DERIVATION OF TERMS 9 



sight into varieties and their manners and keeping qualities, 

 as I stored them for use. Later on I was permitted to 

 plant up the old orchard, provided I helped in the plant- 

 ing a wise plan on my father's part and this gave me a 

 further insight into the work, and stimulated me to master 

 the subject quite early in life ; while, when we moved our 

 nurseries to Allington in 1869, I cut every graft myself, and 

 thus was sure of starting there with a true stock. I may 

 here very freely acknowledge the kind help and assistance I 

 received from many good friends in the trade, and scores 

 of other first-rate fruit-growers who have passed away. 



Before passing to more practical matters, it may be 

 of interest to explain the derivation of certain terms 

 used by fruit-growers. Taking Apples first, the word 

 "Pippin" is derived from the French pepin, "a seed," 

 or, as we should call it, "seedling." The term Pippin is 

 generally given to varieties that produce rather small fruits 

 with long stalks. 



The " Pearmain," or " Paremain," of the old writers 

 is a corruption of Pyrus magnus (Great Pear-shaped). It 

 is applied to conical fruits resembling some of the obtuse- 

 shaped Pears. 



The "Reinette" (French) or Rennet (English) is from 

 the Latin renatus, meaning " renewed, improved, or regene- 

 rated." This term may have been first applied to such 

 varieties as were raised from seed and proved to give better 

 fruit than the parent variety. 



The word "seedling" is now often omitted from cata- 

 logues, and as all new varieties were raised originally from 

 seed, it is not needed. 



In relation to Pears, " Bergamot " is applied to those 



