This variety very closely resembles the old Nonpareil; but is rather larger; and though it possesses the flavor of the old variety, it is not nearly so rich. The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer. It was raised at Petworth, in Sussex, at the seat of Lord Egremont. 265. PIGEON.--Knoop. IDENTIFICATION.--Knoop. Pom. 62, tab. xi. Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 306, t. xii. f. 3. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 582. SYNONYMES.--Jerusalem, _Quint. Inst._ i. 201. _Lang. Pom._ 134. t. lxxvi. f. 4. Cœur de Pigeon, _acc Duhamel_. Pigeon Rouge, _Diel. Kernobst._ iii. 58. Gros Cœur de Pigeon, _Filass. Tab._ Passe-Pomme, _acc. Knoop_. Duif Apfel, _Knoop_. Rother Taubenapfel, _Mayer. Pom. Franc._ No. 28, tab. xviii. Rothe Taubenapfel, _Sickler. Obstgärt._ v. 323. t. 16. Arabian Apple, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. FIGURES.--Jard. Fruit, ed. 2. pl. 98. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxiii. f. 1. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and three quarters high; conical and angular. Skin, membranous, shining, pale yellow with a greenish tinge, which it loses as it attains maturity; but covered with fine clear red on the side next the sun, and strewed all over with minute russety dots and imbedded white specks; the whole surface is covered with a bluish bloom, from which circumstance it receives the name of Pigeon, being considered similar to the plumage of a dove. Eye, open, with erect segments, prominently set in a narrow and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a deep and russety cavity. Flesh, white, tender, soft and juicy, pleasantly flavored, but not at all rich. A dessert apple of second-rate quality; but excellent for all culinary purposes; it is in use from November to January. It is necessary in storing this apple that care should be taken to prevent fermentation, by which its pleasant acidity is destroyed. The tree, though vigorous in its young state, never attains a great size. Its shoots are long, slender and downy. It is an abundant and regular bearer. This apple is called Pomme de Jerusalem, from, as some fancy, the core having four cells, which are disposed in the form of a cross, but this is not a permanent character, as they vary from three to five. Diel erred in applying the synonymes of Knoop’s Pigeon bigarré to this variety, which is very distinct from the Pigeonnet. 266. PIGEONNET.--Duh. IDENTIFICATION.--Duh. Arb. Fruit. i. 305. Calvel. Traité, iii. 32. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 583. SYNONYMES.--Pigeon Bigarré, _Knoop. Pom._ 62. Passe-pomme Panachée, _Ibid._ 132. Pigeonnet Blanc, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed 1, 786. Pigeonnet Blanc d’Eté, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3. Pigeonnet Gros de Rouen, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 787. Museau de Lièvre. _Bon. Jard._ American Peach, of some, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Taubenartige, Taubenfarbige Apfel, _Christ Handworter_, 110. FIGURES.--Jard. Fruit. ed. 2, pl. 98. Poit. et. Turpin. t. 80.