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to be planted, at Michaelmas, St. Martin's, or St. Andrew's tide. It was also 

 the practice for parents to dedicate their children to some particular saint, 

 as Jean Baptiste, on the recurrence of whose festival all who are so named 

 keep it as a holiday. So it was also in regard to fruits, which were named 

 after the day about which they came to maturity. Thus, we have the 

 Margaret Apple, so called from being ripe about St. Margaret's Day, the 

 20th of July; the Magdalene, or Maudlin, from St. Magdalene's Day, the 

 22d of July. And in Curtius^ we find the Joannina, so called, ' Quod circa 

 divi Joannis Baptistse nativitatem esui sint.' These are also noticed by J. 

 Baptista Porta; he says, 'Est genus alterum quod quia circa festum Divi 

 Joannis maturiscit, vulgus Melo de San Giovanni dicitur.' And according to 

 Tragus," ' Quee apud nos prima maturantur, Sanct Johans Opfell, Latine, 

 Prsecocia mala dicuntur.' 



" We see, therefore, that apples were called Joannina because they ripened 

 about St. John's Day, and we have among the old French pears Amire 

 Joannet — ■ the ' Wonderful Little John,' which Merlet informs us was so 

 called because it ripened about St. John's Day. If, then, we add to Joannet 

 the termination ing, so general among our names of apples, we have Joannet- 

 ing. There can be no doubt that this is the correct derivation of the name 

 of this apple." 



WHITE SPANISH REINETTE. 



References, i. Pom. Mag., 3:No. no. 1830. col. pi 2. Floy-Lindley, 

 1833:61. 3. Downing, 1845:130. 4. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:88. 1851. 



5. Elliott, 1854:162. 6. Downing, 1869:404. 7. Leroy, 1873:669. fig. 8. 

 Thomas, 1875:231. 9. Hogg, 1884:190. 10. Lyon, Mich. Hart. Soc. Rpt., 

 1890 :300. 



Synonyms. American Fall Pippin (9). Belle Josephine (9). Blanche 

 (7). Blanche d'Espagne (7). Cainuesar (i, 6, 9). Camoisas du roi d'Es- 

 pagne (7). Camoise Blanche (7). Cainoisee BlancJie (7). Caniuezas (7). 

 Camuzar (7). Cohhctt's Fall (i) err. Cobbett's Fall Pippin (2, 3, 6, 7) err. 

 Concombre Ancien (i, 2, 5, 7, 9). De Ratteau (i, 2, S, 7, 9). D'Espagne (1,2, 

 3, 5, 6, 7). Elgin Pippin? (6). Episcopalc (7). Fall Pippin (i, 2, 3, 7, err. 

 6) err. Josephine (9). Large Fall (i). Large Fall Pippin (2,3,6,7). Phila- 

 delphia Pippin (7). Reinette A Gobelet (7). Reinette Blanche (7). 

 Reinette Blanche d'Espagne (3, 9). Reinette Blanche d'Espagne (i, 2, 5, 



6, 7, 8). Reinette d'Espagne (7). Reinette d'Espagne (i, 6, 9). Reinette 

 Tendre (7). Saint-Germain (7). White Spanish Reinette (i, 2, 4, 5, 6, 

 8, 10). JJ Jiite Spanish Reinette (3, 7, 9). York Pippin (7). 



This variety belongs in the group with Fall Pippin and Holland Pippin. 

 It resembles Fall Pippin in the growth of the tree as well as in the color and 

 character of the fruit, but is less regular in shape and keeps later (3, 6). 

 Season here October to January or February; Hogg gives its season in 



1 Hortorum, p. 522. 



2 Hist., p. 1043. 



