214 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



FRENCH VARIETIES. 



(Some verging into the Spanish kinds.) 



22. Var. angulosa, Gouan. 

 Galliningue, Laurine. For preserves. 



23. Var. Rouget. 



Marvailletta. Produces a fine oil. 



24. Var. atrorubens, Gouan. 



Salierne, Saverne. Fruit dusted white. Furnishes one of the 

 best of oils. 



25. Var. variegata, Gouan. 



Marbree, Pigale, Pigau. Purple fruit, with white spots. 



26. Var. Le Palma. 



Oil very sweet, but not largely produced. 



27. Var. atrovirens, Ros. 



Pointue, Punchuda. Fruit large, with good oil. 



28. Var. rubicans, Ros. 



Rougette. Putamen small. Yield annual and large. 



29. Var. alba, Ros. 



Olive blanche, Blancane, Vierge. This, with may others omitted 

 on this occasion, is an inferior variety. 



30. Var. Caillet rouge. 



Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and produced 

 in quantity. 



31. Var. Caillet Uanc. 



Fruit almost white, produced annually and copiously, yielding a 

 rather superior oil. 



32. Var. Ray met. 



Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety prefers 

 flat country. 



33. Var. Cotignac. 



Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in quantity 

 and of excellent quality. This wants much pruning. 



34. Var. Bermillaon. 



Vermilion. Yields also table-oil and resists cold well. 

 Many other apparently desirable varieties occur, among which the 

 Italian Oliva d'Ogni Mese may be mentioned, which ripens fruit 

 several times in the year, and furnishes a pleasant oil and also 

 berries for preserves. 



Oncosperma fasciculatum, Thwaites. 



C eylon. This Palm ascends there to 5,000 feet. The very slender 

 but prickly stem attains a height of 50 feet. 



Onobrychis sativa, Lamarck.* 



The Sainfoin, or Esparsette, or Cock's-head Plant. South and 

 Middle Europe, Middle Asia. A deep-rooting perennial fodder 



