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BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



80. COURT-PENDU PLAT.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. .3, n. 185. Down. Fr. Amer. 105. Gard. 

 Chron. 1846, 100. 



Stnonymes. — Courtperdii, Lind. Guide. 43. Court-pendu plat Rougeatre, lion. Pyr. 

 Mai. pi. xii. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 212. Court-pendu rond gros, Hort. Soc. 

 Cut. ed. 1, n. 216. Court-pendu rond tres gros, Ibid. n. 218. Coui't-pendu rond 

 rougeatre. Ibid. n. 317. Court-pendu rosat, Diel Kernobst. xii. 171. Court- 

 pendu musquo, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, n. 209. Court-pendu rouge musque, ace. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. Court-pendu rouge, Bog. Fr. Cult. 41. Courpendu vermeil, 

 Inst. Arb. Fr. 154. Corianda Eose, Hort. Soc. Cat.ed. l,n. 200. Rosenfarbiger, 

 Kurtzstiel, Diel Kernobst. xii. 171. Courtpendu Rouge, Knoop Pom. 60, t. x. 

 Courtpendu Rosaar, Ibid. 129. Reinette Courtpendu Rouge, Ibid. 129. Der 

 Rothe Kurzstiel, ace. Thomp. Rode Korpendu, Ibid. Pomme de Berlin, ace. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. Princesse Noble Zoete, Ibid. Garnons, Ibid. Woolaton Pippin, 

 Ibid. Wise Apple, ace. Thomp. 



Figure. — Knoop Pom. t. x. Pom. Mag. t. 66. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xii. 



Fruit, medium sized ; oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, 

 bright green at first on the shaded side, but changing as it ripens to 

 clear yellow, marked with traces of russet, and russety dots ; but entirely 

 covered with deep crimson, Avhich is also marked with traces of russet 

 on the side next the sun, extending even to some portion of the shaded 

 side. Eye, open, with short segments, which are reflexed at the tips, and 

 set in a wide, even, and deep basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a 

 wide and deep cavity, lined with russet, which extends over a portion 

 of the base. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, crisp, brisk, rich, and sugary, 

 with an abundance of vinous and perfumed juice. 



A valuable dessert apple of the first quality ; in use from December 

 to May. 



The tree is of small habit of growth, but very hardy and an abundant 



bearer. It is well 

 WW^f^^^ "~\ adapted for espa- 



lier training when 

 worked on the 

 paradise stock ; 

 and if grafted on 

 the Pomme Para- 

 dis of the French, 

 it may be grown 

 in pots, in which 

 it forms a beau- 

 tiful and interest- 

 ing object when 

 laden with its 

 beautiful fruit. 

 The bloom expands later than that of any other variety, and on that 

 account is less liable to be injured by spring frosts, hence, according to 

 Thompson, it has been called the Wise Apple. 



This is not the Capendu of Duhamel, as quoted by Lindley and Down- 

 ing ; neither is it the Court-pendu of Forsyth and De Quintinye, that 

 variety being the Fenouillct Rouge of Duhamel, see No. 123. The 

 Courpendu of Miller is also a different apple from any of those just 



