WINTER APPLES. 115 



111. LADY APPLE. Coxe 



Api. O. Duh. 



Api Petit. Thomp. Ron. 



Pomme Rose. 



Pomrae d'Api Rouge. Poit. 



Petit Api Rouge, ) . 



Gros Api Rouge, \ N ' 



An exquisite little dessert fruit, the pretty size and beautiful 

 colour of which, render it an universal favourite ; as it is a great 

 bearer it is also a profitable sort for the orchardist, bringing 

 the highest price of any fancy apple in market. It is an old 

 French variety, and is nearly always known abroad by the 

 name of Api ; but the name of Lady Apple has become too uni- 

 versal here, to change it now. No amateur's collection should 

 be without it. 



Fruit quite small, but regu- 

 larly formed and flat. Skin 

 smooth and glossy, with a bril- f 

 liant deep red cheek, contrast- 

 ing with a lively lemon yellow 

 ground. Stalk of medium 

 length, and deeply inserted. 

 Calyx small, sunk in a basin 

 with small plaits. Flesh white, 

 crisp, tender and juicy, wiirh a 

 pleasant flavour. The tree has Fig- 45. Lady Apple. 



straight, almost black shoots, with small leaves ; forms a very 

 upright, small head, and bears its fruit in bunches. The latter 

 is very hardy, and may be left on the tree till severe frosts. 

 The Lady Apple is in use from December to May. 



The API NOIR, or Black Lady Apple, differs from the foregoing 

 sort only in the colour, which is nearly black. In shape, size, 

 season, and flavour, it is nearly the same. It is, from its un- 

 usually dark hue, a singular, and interesting fruit. 



The true API ^TOILE, or Star Lady Apple, figured and de- 

 scribed by Poiteau, in the Pomologie Franchise, is another very 

 distinct variety ; the fruit, which is of the same general charac- 

 ter, but having five prominent angles, which give it the form of 

 a star. This variety is rather scarce, the common Lady Apple 

 being frequently sent out for it, by French nurserymen. It 

 keeps until quite late in the spring, when its flavour becomes 

 excellent, though in winter it is rather dry. The growth of the 

 tree resembles that of the other Apis. 



112. LEMON PIPPIN. Thomp. Forsyth. 

 Kirke's Lemon Pippin. 



This is an old variety, which has been for a long lime in high 



