146 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [ JULY, 



The following is a list of all the examples of striped fruits -which I can at 

 present call to memory : — 



Fig. — Col di Signora Blanco. Panache'e: described above. 



Pears. — Beurre d'Amanlis Panachee : beautifully marked with broad bands of rosy red 

 and yellow, very striking, and pretty constant; desirable. Duchesse d' Angouleme Panachee, or 

 Duchesse Panachee : the quiet green of this fruit is prettily set off with broad stripes of deep 

 yellow. Louise Bonne d'Avranches Panache'e: this is Louise Bonne of Jersey, very prettily 

 striped with broad bands of rosy red and yellow; very handsome. Virgouleuse: fruit pale 

 yellow, striped with rosy red. Culotte de Suisse : fruit light green, striped with yellow . 

 Winter Crassane : fruits pale green, stripod with yellow. 



Apples. — Reinette Rayde : this is an exceedingly pretty little fruit, very evenly and 

 regularly marked with broad bands of rosy red and yellow. Reinette a Feuillcs d'Aucuba : 

 fruits striped with yellow, slightly rosy ; leaves resembling those of the aucuba. Hoary 

 Morning : very beautifully striped with rosy red. Yorkshire Greening : this is at times 

 prettily marked, but not constantly so. Devonshire Red-Streak : slightly striped. There are 

 besides many apples showing streaks of colour, but they are not sufficiently distinct to be 

 here noticed. 



Grape. — Aleppo Chasselas Panache': this is a most singular variety, some berries being 

 prettily striped with black and red, or white, some half black, others half white or red, others 

 again wholly black, red, or white ; leaves striped with green, red, and yellow ; berries round, 

 of medium size ; flavour inferior. 



Apricot. — Abricotier Panache' (the Striped Apricot) : fruits medium-sized, pale orange, 

 shaded on the exposed sides with bands of reddish orange and pale yellow ; leaves prettily 

 blotched with yellow. 



Currant. — Striped-fruited: the fruits of this variety are yellow, distinctly striped with 

 red ; it is, however, a very shy bearer. Commune a Feuilles Panache'es has also the fruits 

 slightly striped, and the leaves variegated. 



Gooseberries. — Striped- fruited : this is a greenish-yellow sort, the stripes being of a 

 darker yellow ; not very distinct. 



Melon. — Queen Anne's Pocket : the fruits of this are quite of an ornamental character, 

 small, round, and prettily striped with broad bands shading from dark orange to pale yellow. 

 All the other varieties of Cucumis Melo Dudaim, to which this variety belongs, are more or 

 less gaily striped. There are, besides, numerous varieties of Gourds, which are wonder- 

 fully beautiful in their stripiDg ; but these, though botanically coming under the designation of 

 fruits, since they are not practically used as such, are here passed over. 



Although fruits are mainly valued for their eatable properties, yet a prettj'' 

 appearance is not to be despised ; and if equal excellency can be obtained under 

 a more beautiful exterior, the combination of the two qualities is certainly to be 

 preferred. Fruits at the dinner-table should be at once a delight to the eye, and 

 a gratification to the palate. Some object to the high and picturesque colouring 

 of many of these striped fruits, and fancy that they have too much of a painted 

 look about them to be good to eat ; they prefer to have fruit of a more natural 

 appearance, such as they have been accustomed to, — red fruits to be red, black 

 fruits black, &c. The same objection might, however, be urged against all forms 

 of variegation and fancy colouring, in leaves as well as in fruits. Highly-coloured 

 fruits are not so often met with in this country as in sunny France, the brighter 

 sun of the South enhancing and deepening the intensity of the colours to a greater 

 degree than they are capable of attaining under our leaden skies. Fruits are not, 

 however, all coloured through the same agency, for whilst sunshine is required 

 to produce red, orange, &c, comparative shade will afford a deeper black and 

 a purer white ; and with this remark I end my chapter on Striped Fruits, 

 recommending them strongly to the notice of cultivators. 



Chiswick. A. F. Barron. 



