The Herefordshire pomona, containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of apples and pears

Abstract

Description.-Fruit : above medium size, three inches and a quarter long and twx> and a half wide ; obovate, uneven and undulating in its outline. Skin : greenish yellow, thickly dotted with russet, and with a tinge of red next the sun. Eye : small and open, level with the surface. Stalk : half an inch long, stout, inserted without depression. Flesh : half melting, very juicy, with a rich sprightly flavour, and a musky perfume. This is an excellent Pear, and is in season in September. The tree makes a good pyramid on the quince. 3. BARONNE DE MELLO. [Syn : His; Phillipe Goes.~\ This excellent Pear is said to have been raised by Van Mons, who sent it, about 1830, to M. Poiteau, of Paris. This gentleman dedicated it to M. His, at that time Inspector General of Public Libraries. At a later period M. Jamin, of Bourg-la-Reine, having received it from Belgium Edith E.Bull,del for The Woolhops Chib.

Genetical studies in pears V. Red mutants

“…This pear has been compared with descriptions and illustrations in the literature and there is no doubt that it is the variety Sanguinole, illustrated in the "Herefordshire Pomona", II, plate 34 (2). The origin of this variety is not known but it has been in existence for several centuries and was known in Germany in 1500.…”