THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 



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very hardy, au abundant bearer, and succeeds well either as a standard 

 or an espalier. 



In the third edition of the Horticidtural Society's Catalogue, this is 

 said to be the same as Reinette Rouge. I do not think that it is the 

 Reinette Rouge of the French, which Duhamel describes as being white, 

 or clear yellow in the shade, having often prominent ribs round the 

 eye, which extend down the sides, so as to render the shape angular ; a 

 character at variance with that of the Barcelona Pearmain. But I have 

 no doubt of it being the Reinette Rousse of the same author, which is 

 described at page 302, vol. 1, as a variety of Reinette Franche, and 

 which he says is of an elongated shape, skin marked with a great 

 number of russety spots, the most part of which are of a longish figure, 

 so much so, when it is ripe, it appears as if variegated with yellow and 

 red ; a character in every way applicable to the Barcelona Pearmain. 



18. BARTON'S INCOMPARABLE.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort, Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 352 ? 



Fruit, below medium size ; in shape somewhat like a Golden Knob, 



ovate or conical, with pro- 

 minent ribs on the sides, 

 which terminate in five 

 ridges round the eye. Skin, 

 yellowish green, covered 

 with patches of pale brown 

 russet, thickly strewed with 

 large russety freckles, like 

 the Barcelona Pearmain, 

 and tinged with orange 

 next the sun. Eye, small, 

 partially open, with reflexed 

 segments, set in a narrow 

 and angular basin. Stalk, 

 nearly three quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted in a 

 narrow and round cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, ten- 

 dei', crisp, brittle, very juicy, 

 and when eaten is quite a 

 mouthful of lively, vinous juice. 



A dessert apple of the highest excellence, in use from October to 

 February. 



The tree is a good and healthy grower, attains a considerable size, 

 and is an excellent bearer. 



This variety seems to be but little known, and considering its excel- 

 lence rarely cultivated. I am not aware that it exists in any of the 

 nurseries, or that it was at any period extensively propagated. The 

 only place where I ever met with it was, in the private garden of the 

 late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, whence I procured grafts from a tree in 

 the last stage of decay. 



