Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide, and the same in height; oblato-ovate. Skin, pale greenish-yellow on the shaded side; but entirely covered with red on the side next the sun, and striped and rayed with darker red, some of the stripes extending to the shaded side. Eye, small and open, with erect segments, set in a slightly depressed basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, white and delicate, of an agreeable acidulated and perfumed flavor. A dessert fruit of second-rate quality; in use during August and September. 267. PILE’S RUSSET.--Miller. IDENTIFICATION.--Mill. Dict. Fors. Treat. 120. Lind. Guide, 93. Rog. Fr. Cult. 107. Diel. Kernobst. iii. B. 8. SYNONYME.--Pyle’s Russet, _Brad. Fam. Dict._ Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish-oblate and obscurely ribbed on the sides. Skin, dull green, thickly covered with pale brown russet, which is strewed with greyish-white dots, and pale green stelloid freckles on the shaded side; but dull olive mixed with orange, with a tinge of brown, and strewed with scales of silvery russet, intermixed with rough dots of dark russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with long broad segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and oblique cavity, which is lined with scales of rough russet. Flesh, greenish, tender, crisp, breaking, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk and very poignant juice. A very superior old English apple, particularly for culinary purposes; it is in use from October to March. The tree is very healthy and vigorous, and attains the largest size. It is also an excellent bearer. 268. PINE APPLE RUSSET.--Lind. IDENTIFICATION.--Lind. Plan. Or. Lind. Guide, 94. SYNONYME--Hardingham’s Russet, _in Norfolk_. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish-ovate, with broad obtuse angles on its sides. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, almost covered with white specks on one part, and rough thick yellow russet on the other, which extends round the stalk. Eye, small, with short connivent segments, placed in a shallow, plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted half its length in an uneven cavity. Flesh, very pale yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, sugary, brisk and richly aromatic. A very valuable dessert apple; in use during September and October. Mr. Lindley says the juice of this apple is more abundant than in any he had ever met with. The oldest tree remembered in Norwich was growing a century ago (1830) in a garden belonging to a Mr. Hardingham. 269. PITMASTON NONPAREIL.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 265. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 478. Fors. Treat. 117. Lind. Guide, 95. Rog. Fr. Cult. 67. SYNONYMES.--St. John’s Nonpareil, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 669. Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil, _acc. Hort. Trans._ FIGURE.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. t. 10. f. 4.