Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish and flattened. Skin, pale green, almost entirely covered with russet, and with a faint tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, open, set in a broad, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, rich, and highly aromatic. A dessert apple of the greatest excellence. It is in use from December to February. This variety was raised by John Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, St. John’s, near Worcester, and was first communicated to the London Horticultural Society in 1820. 270. PITMASTON GOLDEN WREATH.--M. IDENTIFICATION AND FIGURE.--Maund. Fruit, pl. 16. Fruit, very small, half-an-inch wide by half-an-inch high; conical and undulating round the eye. Skin, of a fine deep rich yellow, strewed with russety dots. Eye, large and open, with long, spreading, acuminate segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, very slender, inserted in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, rich yellow, crisp, juicy and sugary. A pretty little apple; in use from September to Christmas. This beautiful variety was raised by J. Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, from the Golden Pippin, impregnated with the pollen of the Cherry apple, or what is usually called the Siberian Crab. 271. PINNER SEEDLING.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iv. p. 530. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 587. Lind. Guide, 79. SYNONYME.--Carel’s Seedling, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 791. [Illustration] Fruit, medium sized, roundish-ovate, and slightly angular on the sides. Skin, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with clear yellowish-brown russet, so much so, that only spots of the ground color are visible; it has also a varnished redish-brown cheek next the sun which is more or less visible according to the quantity of russet which covers it. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tinged with green tender, crisp, juicy, sugary and briskly flavored. A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from December to April. This excellent apple was raised by James Carel, a nurseryman at Pinner, Middlesex, in 1810. The tree first produced fruit in 1818, and was introduced to the notice of the London Horticultural Society, in 1820. 272. POMME GRISE.--Fors. IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 120. Down. Fr. Amer. 124. SYNONYMES.--Grise, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, n. 305. Gray Apple, _acc. Downing_. FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xvi. f. 6. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and three quarters high; roundish and inclining to ovate. Skin, rough, with thick scaly russet, green in the shade, and deep orange on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a shallow and small cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk and highly aromatic flavor.