130 APPLES. 



ry large fair apple, of a round shape with a yellow- 

 ish green skin, spotted with red like a Newton pippin; 

 the ends are somewhat flattened, and the stem and 

 crown sunk below the level of the fruit : the flesh is 

 rich, juicy, tender, and very yellow as a table fruit, 

 in October, November and December, it is highly es- 

 teemed the tree is very large, the limbs strong and 

 spreading, the growth very luxuriant. 



NO. 49. FRENCH VIOLET. 



This is a much admired apple in France ; in this 

 country, its merit does not appear equal to many 

 others ripening at the same time. It is a beautiful 

 fruit, of a regular oblong form, rather above the mid- 

 dling size the skin a dark brilliant red, very smooth 

 and faintly streaked, with large blotches of fawn co- 

 lour the flesh is white, juicy, tender, and delicate, 

 but not highly flavoured ; it ripens in the autumn, and 

 will keep wel! through the early part of winter. The 

 tree is handsome and vigorous, bears at an early age 

 very abundantly; the fruit grows at the extremities 

 of the branches, with very small footstalks. 





