152 



THE GRAY FRENCH REINETTE. 



Reinette Grise. Duhamel, Traitt des Arbres Fruitieis, torn. i. 



p. 302. plate ix. Jardin Fruitier, p. 131. plate xlix. 



Mayer's Pom. Franconica, torn. Hi. p. 129. Hort. Trans. 



vol. Hi. p. 325. Fruit Cat. no. 890. 

 Reinette Franche Grauwe. Knoop's Pomologie, p. 50. tab.ix. ; 



Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 884. 

 Aechte Graue Franzosische Reinette. Reinette Grise Fran- 



^aise. Diel's Pomology, vol. i. p. 168. 



This sort was received by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety from Haarlem, under the name of the Grauwe 

 Franche Reinette. There are several varieties of 

 the Reinette Grise, and also of the Reinette Franche, 

 which have all considerable resemblance to each 

 other, and they appear not to be rendered very 

 distinct by the authors who have treated of them. 

 They are, in fact, so variable in different soils and 

 seasons, that unless they had been collected and 

 grown under nearly equal circumstances, as they 

 now are in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 it would have been impossible either to have made 

 a proper distinction between them, or to have 

 decided which was the best. This object has not 

 yet been fully completed ; but, in the mean time, 

 the variety now figured has been found to be one of 

 the best, and appears to be that described by the 

 authors in the works above referred to. Its culti- 

 vation in this country has not been extensive. 

 Some authors have affirmed that it will not succeed 



