AN ALPHABETICAL LIST 



OF THE 



MOST ESTEEMED VARIETIES OF 



CIDER APPLES. 



ARGILE GRISE. 



The Argile is one of the oldest varieties in the Norman 

 orchards. Its origin is unknown, but it has long been highly 

 esteemed in all the Departments of the North-west of France, in 

 which Cider is produced. Its name is so popular, that it has been 

 given to many varieties, and often to those of inferior value. The 

 Argile Grise is the best of all the varieties. 



Description. — Fruit : rather below the middle size, ovoid, with 

 obtuse angles as it narrows towards the eye ; often fuller on one 

 side than the other. Skin : greenish yellow, more or less covered 

 with a thin grey russet ; it sometimes takes a pale tinge of red colour 

 on the sunny side. Eye : small and closed, with short, broken sepals, 

 seated in a shallow cavity, with folded margins, and small tubercles 

 between the folds. Stalk : small and short, frequently connected 



