Fruit, small; ovate, and regularly formed. Skin, covered with pale brown russet, and where any portion of the ground color is exposed, it is yellowish-green on the shaded side, and brownish-red next the sun; but sometimes it is almost free from russet, particularly in hot seasons, being then of an uniform yellowish-green, mottled with orange or pale red next the sun. Eye, small and closed, with short segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, short, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a round and even cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, not juicy, but very rich, sugary, and highly aromatic. This is one of the richest flavored dessert apples; it is in use from November to April. The tree is a small grower, but healthy, hardy, and an abundant bearer. Hubbard’s Pearmain was first introduced to public notice by Mr. George Lindley, at a meeting of the London Horticultural Society in 1820. “This,” says Mr. Lindley, “is a real Norfolk apple, well known in the Norwich market; and although it may be found elsewhere, its great excellence may have caused its removal hence. The merits of Hubbard’s Pearmain as a table apple are unrivalled, and its superior, from the commencement of its season to the end, does not, I am of opinion, exist in this country.” 182. HUGHES’S GOLDEN PIPPIN.--Hooker. IDENTIFICATION.--Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 26. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 284. Lind. Guide, 18. Rog. Fr. Cult. 85. SYNONYME.--Hughes’s New Golden Pippin, _Fors. Treat._ 108. _Diel Kernobst._ x. 97. FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 132. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xviii. f. 4. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches high; round, and flattened at both extremities. Skin, rich yellow, covered with large, green, and russety dots, which are thickest round the eye. Eye, open, with short, flat, acuminate segments, which are generally reflexed at the tips, and set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, and not at all depressed, being sometimes like a small knob on the flattened base. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, rich, brisk, juicy, sugary, and aromatic. A dessert apple of first-rate quality; in use from December to February. The tree is hardy, and healthy, though not a strong grower, the shoots being long and slender. It is also an excellent bearer. 183. HUNT’S DEUX ANS.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 201.