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142. REINETTE, CANADA. Thomp. Nois. 



Canadian Reinette. Ltnd. 



Grosse Reinette d'Angleterre. O. Duh. 



PommeduCaen. ^ n f nm 



Reinette du Canada Blanche. \% va 



Reinette Grosse du Canada. f2 



Reinette du Canada a Cortes. J co 



De Bretagne. 



Portugal. 



Januarea. 



Wahr Reinette. 



It is easy to see that the Canada Reinette is a popular and 

 highly esteemed variety in Europe, by the great number of syn- 

 onyms under which it is known. It is doubtful, notwithstanding 

 its name, whether it is truly of Canadian origin, as Merlet, a French 

 writer, describes the same fruit in the 17th century; and some 

 authors think it was first brought to this continent from Nor- 

 mandy, and carried back under its new name. At any rate, it 

 is a very large and handsome fruit, a good bearer, and of ex- 

 cellent quality in all respects. It is yet little known in the 

 United States, but deserves extensive orchard culture. 



Fruit of the largest size, conical, flattened ; rather irregular, 

 with projecting ribs ; broad at the base, narrowing towards the 

 eye, four inches in diameter, and three deep. Skin greenish- 

 yellow, slightly washed with brown on the sunny side. Stalk 

 short, inserted in a wide hollow. Calyx short and large, set in 

 a rather deep, irregular basin. Flesh nearly white, rather firm, 

 juicy, with a rich, lively, sub-acid flavour. Ripe in December, 

 and, if picked early in autumn, it will keep till April. 



143. REINETTE, GOLDEN. Thomp. Ron. Lind. 



Aurore. 



Kirke's Golden Reinette. 



Yellow German Reinette. 



Reinette d'Aix. 

 English Pippin. 

 Court-pendu Dore. 

 Wyker Pippin. 

 Elizabet. 

 Wygers. 



Megginch Favourite. 

 Dundee. 



of various 

 European 

 collections, 



ac. 



Thomp. 



The Golden Reinette is a very popular dessert fruit in Eng- 

 land and on the continent, combining beauty and high flavour. 

 It is yet but little known here. 



Fruit below medium size, very regularly formed, roundish, a 

 little flattened. Skin smooth, greenish, becoming golden yel- 

 low in the shade, washed and striped with fine soft red, on the 



