364 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



A small, and second-rate dessert apple. It is of a roundish sTiape, 

 yellow color, covered with russet, and in use during November, — ■ 

 H. S. a n. 672. 



778. REINETTE DE LAAK. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality ; roundish, 

 inclining to conical ; skin, yellow on the shaded side, and red next the 

 sun ; ripe in September. Tree a good bearer. — H. S. C. n. 678. 



779. REINETTE MICHAUX. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality ; it is of an 

 oblate shape, yellow color, and in use during December. — H. S. C. n. 680. 



780. REINETTE NAINE. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality ; it is of a coni- 

 cal shape, skin, yellowish-green ; in use from November till February. 

 The tree is a dwarf.— ^. S. C. n. 682. 



781. REINETTE DU NORD. 



A second-rate dessert apple, of middle size, oval shape, and yellow 

 color. Will keep two years. — H. S. C. n. 683. 



782. REINETTE D'ORLEANS. 



A pretty large, and very beautiful dessert fruit, of the first quality ', 

 varying from roundish to oblong. Skin, of a fine deep yellow color, 

 with sometimes a few stripes of crimson, on the side exposed to the sun. 

 Flesh, yellowish, very fine, and juicy, marrowy, and of a high sugary 

 flavor, which is somewhat like that of a mixture of lemon acid. It 

 ripens in December, and continues in use during the whole of the 

 winter and spring. — Diel Kernobst. iii. 226. 



783. REINETTE PICTEE. 



A medium sized kitchen apple, of third-rate quality, roundish shape, 

 and russety ; in use during October. — H. S. C. n. 687. 



784. REINETTE QUITTEN. 



Stnonyme. — Quince Reinette. 



A medium sized apple, shaped like a quince. It is of an obvate 

 shape, skin yellow; a culinary fruit of second-rate quality ; in use from 

 October till February.—^. S. C. n. 690. 



