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spots of a pale red. It is tough, adhering firmly to the flesh, 

 of an austere taste. Flesh yellowish white, fine, breaking 

 with a crystalline appearance, juicy. Juice sweetish acid, 

 and agreeably perfumed. 



Its maturity commences about the middle of July, and 

 continues with little interruption, till November. Th^ fruit 

 of April-flowering ripen mostly in August, and are usually 

 eaten during harvest. Those of the second flowering suc- 

 ceed the first, and may be brought to table till the end of 

 October ; they are quite as good as the first, but are not big- 

 ger than a hen's egg. The fruit of the latter flowerings are 

 not bigger than a Pomme d'Api ; nevertheless, when they 

 are stopped in their growth by the frost, they may be placed 

 in the fruit-room, where they ripen very well, and keep till 

 November. This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a 

 delicate and sweet flavour, and it is also very agreeable when 

 stewed. 



Mons. Andre Thouin, from whom the above is taken, has 

 given an interesting account of this singular apple. The 

 original tree, which bears three thousand apples annually, is 

 growing on the farm of the Baroness de IVIicoud, which lies 

 near La Charite sur Loire, in the department of the Nievre. 

 The first flowering takes place in April, the second in June ; 

 the tree then ceases for a time to produce flowers. The 

 third and succeeding flowerings take place in August, Sep- 

 tember, October, and November, when they are stopped by 

 the severity of the fi-ost. It is necessary to remark, that the 

 last flowerings are much less abundant than the two first, 

 and the fruit which they produce is small, and im.perfectly ri- 

 pened. The blossoms are produced in corymbs of twelve 

 or fifteen flowers in the first season of blossoming, but only 

 from five to nine in the succeeding seasons. The colour of 

 the corolla is white, tinged with rose-coloured stains, espe- 

 cially on the edge of the petals. 



Mons. Thouin very justly remarks, " that the dense, dark 

 green, shining foliage during three-fourths of the year, ena- 

 melled with numerous bunches of dehcate rose-coloured 

 blossoms, and scattered over with fruit of diversity of colour, 

 render it a most interesting object of cultivation, especially as 

 an ornament to our lawns and shrubberies, producing an ef- 

 fect not less novel than agreeable." 



19. Christie's Pippin. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 155. 



Fruit middle-sized, shaped like a flattish Nonesuch, about 

 two inches deep, and two inches and a half in diameter, quite 



