet. Flesh, white, tender, crisp, and juicy, with a brisk and pleasant flavor. A first-rate culinary apple; in use from November till March. The tree is a vigorous and healthy grower, and an abundant bearer. 181. HUBBARD’S PEARMAIN.--Lind. IDENTIFICATION.--Lind. in Hort. Trans. vol. iv. p. 68. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 546. SYNONYMES.--Hubbard’s, _Fors. Treat._ 108. Russet Pearmain, _acc. Fors. Treat._ Golden Vining, _acc. Pom. Mag._ Hammon’s Pearmain, _acc. Riv. Cat._ FIGURE.--Pom. Mag. t. 27. [Illustration]